Glossary T
Thoran is a dry vegetable curry from Kerala made from whatever fresh vegetables are available around, suchs as snake beans, unripe jack fruit, Ladies fingers, Cabbage, Green Papaya, Spinach and other vegetable or with one or more finely grated or chopped vegetables, such as Cabbage and Carrots stir-fried with grated coconut meat.
In the food context, thorax refers to the chest portion of certain animals, particularly seafood like crabs, lobsters, and other Crustaceans, where a significant amount of edible meat can be found. In these animals, the thorax is part of the main body section that includes the head and the legs. This area is often rich in flavour and contains meat that can be more challenging to extract compared to the claws or legs but is nonetheless prized in many culinary traditions.