A healthy side dish from beetroot. Beetroot Thoran is a dry and delectable mildly spiced dish made with beetroots having sweet notes from the beetroot as well as the coconut. A vegan dish. Tastes change with time and now this lovely veggie has become a part of my meal almost every day. Thoran is a traditional Kerala dry vegetable recipe made with grated or finely chopped vegetables like yam (suran), bittergourd (karela) , cabbage (bandh gobhi), carrots (gajar) , beans (beans like chawli beans, french beans) , red amaranth leaves , drumsticks or drumstick leaves.