Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Recipe: Cabbage Thoran

Cuisine: Indian
Prep time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 10 mins
Serves: 5 – 6 people as side dish for rice


Cabbage (finely chopped) - 2 1/2 cups
Green Chilly  - 1
Coconut (freshly grated) - 1/2 cup
Curry leaves - 4 or 5
Oil - 3 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp (or to taste)
Water - just enough to sprinkle.

Tip: To make the dish more colorful, you can add grated carrot with the cabbage.

1. Add oil in a hot pan. Add the mustard seeds, let it splutter.
2. Add curry leaves and then the cabbage ,green chilly and saute for 2-3 mins. Meanwhile grind the turmeric and salt with the coconut along with 1 tsp water.
3. Add this coconut mixture to the sauted cabbage.
4. Mix everything well and close the pan with a lid. After 2 mins open the lid, give a quick stir, sprinkle some water and the close the lid again. Let it cook for 5 mins in a medium flame. Give a quick stir every 2 mins.

The cabbage will be perfectly cooked and all the water evaporated.

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