Cabbage thoran

Cabbage a very tasty vegetable. I make cabbage thoran, cabbage kootu, aloo, cabbage and mutter curry for roti. Cabbage is used as an ingredient for salad. 

Cabbage thoran

Ingredients

Cabbage - 1

green chilly - 2

grated coconut - 2 tbsp

curry leaves - a few (optional)

salt as required

For frying

oil - 2 tsp

mustard seed - 1/2 tsp

urad dal - 1/2 tsp

red chilly - 1 broken

Method of Preparation

Remove the outer leaves about 2 to 3 from cabbage. Chop into very small pieces.

In mixer coarsely grind coconut and green chilly. Keep aside.

In a heated kadai pour oil add mustard seeds, allow it to splutter add urad dal and red chilly. Now add chopped cabbage turmeric powder and salt mix well. Allow the cabbage to cook in high flame, make sure you stir it now and then, Once the cabbage is cooked well add coarsely crushed coconut and green chilly.  Add curry leaves (optional). Serve hot with your favorite sambhar or Rasam. 

I will soon share with my readers few masalas we all make at home. Sambhar powder, rasam powder and chutney powder(Molaga podi) - for idly and dosa.