Friday, April 24, 2009

Cabbage stir fry with coconut...

Whats your favourite color.. When some one ask me this question, i am confused.. I cant pick one color as such.. But definitely yellow is one among them.. Yellow yellow dirty fellow is not at all dirty for me!!! Its the color of freshness and hope.

Today i am gonna post a yellow dish, Cabbage Stir fry with coconut....
Ingredients You need:
Half of one medium size cabbage
Finely grated Coconut - 1/2 cup or as needed
Green chillies - 4 nos
2 Cloves of garlic
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Red chillies - 2nos
Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
a spring of curry leaves
Oil - 1 tblspoon
Salt to taste

Preparation:
Finely chop the cabbage, garlic and green chillies.
  • Heat oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds
  • Add the red chillies and curry leaves and wait for the curry leaves flavor to blend in.
  • Next, add the chopped garlic, green chillies and saute. After a minute add the turmeric powder for a cool color.
  • Add the cabbage, stir well and let it cook for sometime. Dont add water. Stir in between to make sure it wont stick to the bottom.
  • Once the cabbage is almost cooked, add the grated coconut and stir well and cook till the coconut blend in with the cabbage.

Have a great weekend...

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yum! Love the pretty yellow color! Have a great weekend!

Unknown said...

Thanks 5 star foodie...u too have a grt weekend...

Unknown said...

Thanks dyanna for visiting my blog...

Pavithra Elangovan said...

I love cabbage.. nice color.

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Vrinda said...

This is my fav Thoran,along with mustard seeds i add urad daal too,nice color

Renuka said...

Thanks Pavithra..

Renuka said...

Vrinda,
Will try adding urad daal for seasoning next time..

Pooja said...

This is one of my favourite thorans. I make in a slightly different way with ground coconut mixture and channa dal. Will try out this way next time :)

Renuka said...

Pooja,
i also make it another way, with a crushed ground mixture of coconut,garlic and cumin seed.. Ground mixture of coconut and chana daal is new to me..Hoping to see the recipe soon in your blog..

Pooja said...

Oops no..I too make with a ground coconut mixture(with cumin seeds,garlic,turmeric) as you said above and season channa dal with mustard seeds :)