Cabbage Koora (Cabbage Curry)

 

Ingredients:

Cabbage - half

Ginger, finely chopped - 1/2 tbsp

Bengal gram - 1 tbsp

Black gram - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbsp

Green chillies - 2-3

Red chilly - 2

Curry leaves - 1 leaflet

Turmeric - pinch

Salt - as per taste

Lemon - half

Oil - 2 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Wash and finely chop cabbage.
2. Take a large cooking vessel and add water with a pinch of turmeric. Add chopped cabbage and boil for 10-15 min. Drain off the water and set the half boiled cabbage aside (Do not over cook the cabbage).
3. Take a pan, heat oil and add bengal gram, black gram, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, green chillies, red chillies, chopped ginger, curry leaves. Stir them for 1 min.
4. Now add half boiled cabbage and salt to the seasoning and saute them for few minutes under low flame by closing the lid.
5. Switch-off the flame, add lemon juice and mix well.

TIP: If pressure cooker is used to boil cabbage, then switch-off the flame immediately after one whistle (or else the cabbage will be over-cooked and looses its texture).