Cabbage Kootu

Ingredients

• • Green gram dal - ¼ cup
• • Cabbages (chopped finely) - 1 cup
• • Salt - as required
• • Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • Curry leaves - 1 sprig

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Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Oil - 2 teaspoons
• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon

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Ingredients For Grinding Together

• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - 2 tablespoons
• • Green chillies - 5
• • Cumin seeds - ½ teaspoon

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Method

• 1. Wash dal, add vegetable and enough water.
• 2. Cook till dal and vegetable becomes tender.
• 3. Add ground paste, salt, turmeric powder and boil for few more minutes.
• 4. Add seasonings and curry leaves just before removing from fire.

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Note - Variations

• • Grind ½ inch piece of ginger along with other ingredients.
• • Add chopped tomatoes also while cooking.
• • Pressure cook thuar dal and then do the recipe instead of green gram dal.
• • Dry roast 1 Teaspoon of black gram dal (urad), powder it and add just before removing from fire.
• • Add l onion and grind coarsely at the end while grinding coconut. Add little powdered aniseed while
• • Seasoning. Omit green chillies. Add little red chilly powder.

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Note - Other Suggested Vegetables

• • Snake gourd, cauliflower, chow-chow, ridge-gourd, brinjal, beans, banana stem.