Cabbage Coconut Stir-Fry (Poriyal)
Description
Cabbage lovers – you must try this dish! It’s simple yet tasty.
Method
Chop cabbage, boil it or steam it for 6 minutes, drain water. Alternatively chopped cabbage can be added to the other ingredients and allowed to cook instead of boiling or steaming separately.
In a saucepan dry roast mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, and red chili for 2 minutes. Add curry leaves, onion, salt, green chili, mix them for one minute. Then add coconut and stir well for one minute. Add cabbage and coriander leaves – stir it and cover it with a lid, letting it cook for 5 minutes or until the cabbage is tender. Serve it with brown rice.
Servings: 4-6
Ingredients
1 cabbage
1 whole fresh coconut, grated (if using frozen, 1 1/2 cups)
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon urad dal (split black lentil / black gram)
1 teaspoon chana dal (yellow split peas)
1 small onion, chopped
2 green chilies, finely chopped
10–12 curry leaves
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 dried red chilies
1 teaspoon coriander leaves (cilantro)