Cabbage Kootu(Tamil Dish)

INGREDIENTS:

• 1cup – grated cabbage
• ¼ tsp – turmeric powder
• ½ cup – grated coconut
• ½ tsp- pepper powder
• 1 – green chilli
• 1- red chilli
• 1 tsp- cumin
• 2 tsp - chana dal
• Salt as per taste
• Oil

For tadka

• 1tsp – mustard
• A pinch on asafoetida (hing)
• Curry leaves

Method:

• In a pan, heat a tsp of oil, Add chana dal and roast it for a few minutes.
• Add cabbage, salt and pepper, turmeric powder. Sauté for a few minutes.
• Add little water, cover and cook till chana dal is well cooked and cabbage is tender.

• Grind together, coconut, cumin, red chilly, green chilly, salt, pepper in to a thick paste.
• Add this to the cabbage mixture in the pan and cook for 5-8 minutes.

• In a separate pan, add a tsp of oil and heat. Add curry leaves, cumin, hing and mustard seeds. Wait till the mustard seeds start splattering. Pour this over the cabbage kootu.

• Serve hot with rice .