This cabbage kootu is very special in Tamilnadu. Every vegetarian
family will have this kootu least one in a week. It a sidedish. It
will be goodwill rice,roti & puri also. But, lazy cooks like me
can use this kootuas main dish for rice. It will be ready within
20mts.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb Caggage
- 1 cup Chana dal (boiled)
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 3 Green chilles
- 1 Medium size onion
- 1 Medium size tomato
- 1/2 cup Shedded coconut
- Oil
- Salt for taste
Instruction
- Preheat the oil in a kadhai splutter some cumin seeds.
- Add the chopped onion & cillies fry till golden brown.Add the chopped tomato,turmeric powder & salt & cook for4-5mts.
- Add the cabbage & cook for 6-7 mts.
- Then, add the chana dal & transfer the cabbage into the pressure cooker & cook till 1whistle.
- Open the cooker & added the shredded coconut & cook for the next 5-6mts.
- Cabbage kootu is ready to serve hot with rice, roti & puri.
Comments
Yes in Tamilnadu we cook with cabbage often.I do make cabbage poriyal frequently but haven't made kootu. adding tomatoes to cabbage and cooking cabbage in pressure cooker is new to me. Will surely try this the next time and let u know.
pls let me know abt how much water shud i add for the cabbage kootu.
The dish looks delicious. i wud like to try it.
vidhya
pls let me as to how much water i shud add for cabbage kootu.
thanks,
vidhya
Just add only 1/2 cup of water.
thanks for posting a comment.
your blog doesnt say so. Thanks for the recipe. I dont like cabbage poriyal, I tried this out today turned out delicious thanks a lot
I want to try this recipe as my husband love varieties. But our son is allergic to coconut and he loves cabbage. I just want to ask one thing will it be tasty without coconut.
Thank you,
Smitha.
Really good. It came out well for me. Thank You.
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