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Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Indian Vegetarian Dishes Cabbage Kootu Recipes

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Can you believe that you can make a delicious low calorie cabbage kootu in just 15 minutes with only 1 tsp of oil. I prepare cabbage kootu in 3-4 ways and this is one way of preparing it. It goes well with both rice and roti and is also good for health. Actually I prepared this cabbage kootu and salad for lunch one day. We mixed kootu with rice and had salad as a side dish for this. We all loved it very much. See, what a simple yet healthy and delicious lunch. It took only 15-20 minutes for me to prepare this lunch menu. So what I am trying to convey is that, there are so many delicious and healthy recipes that can be prepared in just 15 minutes time.

Cabbage Kootu

How to make Cabbage Kootu (Muttakos Kootu -Tamil Brahmin Style-no onion-no garlic recipe)

Prep time - under 10 mins

Cook time - under 15 mins

Serves - 3-4

We will divide this recipe into 3 easy steps - 1. Pressure cook cabbage 2. Add the ground paste 3.Boil and season the kootu. That's it, your cabbage kootu is ready!!

Ingredients needed

Cabbage - 3 cups chopped

Moong dal or a mix of moong + tur dal - 1/4 cup

Sambar powder - 2 tsp

Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp

Curry leaves -3-4 leaves

Brown or white channa (kondai kadalai) - fistful -(optional)

Salt as needed

For the paste

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Cumin seeds/ jeera seeds - 1 tsp

Fried gram/pottu kadalai - 1 1/2 tsp or use rice flour - 3/4 tsp ( this is used only for thickening)

Grind the above to a fine paste with little water and keep it ready.

For the seasoning

Oil -1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 3/4 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Hing/asafoetida - a pinch

Curry leaves - few

For garnishing

Coriander leaves

Preparation

Chop cabbage and keep the paste also ready.

Soak channa overnight and pressure cook with a little salt until soft. Keep it aside.

Method

Step-1 - Take a pressure pan or cooker, add chopped cabbage, turmeric powder, sambar powder, salt needed, dal, curry leaves and 1 cup of water. (picture below)

prepare cabbage kootu

Pressure cook for 3 whistles. Open after the pressure subsides. (picture below)

cook cabbage kootu

Step 2 - After opening the cooker, add cooked brown channa, ground paste, another 3/4 cup of water and boil well.

Tamil Brahmin style cabbage kootu

Step 3 - Season the kootu - Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it sputters, add urad dal. When dal turns golden brown, add hing, red chillies, curry leaves and pour it over the kootu.

Easy cabbage kootu

Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

Variations

You can add peas instead of channa. If using dry peas, soak it overnight and pressure cook.

If you use tur dal alone, you have to cook dal separately. If you add moong dal or moong dal + tur dal as I have done, you can add it along with cabbage and pressure cook.

Suggested Combinations

Cabbage kootu + chappati

Cabbage kootu + rasam + rice

Kootu + thogayal + rice

Kootu + salad + rice (this kootu tastes great even when mixed with hot steamed rice, topped with 1/2 tsp of ghee. Vegetable or cucumber salad is a great combo with this.) Do try these easy lunch menus. Find more Indian

It goes well with both rice and roti and is also good for health. Actually I prepared this cabbage kootu and salad for lunch one day. We mixed kootu with rice and had salad as a side dish for this. We all loved it very much. See, what a simple yet healthy and delicious lunch. It took only 15-20 minutes for me to prepare this lunch menu. So what I am trying to convey is that, there are so many delicious and healthy recipes that can be prepared in just 15 minutes time.