HOT CABBAGE CURRY WITH GREEN CHILLIES AND PEPPER & SAMBHAR WITH LEMON

  

 

Cabbage is a leafy green and white vegetable highly enjoyed by adults and kids. It goes well with almost all vegetables and can also be easily shredded to prepare a variety of dishes like curry, dal, and other side dishes like roti, chapatis, poori, etc. Here is a recipe for cabbage and moong dal.

INGREDIENTS:

Cabbage

Green chillies

Pepper

Cumin

Moong dal

Coconut

Oil

Turmeric powder

Salt

Mustard seeds

Curry leaves

PREPARATION:

Take a cabbage and shred it. Wash it in salt water

Take a wok, pour oil, and add mustard seeds, green chillies, pepper &cumin

Then add cabbage, and turmeric powder and close it with a lid.

Allow it to cook for some time. Add moong dal over it when it becomes tender and close it with the lid again.

After some time, open the lid, add salt and mix well.

When the cabbage and moong dal are well cooked, add grated coconut and curry leaves.

Mix well and serve hot with rice or chapatis.

Usually, curry is served as a side dish to sambhar or Rasam. Here is a special sambhar where lemon is used in the place of tamarind.

Sambhar is a dish made out of dal, tamarind, spices and vegetables. For a change and to reap a lot of health benefits replace lemon in the place of tamarind. Lemon is the best source of vitamin C -the antioxidant. The sambhar's taste will be delicious.

 HOT CABBAGE CURRY WITH GREEN CHILLIES AND PEPPER & SAMBHAR WITH LEMON will be an excellent combination.

 

Try this recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

Toor dal or Moong dal (basing on your preference)

Green chillies

Lemon

Turmeric

Ginger

Coriander leaves

Curry leaves

Red chillies

Red chilli powder

Carrot or capsicum or Ladies finger (choose any one)

Oil

Mustard seeds

PREPARATION:

Clean, wash and cook Toor dal or moong dal along with green chillies, grated ginger, carrot or capsicum (If you are using ladies finger, it should be fried in the pan. Not to be added along with the dal to cook)

Take a pan, pour oil, add mustard seeds, red chillies ladies finger (if you using it) and let it fry for some time. Add turmeric, Red chilli powder and then the cooked dal along with vegetables. Add salt and let it simmer for some time.

Take a lemon and cut it to extract the juice. Pour it into the dal and just allow a few seconds to simmer. Switch off the stove. Add chopped coriander and curry leaves. Close the lid and leave it for a few minutes. Then serve it along with hot rice, ghee and some curry or papad.