Cabbage Puttu- Vegetable Dry Sabzi South Indian style
 
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This easy weeknight South Indian style cabbage puttu-stirfry is spicy and gingery side and perfect with some roti or chapathi.
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Recipe type: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Red Cabbage- ½ very thinly sliced lengthwise
  • Green Cabbage - ½, thinly sliced lengthwise
  • 2 carrots - cut lengthwise
  • 3 tsp oil
  • ½ tbsp cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp slip black urad daal
  • 1 tbsp channa daal
  • 5-8 red chili, broken or make a slit in the middle and use it
  • 2 inches ginger, thinly sliced and cut to small pieces
  • curry leaves- 10-15
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ⅓ cup pottu kalla/Roasted Gram, Roasted Bengal Gram, Roasted Split Gram/dalia - powdered
Instructions
  1. Take a large pan. Add 3 tsp oil and let it get hot. Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad daal, channa daal, red chilies, curry leaves. Let it pop and let the urad daal turn light brown. Add the ginger and stir for a minute.
  2. Then add the carrots and stir for 2-3 minutes. After it's cooked for about 50 percent, add the cabbage and stir fry with some salt. This cooks in 5-7 minutes.
  3. Add the powdered pottu kallla 2 tbsp at a time. Mix well. Add as much as the pottu kalla powder as yo prefer and mix well for about 3-4 minutes. Turn off the heat and serve with roti or chapathi.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2018/05/20/cabbage-puttu-stirfry/