Cabbage Carrot Thoran

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely chopped Cabbage – 1 cup
• Grated carrot - 1 cup
• Finely chopped Onion – 1 no
• Roundly cut Green Chillies - 6 nos
• Grated Coconut –  1 cup
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Coconut oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Red chillies - 2 nos
• Curry leaves - A few
• Salt-to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and red Chillies, allow to splutter.
• Add onions and green chillies , sauté until transparent.
• Add curry leaves.
• Add cabbage and carrot into it.
• Add turmeric powder and salt.
• Mix well, cover the pan with a lid and let it cook for 5 minutes.
• Add grated coconut in to it.
• Slow down the flame and let it cook for 2mins .

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.

Cabbage Daal Curry

Cabbage Daal curry is a delicious and easy to make dish. Combination of daal and vegetable makes this curry nutritious.

INGREDIENTS:

• Toor daal - 2 tbsp
• Chopped onion - ½ cup 
• Chopped cabbgae - 1 cup
• Green chilly - 2  nos
• Tomato - 1 no
• Turmeric powder -¼ tsp
• Grated coconut -½ cup 
• Garlic -1 nos
• Cumin seed -¼ tsp
• Coconut Oil- 1tbsp
• Curry leaves-a few
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook toor dal with water, chopped onion, green chilly and turmeric powder in a pressure cooker for 5-6 whistle. 
• Add chopped cabbage and tomato along with salt and let it cook.
• Grind coconut, garlic and cumin seeds to a fine paste.
• Add this paste to the cooked dal and vegetables and let it boil. 
• When it starts boil, turn off the stove and add coconut oil and curry leaves.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice / Chappathi / Dosa / Poori

Cabbage Vada

It is a quick and delicious snack. It tastes similar to parippu vada.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely Chopped Cabbage - 1½ cup
• Finely chopped shallot - 10 nos or  Onion - ½ cup 
• Besan Flour / Gram Flour / Kadala Maavu  -  1½  cup
• Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
• Red Chilly - 3 nos
• Curry Leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix chopped shallot, chopped Ginger, chopped Red chilly, Curry leaves, Cabbage, salt and gram flour/ Kadala maavu.
• Make a thick batter using little water (like parippu vada consistency).
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
• Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
• When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides to a golden brown colour.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea

Cabbage Cherupayar Thoran / Cabbage Green Gram Stir Fry

Cabbage and  Cherupayar can form a really good combination.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely chopped Cabbage – ½ cup
• Finely chopped Onion – 3 tbsp
• Roundly cut Green Chillies - 2 nos
• Grated Coconut – 1 cup
• Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
• Moong Daal / Cherupayar - 1 cup
• Cumin seeds- pinch
• Garlic pod - 1 nos 
• Chilly powder - 1 tsp 
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Red chillies - 2 nos
• Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp 
• Curry leaves - A few
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Moong Daal/ Cherupayar in a Pressure cooker with Turmeric Powder and Water for 3 -4 whistle. 
• Crush Coconut, Cumin seed, Chilly Powder and Garlic. 
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and Red Chillies, allow to splutter.
• Add Onions and Green chillies , sauté until transparent.
• Add Cabbage into it.
• Add turmeric powder and salt.
• Slow down the flame and cover the pan and let it cook for 5 mins .
• Add Cooked Beans/ Moon Daal to it and mix well.
• Cook cabbage and Beans together for 2 - 3 minutes.
• Add the crushed Coconut and mix well. 
• Add Curry leaves and stir for 2 minutes and remove from fire

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.

Cabbage Mutta Thoran / Cabbage Egg Thoran

Cabbage Thoran is a very popular side dish in South India.
Egg can be used as a combination item to prepare Cabbage Mutta thoran which is a dry dish too.

INGREDIENTS:

• Egg - 3 nos
• Finely Chopped Onion - 1 nos
• Finely chopped Cabbage-2 cup
• Green Chilly(Chopped) - 3 nos 
• Grated coconut - 4 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
• Red Chilly-2 nos
• Curry leaves - few
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Beat the eggs and keep aside. 
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and Red chilly and allow to splutter.
• Add the chopped onion,green chilly and saute well till the Onion turns transparent.
• Add Cabbage and saute for 2 - 3 minutes.
• Cover the Pan and cook the cabbage well.
• Add the grated coconut and mix well.
• Add the beaten egg and scrambled it well.
• Stir continuously till the egg is well cooked and dried up.
• Add curry leaves and mix it.

Recommended Combination: Cabbage Mutta Thoran can be served hot with Rice / Chappathi

Cabbage Thoran

Cabbage is a leafy Vegetable and an excellent source of vitamins K and C:
Cabbage thoran is made of Cabbage, Grated Coconut and Onion.It is very delicious and easy to make.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely chopped Cabbage – 1 cup
• Finely chopped Onion – 1 no
• Roundly cut Green Chillies - 6 nos
• Grated Coconut – ½ cup
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Coconut oil - As reqd
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Red chillies - 2 nos
• Curry leaves - A few
• Salt-to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and Red Chillies, allow to splutter.
• Add Onions and Green chillies , sauté until transparent.
• Add curry leaves.
• Add Cabbage into it.
• Add turmeric powder and salt.
• Mix well, cover the pan with a lid and let it cook for 5 minutes.
• Add grated coconut in to it.
• Slow down the flame and let it cook for 2mins .

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.