Tomato Cabbage Chutney

Ingredients:
4 Ripe tomatoes, cut into large pieces
15 Green chillies
2 tbsp tamarind

1/4 cup finely cabbage pieces for garnishing
1/4 tbsp cumin seeds
2 tbsp oil
2 garlic pods
Salt as per taste

For Seasoning:
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp mustard seeds
Few curry leaves
3 red chillies
1tbsp urad dal


Method:
In a pan add oil and when it is hot, add green chillies and fry them till they start spluttering

Now add tomatoes and fry till the tomatoes are soft.

Add tamarind and fry till tomatoes are soft and turn off the heat

Keep it aside to cool.

In a mixie jar, add garlic pods, cumin seeds and salt

And grind coarsely

To this, add tomotoes mixture

 

Grind coarsely like three pulses and add chopped cabbage

And pulse just once and take it out into a bowl

For seasoning, heat a pan and add oil. When the oil is hot, add mustard, red chillies, urad dal and curry leaves and fry till mustard seeds splutter. Add this to the chutney

Very yummy chutney is ready to be served. Cabbage pieces provide a crunchy taste to the chutney. Goes well with Idly, Dosa, Poori, Uthappam, Roti or plain white rice

Cabbage Green Gram Fry - Cabbage Pesarapappu Fry

Ingredients:
Finely chopped cabbage - 2 medium sized cups
Pesarapappu (green gram) - 1/2 cup
Green chillies - 6, chop finely
Red Chillies - 4
Curry leaves - few
urad dal - 1 tbsp
mustard seeds - 1/4 tbsp
2 tbsp cooking oil

Method:

Wash cabbage and green gram together and boil in microwave for 12min. Strain and keep aside to cool

In a pan add oil and when it is hot, add urad dal, red chillies and mustard seeds and fry till mustard seeds splutter

Add chopped green chillies and curry leaves and fry for a min

Now add cabbage and green gram to the pan

Add salt and turmeric and mix well

Fry for 10min

Simple yet tasty cabbage fry is ready to be served!

Goes well with white rice, roti and poori