Cabbage curry with dry coconut

Cabbage curry with dry coconut

Technically speaking I was damn bored of cabbage being cooked with coconut and green chillies with matar in it  . Tried this in different way by usng dry coconut with red chillies and it actually came out better than former  Making it is much similar to fresh coconut, except the fact that I used chana dal which was soaked previous night instead of matar.

INGREDIENTS :-

Cabbage :- chopped 2-3 cups

Chana dal :- soaked in water previous night (a cup)

Dry coconut :- half of copra shell

Dry Chillies :- 2-3

Salt :- as required

Oil :- 2-3 teaspoons

For temperng\seasoning\tadka

Chana dal :- a teaspoon

Urad dal :- a teaspoon

Jeera :- a teaspoon

Mustard seeds :- a teaspoon

METHOD :-

1. In a pan heat oil add all the tempering and allow them to sizzle.
2. Add chopped cabbage , soaked chana dal and salt .
3. Mix well and close the lid. Do not add any extra water.
4. Meanwhile grind together dried coconut and dry chillies into coarse powder.
5. Stir the cabbage with ladle n between and cook until done.
6. Add the coconut-dry chilli powder and mix well again and simmer for few more minutes
7. Eat it hot with rice/roti