Cabbage Peas Poriyal | Muttaikose Pattani Poriyal | Poriyal Recipes

 

Cabbage poriyal is a very staple recipe in South Indian cooking. By just adding peas, we can transform the cabbage poriyal into a crunchy taste.

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Ingredients:

Fresh Peas – ½ cup

Cabbage – ¼ kg

Coconut Oil / Cooking Oil – 2 tsp

Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp

Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp

Channa Dal – 1 tbsp

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Green Chilli – 2

Finely Chopped Onion – ¼ cup

Grated Coconut – 2 tbsp

Salt – As required

Method:

Wash and cut the cabbage into thin slices.

Steam cook the peas for 3 mins. In the same  pot, add cabbage and steam cook them (both cabbage and peas) for 3 mins. Remove from the pot and keep it aside.

Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and wait to splutter.

Add cumin seeds and channa dal. Sauté for few seconds.

Add curry leaves and fry till they crisp.

Add chopped green chillies and fry for a min.

Add chopped onion and fry till they become translucent.

Add the steam cooked cabbage peas mixture. Add salt and mix them well. Close the lid of the pan and cook for 2 mins.

Finally add the coconut and mix them gently. Switch off the flame and leave it for few more mins. Then transfer to serving bowl.

Yummy and tasty cabbage peas stir fry is ready. Serve with sambar rice, rasam rice or any rice varieties.

Note:

Why Steam cooking?

1.       Steam cooking retains the colors of the vegetables.

2.       Steam cooking also retains the micro ingredients in a vegetables.

3.       After steam cooking the water content will be absent in the vegetables( like pressure cooking).