Cabbage Kootu

Ingredients

3 cups chopped cabbage/ pattha gobi

3/4 cup soaked chana dal/ Bengal gram

1/2 tsp turmeric

2 tsp lemon juice

Salt to taste

To be ground:

3/4 cup grated fresh coconut

2 tsp jeera/ cumin seeds

3-4 green chillies

Grind these into a coarse paste.

For the tempering:

4tsp oil

1 tsp mustard

Pinch of hing pdr

2sprigs of curry leaves

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

2 broken red chillies

Procedure

• Pressure cook chopped cabbage with chana dal, salt, turmeric pdr and very little water only for 2 whistles(don't overcook)

• In a pan heat oil, add the tempering ingredients and fry for 2 mins

• Add the masala and fry for 2 mins

• Add boiled dal and cabbage mixture, lemon juice, salt to taste toss well

• Serve hot with dal and rasam.