Cabbage Kootu

Ingredients:

Cabbage - 1 large cup (Chopped)
Moong dhal - 1 cup boiled

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Jeera/ Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dhal - 1 tsp

Asafoetida - a pinch

Salt to taste

Dried red chillies - 2

Green chillies - 1

Oil - 1 tbsp

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - a strip

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method:

1. In a pressure cooker, boil and cook the dhal well with a tsp of turmeric powder. Keep it aside. 

2. Boil cabbage as well. But I cooked dhal in cooker and cabbage in a pan separately, cos cabbage can be cooked easily.

3. In a pan, heat oil, add mustard seeds, jeera, asafoetida, curry leaves, red chillies or green chillies or both can be used. Add chopped cabbage, mix well and close the lid. Let it cook for sometime. Just check in between cos cabbage will be cooked very fast. See to that cabbage is not over cooked.

4. Add cooked moong dhal.

5. Finally add salt to taste.

6. Garnish it with corainder leaves. Serve hot with rice or chapathi. 

I cooked cabbage separately in a pan adding water to it, and add dhal to it. Allow it to cook for sometime, until the kootu becomes thick and finally it can be tempered with mustard seeds, jeera...etc.