Cabbage fry

Time taken: 20 mins

Serves 3 or 4

Ingredients:

• Cabbage – 1 cup
• Scraped coconut – 2 tbsp
• Onion – ½
• Red chilli – 1
• Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – 1 sprig
• Turmeric – ½ tsp
• Crushed chilli – ½ tsp
• Salt, to taste
• Sesame oil – 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Finely chop the cabbage.
2. Heat 1 tbsp sesame oil in a pan and lightly sauté the fennel seeds, chopped onion, red chilli and curry leaves for 1 to 2 mins.
3. Add some salt to the pan.
4. Mix in the chopped cabbage. Add another tsp oil if required and cook for about 10 to 15 mins.
5. Towards the end, add the freshly scraped coconut, the turmeric and crushed chilli. Mix well before removing from stove.
6. Serve warm with rice.

Recipe source: Raji Thillainathan.