Cabbage rice

I was going to make Chicken Tikka and I was looking to serve it with some vegetables and rice. But then I found the rice recipe which has lots of cabbage in it and thats what is our dinner today.

Cabbage rice with Chicken Tikka (Spicy marinated roasted chicken...aka red chicken)
and Raita (Yogurt side with onions)

Cabbage Rice

Chicken Tikka

Dahi Raita

Cabbage Rice
Ingredients:

1. 2 cups cabbage sliced thin
2. 1 cup rice cooked as per directions
3. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, urad dal, mustard seeds, salt, finely chopped garlic
4. few curry leaves
5. 2 dried red chillies
6. 1/2 cup sliced thin red or white onions
7. 2 tablespoons sambar powder or less to taste
8. 1 tablespoon each of  oil and fresh squeezed lemon juice, roasted desiccated coconut
9. 1/2 cup fresh green peas

In a pan eat the oil and fry the cumin, urad dal, mustard seeds, curry leaves and dried red chillies for a minute. Add the onions and fry for a few minutes. Add the cabbage abd fry for 7-10 minutes along with the salt. Add garlic and peas and stir well. Add flushed up rice and the sambar powder and stir to combine. Reduce heat to low and  add the lemon juice and cover and let cook for 5 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and serve with dry  chicken tikka or chicken tikka masala and raita

Cabbage with Peas

Today was a day that I wanted to make vegetarian but not too many vegetables in my fridge. So I made one of the most easiest , yummiest and fastest vegetarian dishes ever. Cabbage with Peas. I also make Cabbage with Black Eyed Peas curry. This one is with a little bit of gravy and it is soooo creamy and delicious

I served this Cabbage with peas with white rice and Kaccha Khatta. You could also try a different version of it called Till ka Khatta

Cabbage with Peas (Stir fried cabbage with Peas)

Cabbage with peas

Ingredients:

1. 4 cups of cabbage slice into fine long shreds
2. 1 1/4  cup frozen peas
3. 1 tablespoons oil
4. 2 cloves garlic minced fine
5. Pinch of asafetida 
6. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin seeds, mustard seeds and urad dal
7. 2 red chilis broken
8. 1/4  teaspoon ground turmeric 
9. 3/4  teaspoon salt
10. 1 tablespoons chopped cilantro 

In a pan heat the oil and fry the cumin, mustard seeds and urad dal and dried red chillies till they start to splutter. Add the garlic and asafetida and fry for 30 seconds. Add cabbage and stir to combine. Add turmeric and cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add peas and salt and stir to combine. Cook further for 5 more minutes. garnish with cilantro and enjoy with white rice or roti

Purple Cabbage Chana Masala

After coming to the USA I have some vegetables in different colors and I love them. Some of the vegetables I fell in love are purple cabbage, yellow and green cauliflower and my favourite Yellow Watermelon. Oh!!! I was sooo sweet.
Today I am making a regular curry with different colored vegetable and it does taste different. I am not sure what the difference is, but is certainly better tasting

Purple Cabbage Chana Masala (Cabbage and Lentil curry)

Purple cabbage chana masala

Ingredients:

1. 3 cups purple cabbage sliced fine (or a medium small cabbage)
2. 2/3 cup lentils or chana dal soaked in water for 20 minutes.
3. 1 tablespoon oil
4. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, mustard seeds, urad dal, salt, turmeric, chilly powder
5. few curry leaves, 2 dried red chillies broken

In a cooker, add the chana dal and cabbage and turmeric and 1/2 cup water and cook for 2 whistles. Let all the steam escape. heat oil in a pan and add cumin, urad dal, mustard seeds, curry leaves and dried red chillies and fry for a minute. Add one finely chopped garlic if desired and fry for a minute. Add the rest of the ingredients, stir once and add the cabbage mixture.  Simmer till excess water evaporates. Garnish with cilantro and serve with hot hot roti

Cabbage with black-eyed peas

am running low on supplies i.e vegetables and the items in my pantry. And since its almost (2 more days )weekend I am just procastinating my shopping trip. So I am just trying to make something out of whatever I am left with. case in point I have cabbage in the fridge and black eyed peas and a whole lot of cans of tomato paste in my pantry. SO I decided to make them. And the accompainment is Pyaz ka khatta i.e is onions cooked in tamarind juice. And I am cooking rice today but I bet this cabbage-black eyed peas combo aka curry would go well with plain roti. So here comes

cabbage with black-eyed peas (The items cooked in indian spices)

Ingredients:

1. 4 cups thinly sliced cabbage
2. 1 can black eyed peas drained
3. 1/2 cup chopped onions
4. 1 green chilly chopped
5. 2 tablepoons oil
6. 1/2 teaspoon salt, chilly powder, grated ginger
7. 1 teaspoon mild Madras curry powder (otherwise use 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin powder, coriander powder)
8. 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
9. coriander for garnishing

In a pan heat the oil and fry the onions till tender. Add chilly pieces and ginger and fry for a couple of minutes. Add cabbage, a little water and cover and cook till they become tender (I cooked both cabbage and BEPs (  :D Black Eyed Peas) in peassure cooker with1/4 cup water for one whistle to speed up the process)
           Add BEPs and all the other ingredients stir to combine, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir occasinally. garnish with cilantro and serve with roti or rice

Pyaz ka khatta (Onions cooked in Tamarind juice)

Pyaz ka khatta

Ingredients:

1. 1 medium onion chopped
2. 3 cups of juice/ pulp from 1 small lemon sized tamarind
3. 1 green chilly chopped
4. 1/2 teaspoon salt, chilly powder, turmeric
5. 1 tablespoon oil

In a pressure cooker heat the oil and fry the onions till they start changing color. Add chilly pieces and fry for a couple of more minutes. Add all the other ingredients, close the cooker and cook for 3 whistles. Let the steam escape and open the cooker and simmer till oil float on top. Garnish with cilantro and enjoy