Stir fried cabbage
Stir fried cabbage is an easy quick entree that is healthy too. Serve the stir fried cabbage with any flat breads or rice.
Servings: 2 Servings
Equipment
- Skillet/ pan/ kadai
Ingredients
- 1 large potato
- 2 cups cabbage finely chopped
- 1/2 cup green peas
- 2 small carrots diced
- 1 medium onion chopped/diced
- salt as per taste
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp cumin seed
- 4 garlic pods 1/2 tsp minced
- 1/2 inch ginger minced
- 1 tomato finely chopped
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp garam masala (optional)
- 1 tbsp fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
Instructions
- Heat a frying pan and add 3 tbsp oil.
- Add 1 tsp cumin seeds and let it crackle.
- After that add finely chopped ginger, garlic, onion chopped.
- Saute till translucent.
- Add chopped tomatoes. Sauté till tomatoes are soft.
- Then add coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder and turmeric powder.
- Sauté for a minute. You may add 1 – 2 tbsp of water to avoid burning of masala.
- Add diced potatoes, carrots, and green peas.
- Toss them well. Add half of the salt and 1/4 cup water.
- Cover it with a lid.
- Simmer for 5 - 6 minutes till it's 70 - 80% cooked.
- Add chopped cabbage and mix well.
- Again cover well and cook for another 5 - 7 minutes.
- Add a pinch of garam masala. This is optional though.
- Garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.
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Notes
How to cut cabbage for this stir-fry?
For this stir-fry, you can either shred the cabbage or chop it roughly. Cooking time depends on how the cabbage is cut. If it's chopped roughly, add them little earlier i.e. when potatoes are cooked 40 - 50%. When it's finely shredded, add them when potatoes are 80 - 90% cooked.