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
Ingredients
- 1 large potato peeled and diced
- 2 - 3 cups cabbage roughly sliced (or 1 medium size cabbage head)
- ½ cup green peas optional
- ¼ cup diced carrots
- 1 medium onion chopped/diced
- salt as per taste
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp cumin seed
- 6 - 8 garlic cloves 1 tsp minced or ½ tsp garlic powder or 1 tsp granulated garlic
- ½ inch ginger minced
- 1 tomato finely chopped
- 3 - 4 tbsp fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
Spices for stir fry
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp paprika or red chilli powder adjust as per taste
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala (optional)
- ¾ tsp salt or as taste
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 onion becomes translucent.
- Add chopped tomatoes. Sauté on low flame 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 spices to avoid burning.
- Add diced potatoes, carrots, and green peas.
- Toss them well. Add half of the salt and stir to mix well.
- Cover it with a lid and simmer on a low flame.
- Simmer for 3 - 5 minutes or till veggies are 60 - 70% cooked.
- Then add chopped cabbage and mix well.
- Again cover well and cook for another 5 - 7 minutes till cabbage turns soft.
- Add a pinch of garam masala. This is optional though but adds a strong flavor to the dish.
- 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 a little earlier i.e. when potatoes are cooked 60 - 70%. When it's finely shredded, add them when potatoes are 80 - 90% cooked.