South Indian Cabbage And Carrot Food

CABBAGE AND CARROT THORAN-STYLE SALAD (INDIAN SALAD)

Steps:

• Melt oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium high heat.
• Add black mustard seeds and cook for 30 seconds - they will pop and sizzle
• Add cumin seeds and cook for 30 seconds.
• Add eschalot and onion, cook for 3 minutes until translucent but not coloured.
• Add garlic and green chilli, cook for 2 minutes until softened but not golden.
• Add turmeric and curry leaves, cook for 30 seconds.
• Add coconut, water and salt. Cook until water mostly evaporates - about 3 minutes.
• Place carrot and cabbage in a large bowl. Add hot coconut mixture. Toss well - the cabbage should wilt from the heat.
• Taste and check if it needs more salt for your taste.
• Toss through coriander. Serve warm or at room temperature. Best eaten on the day of making. See Note 7 regarding reheating/making ahead.

SOUTH INDIAN CABBAGE AND CARROT

Steps:

• Prepare chopped red onion and green chili, and set aside.
• Over medium-high heat, heat the oil in a large pan. Once oil is hot, put in cumin seeds -these will start to sizzle and pop immediately. When they do, give them a stir and then add in the onion and green chili. Reduce heat to medium and cook mixture until slightly browned.
• Add tumeric to onion mixture and incorporate well.
• Add carrots, and stir well to coat. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook covered for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add cabbage and salt, carefully folding it in so that as much as possible has come in contact with the carrot mixture. Cover, and cook for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until cabbage is soft and everything is incorporated. Serve.

INDIAN CABBAGE AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a wok or deep, wide skillet over a medium-high flame.
• When hot, put in mustard seeds.
• As soon as the seeds begin to pop (this takes only a few seconds, really), put in the dried chili.
• Stir once.
• Within seconds the chili will turn dark red.
• Put cabbage, carrots, and hot pepper in the pan.
• Turn the heat down to medium and stir the vegetables for about 30 seconds.
• Add salt, sugar and cilantro.
• Stir and cook for another 5 minutes or until the vegetables are just done and retain some of their crispness.
• Stir in lemon juice.
• Remove red chili and serve.
• Note: You may want to have a lid handy for when the mustard seeds begin to pop.
• They're hot little projectiles before they're mixed with the veggies.

SPICED INDIAN CABBAGE

Steps:

• Heat the oil.
• Add the cumin and mustard seeds.
• Add the asafoetida powder.
• Add ginger, garlic, chillies and onions.
• Cook till the onions are a little soft.
• Add the cabbage.
• Add salt and turmeric powder.
• Cook till the consistency which you like your cabbage to be cooked. *I cook about 5 minutes because I like my cabbage crunchy.
• Add chopped cilantro.
• Serve with Indian bread.
• Variations:.
• I have these variations which I use depending on what I am in the mood for
• 1. Add chopped tomato along with the onions.
• 2. Add boiled, diced potatoes.
• 3. Add grated fresh coconut or dry coconut with the cabbage.

INDIAN GREEN CABBAGE

Steps:

• remove coarse outer leaves of cabbage. cut cabbage lengthwise into fourths, and then core the sections. now cut each quarter into fine, thin shreds (or use food processor).
• put oil in wide, nonstick pan and set over medium-high heat. when oil is hot, add cumin, fennel, and sesame seeds. as soon as sesame seeds begin to pop, add onion. stir and fry for 3-4 min or until onion begins to brown. add cabbage. stir and fry for 6 min or until cabbage browns. add salt and cayenne.
• turn down heat to medium low and cook, stirring periodically, for another 7-8 minute or until onions appear carmelized and soft. add lemon juice and garam masala and stir to mix.
• serve.

INDIAN STIR FRIED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large wok over high heat. When the oil begins to smoke, add the mustard seeds, covering the wok with a lid or spatter screen. After the seeds stop sputtering, add the cabbage. Add the turmeric, garlic, salt and cayenne and toss well.
• Reduce the heat to medium and stir occasionally until crisp-tender. (The original recipe suggests you cover and steam the cabbage for 5 minutes but I don't have a cover so just mixed it around for 5 to 10 minutes.) Serve hot.