Cabbage Stir-Fry

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You may have noticed that I have not beenactively posting over the past few weeks. This is because we have moved to anew country(in the middle of Europe). I am stilladjusting to my new surroundings and tied up with the post-move chores.  As a foodie thismeans tasting new food and experimenting. Unfortunately I still have notstarted taking photos in new place, as we are still in a temporary place with limitedcooking space. But I'm eagerly waiting to capture and share all my newexperiments with you all. God willing we hope to move into a permanent placesoon.

This recipe is called varai in Tamil, is a SriLankan style stir fry. Similar dish is prepared in Kerala cuisine and is called"Thoran". It simply means stir fried vegetables mixed with shredded coconut,dry red chili and curry leaves. You may use mustard and orid dhal or bengalgram to add color and nutty flavor to this stir fry. (Imagine carrot stir fry,with dark green curry leaves, red chilis and yellow gram. Wow what a healthytreat to your eyes and body!) You can make similar stir-fry with all kinds ofvegetables.  Some vegetables that I haveused are leeks, grated beet root, grated carrot, square beans, long beans,green beans, green plantain, boiled potatoes, boiled tapioca. So that's why I say you can do this stir fry  with anyvegetable of your choice. Also you can do this with any type ofgreens. One of my favorite greens ares kang kung cooked in this style. I serveit with rice.

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IngredientsServes 2-3
2 tbsp Indian sesameoil (or any vegetable oil)1 onion dicedFew curryleaves2 red chilisdiced1 tsp of eachmustard and cumin seeds1 tbsp yellowgram400g cabbagedthinly sliced ( you can also use purple cabbage or savoy cabbage for thisrecipe)Pinch ofturmeric powderSalt
Method
Heat oil in anon-stick pan, sauté onion, curry leaves and red chili for a minute till theyare aromatic. Add mustard, cumin seeds and yellow gram. When mustard seeds startto splutter add cabbage, salt and turmeric.
Stir cabbage for 5 minutestill its cooked and water is evaporated.
Note : You may add shredded coconut to thisstir -fry. Add them at stage 1, after you saute the aromatics. It gives mildsweetness to this dish.
Serving Suggestion : You can serve a goodbalanced meal by plating one cup of rice, a vegetable or green stir fry (varai)and a protein gravy curry. Here are some protein curry suggestions.

Soya Meat Tikka MasalaPaneer Tikka MasalaDal Makani - Black Lentils in spicy cream sauce
Soy Marinated Curry Chicken 

Please bear with me for the time being as I'm not going to be a frequent blogger, until we settle down in a permanent place...God willing, hopefully soon.