Cabbage Poriyal is a classic stir fry from Tamil Nadu. It's my favourite way of eating cabbage and I was surprised that I haven't shared this till date. The whole everyday Tamil Nadu thali I cooked a while ago, was almost an afterthought for this.
In Tamil Nadu's style of making this poriyal, we add freshly grated coconut, while in Andhra cuisine, it's mostly served without coconut. We make this poriyal so often and I love to pair it with Sambar, that when I was checking it out for some reason, I was so surprised this wasn't here.
So this is our simplest method of cooking cabbage and is so healthy as we add just about a tsp of oil and it gets cooked with its steam. This is part of BM#74 Week 2, on Stir-Fries.
This was part of the Tamil Nadu Thali I cooked sometime back. The dishes on the plate are Chow Chow Moong Dal Kootu, Pepper Plantain Chips, Spring Onion Drumstick Sambar. If you want to know how I cooked everything, you can check how to plan a Tamil Nadu Thali
Cabbage Poriyal
2 Cups Cabbage finely chopped
2 tsp Cooking Oil
3 to 4 nos Green Chillies
Curry leaves handful
1/4 cup Onions chopped
1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
1/2 tsp Urad Dal
2 tbsp Coconut grated
Salt to Taste
Heat a nonstick pan with oil, add mustard, urad dal, curry leaves, and chopped green chilies. Saute well.
Next, add the chopped onions, saute till it turns slightly brown.
Now add the washed, finely chopped cabbages and mix well.
Cover with a lid and simmer for 5 mins.
Remove the lid, saute again, and sprinkle few drops of water.
The Cabbage gets cooked with its own steam. Add salt and combine.
The stir fry gets cooked within about 10 mins. Finally, add the grated coconut, mix and simmer for a minute.
Recipe
Cabbage Poriyal
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Cabbage finely chopped
- 2 tsp Cooking Oil
- 3 to 4 nos Green Chillies
- Curry Leaves handful
- 1/4 cup Onions chopped
- 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Urad dal
- 2 tbsp Coconut grated
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat a nonstick pan with oil, add msutard, urad dal, curry leaves, and chopped green chilies. Saute well.
- Next add the chopped onions, saute till it turns slightly brown.
- Now add the washed, finely chopped cabbages and mix well.
- Cover with a lid and simmer for 5 mins.
- Remove the lid, saute again and sprinkle few drops of water.
- The Cabbage gets cooked with its own steam. Add salt and combine.
- The stir fry gets cooked within about 10 mins. Finally add the grated coconut, mix and simmer for a minute.
priya vijay says
an all time favorite of mine. the juicy fresh grated coconut makes it all the more yumm
Vaishali Sabnani says
One of the best stir fry in Indian cuisine, and of course this thali is tempting.
Priya Suresh says
Just love this poriyal anytime, a prefect side dish to have with hot piping rasam rice.
Sandhiya says
My favorite poriyal and i love to cook cabbage on busy days, easy to cook yet delicious.
themadscientsist says
Looks yum. I generally avoid cabbage vegetable but this is yum.
Mireille Roc (@ChefMireille) says
perfect poriyal and whole platter looks delicious
Harini-Jaya R says
Love such home cooked, hearty meals but the spread by no means is simple 🙂
usha says
Simple and healthy stir fry. Everything on that platter looks delicious
srividhya says
This is one of my favorite poriyal. Love it with sambar especially. 🙂
Pavani says
I love this simple cabbage poriyal. That is definitely my type of a dish.