Recipe of Cabbage Thoran
Cabbage Thoran is a dry stir fry vegetable originating from the state of Kerala. It is served as a dry vegetable with chapatis or served as a side dish with steam rice along with sambhar. Thoran is finely chopped vegetables cooked with onions, spices, and freshly grated coconut.
Ingredients
- 1 Cabbage Patta gobhi medium
- 1 Onion finely chopped, small
- 2 green chilies finely chopped, small
- 4-5 Curry leaves
- ½ cup coconut grated fresh
- ½ tsp Mustard seeds rai
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds jeera
- pinch Asafoetida Hing in Hindi
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- ½ tsp Coriander powder
- ½ tsp Red chili powder
- 1 tbsp Oil preferably coconut oil
- ½ tsp freshly squeezed lime juice
- Salt as per taste
Instructions
- Thinly slice cabbage, add some salt and keep it aside in a bowl. Leave it for 10 minutes till the cabbage leaves its water and softens a bit.
- Chop onions and green chilies finely and keep it on a plate.
- 3.Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds (rai) let it splutter, now add cumin seeds (jeera) and hing and let it crackle for few seconds.
- Now add onions, green chilies, and curry leaves. Saute it for 2 minutes till onions are brown.
- Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, salt and mix well. Finally, add cabbage in it and stir well.
- Add little water and cover the pan. Allow it to cook on a low flame for 3-4 minutes stirring in between.
- Finally, add grated coconut and lime juice and mix well.
- Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves and serve it with hot chapati or serve it with steamed rice as a side dish.
Nutrition
Calories: 594kcalCarbohydrates: 79gProtein: 15gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 495mgPotassium: 1945mgFiber: 33gSugar: 40gVitamin A: 1359IUVitamin C: 434mgCalcium: 437mgIron: 7mg
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