Cabbage with moong Dal (split)

Monday, December 29, 2008

Ingredients

2 to 3 cups of chopped cabbage
1/4th cup moong Dal
1/2 cup chopped tomato

2 to 3 green chillies
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
3 to 4 black peppers
2 Tablespoon grated coconut

1 teaspoon oil
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
pinch of asafoetida (optional)
1 teaspoon split urud Dal
curry leaves (optional)

Method

1) Wash the Moong Dal in water and pressure cook along with cabbage and tomatoes in a cup of water

2) blend cumin seeds, black pepper, green chillies and coconut into paste by adding some water

3) Mix this paste to the cooked ingredients, add salt and cook until

4) Heat oil, splutter mustard seeds and Urud dal, add asafoetida and curry leaves and add to the above mixture


This goes well with rice or chapathi (Roti) and very easy to make and healthy. You can use squash or spinach instead of cabbage.