PURPLE CABBAGE PORIYAL

Hello friends!!
I saw a purple cabbage in departmental store and was surely excited and bought one.The purple cabbage has many health benefits too.I tried out a simple poriyal with purple cabbage .It tasted good.Hope you like it.

Preparation time : 10 min
Cooking time : 15 min

INGREDIENTS

Purple Cabbage (medium sized ) -1
Green Chillies -2
Curry leaves pas needed
Salt -to taste
Turmeric -1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Black split gram /Urad dal - 1 tsp

Process

Wash the purple cabbage with water.Chop them into small pieces.

Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds and black split gram .(sarson and urad dal)

After the mustard seeds crackle add green chillies and curry leaves.
Saute for half a minute

Add chopped cabbage .Add turmeric and salt .Mix well .Cover the kadai with a plate or lid and cook .The gas flame should be in sim throughout the cooking.

Keep stirring in between .

Now the cabbage is cooked well.Now we shall add scraped coconut .

Mix well and switch off the gas.

Purple cabbage poriyal is ready to be served alonside rotis or rice.

Purple Cabbage Poriyal is ready !!

Do try in your home kitchen.

Thanks for reading.

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