Purple Cabbage Kootu

Purple cabbage cooked in spicy coconut-yogurt sauce

Ingredients - Serves 4

• Chopped Purple cabbage - 1 cup
• Bengal gram dhal - 1 tbsp
• Jeera - 1 tsp
• Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
• Green chillies - 2 nos
• Yogurt / curd - 1/2 cup
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves few
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Soak bengal gram dhal in 1/4 cup of water for 15 minutes
• Boil 1 cup of water in a pan and add chopped cabbage, salt and turmeric powder
• Cook the cabbage until soft
• Grind soaked dhal, coconut, chillies and jeera into a smooth paste
• Add the grounded paste to the cooked cabbage and allow it to boil for 5 minutes
• Heat a pan with oil and add mustard seeds and curry leaves
• Add the seasoning to the kootu
• Now add well beaten yogurt to the kootu and mix well (after adding yogurt do not boil the kootu)
• Serve hot with rice

Nutritional Information

• Purple cabbage have antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory properties
• Purple cabbage is rich in Vitamin C
• Per serving = 100 calories approximately