Cabbage with moong dal is a quick and healthy side dish in 25 minutes. It is a famous South Indian cabbage fry recipe made with onion, green chilies, and coconut.
A healthy Moong Dal Recipe:
Moong dal is packed with protein and fiber. It is low in carbs and a low-calorie lentil. Also, it is easy to digest and stays gentle in a tummy. Cabbage with moong dal is a healthy and quick recipe to make in 25 minutes.
It is a tasty and flavorful side dish that goes well with rice varieties. I love to have this simple cabbage fry with yogurt or rasam rice. Cabbage and moong dal together helps to make us feel fuller for a long time.
I make cabbage stir fry at least once in a week because cabbage is my favorite vegetable also easy to cook in few minutes. So I want to make a change in taste to the cabbage stir fry by adding moong dal.
Smart Cooking Tips:
- Soak moong dal in hot water for at least 10 minutes. It helps to cook the dal faster with cabbage. If you are soaking moong dal in cold water, soak it for extra time.
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Moong dal in this recipe should be soft but not mushy.
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Chop the cabbage finely, so that it will blend with the dal and onion.
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If you are using frozen coconut, make sure to thaw the coconut before adding it to the cabbage.
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You can also add grated ginger in this recipe, personally, I don’t love the flavor of ginger in this recipe. So I didn’t add it.
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Avoid adding more quantity of water to cook cabbage, because it gets cook easily in less time. So just sprinkle less amount of water and cook.
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Make sure to keep stirring occasionally to avoid burning and sticking the cabbage to a pan.
Easy and simple cabbage recipe:
Cabbage is a healthy vegetable that is easy to chop and cook in less effort and time. It is my favorite and handy vegetable. I only toss it in fried rice, tacos, soups, salads, and curries.
Cabbage with moong dal is an easy and simple South Indian recipe to make it in less than 30 minutes. Moong dal and cabbage with coconut together makes a delicious recipe. My little kid loves to have this side dish with roti.
It is a quick recipe for everyday regular cooking. In South India, we call this side dish as a cabbage poriyal or pesarappapu cabbage or pasiparuppu cabbage kootu.
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Cabbage with moong dal is a quick and healthy side dish in 25 minutes. It is a famous South Indian cabbage fry recipe made with onion, green chilies, and coconut.
- 4 cup CABBAGE RAW CHOPPED
- 1 cup ONION CHOPPED
- 2 no GREEN CHILIES
- 3 tbsp OIL
- 0.25 cup COCONUT GRATED
- 0.50 tsp MUSTARD SEEDS
- 0.50 tsp URAD DAL
- 10 no CURRY LEAVES
- 0.25 tsp TURMERIC GROUND
- 4 tbsp MOONG DAL RAW
- 1 tsp SALT TABLE
- 0.25 cup WATER
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Soak moong dal in hot water for 10 minutes (use little amount of hot water to soak the moong dal, drain the dal from hot water and reserve 0.25 cup of water from it, so that you can use it for cooking the cabbage and you don't want to miss the nutrition from the dal by discarding the water).
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Chop the cabbage, onion and green chilies finely.
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In a pan heat oil add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter. Add urad dal, curry leaves, onion, green chilies and cook until onion becomes soft.","Add turmeric powder and mix well. Cook until the turmeric powder loses its raw smell.
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Add chopped cabbage, soaked moong dal, salt, water and mix well. Cover and cook until cabbage become soft (keep stirring in between to avoid burning the cabbage).
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Add shredded coconut and mix well. Turn off from the heat and transfer it to a serving bowl.
How to serve Cabbage with Moong Dal Curry?
Serve cabbage with moong dal curry with rice and roti.