Cabbage thoran ( cabbage stiry fry in Kerala style )

One of my good north Indian friends was curious about our cabbage thoran (in other words cabbage stir fry in Kerala style) recipe a couple of days backs, from then I have been thinking of blogging about it. Cabbage thoran is a must have dish in the menu of kerala sadya as well.

and also one of the favourite dishes of my family too

Ingredients

Cabbage – 250 gms

Onion (chopped) – one medium sized

Green chillies (finely chopped) – 2

Turmeric powder - ½ tsp

Salt – as required

Grated coconut – ¼ cup

For seasoning

Oil - 1- 2 tbsp.

Mustard - 1/2 tsp.

Urad dal - 1 tsp.

Curry leaves – one or two sprigs

Dried red chilies – one or two

Ginger (optional) – ½ inch ( finely chopped)

Method

• Chop the cabbage fine (cut the cabbage vertically and slice using an adjustable slicer, I find this way easier).
• Please make sure the cabbage is not very wet (that will make the thoran soggy).
• Mix the chopped onion, cabbage, ginger and green chilies in a big bowl.
• Add the turmeric powder and salt to the above vegs and mix gently.
• Now keep a kadai/wok/pan on the stove, add oil and when the oil is hot add the mustard seeds, and wait to splutter, add the urad dal, dried red chillies and curry leaves, once it’s all crackled well add the chopped and mixed vegetable mixture into the seasoning. 
• Mix well again and let it cook.
• So at this stage if you find your vegetable mixture have very less moisture cover and cook and if you feel the vegetable has more moisture let the lid be open. We don’t want a sogy thoran anyway.
• Stir once in a while, it won’t take much time to cook (also depends on how fine or thick you have chopped the cabbage)
• Once cooked, sprinkle the grated coconut on top and mix well again (or you can mix just before serving)
• Serve hot with a bowl of rice, sambhar and curd.

My husband and kids loves this with plain rotis ;)

Thanks

Chaithanya