Warm, richly spiced, and built for a satisfying meal, cabbage kootu recipe | cabbage dal recipe | muttaikose kootu is a vegetarian south indian main course made with coconut, cumin / jeera, and rice in about 40 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
for masala paste:
- ½ cup coconut (grated)
- 1 tsp cumin / jeera
- 1 tbsp rice (soaked)
- 2 chilli
- ½ cup water
for tempering:
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- ½ tsp urad dal
- few curry leaves
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- 1 dried red chilli
other ingredients:
- ½ cup moong dal (soaked)
- 2½ cup water
- 2 cup cabbage (finely chopped)
- few curry leaves
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ¾ tsp salt
Method
- firstly, in a kadai take ½ cup moong dal soaked for 30 minutes.
- add 2 cup water, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
- cook till the dal is half cooked.
- further, add 2 cup finely chopped cabbage, few curry leaves and ¼ tsp turmeric.
- mix well and cover and boil for 10 minutes.
- now in a blender take ½ cup coconut, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tbsp soaked rice and 2 chilli.
- add ½ cup water and blend to smooth paste.
- add in prepared masala paste to the mixture, ¾ tsp salt, ½ cup water and mix well.
- cover and cook for 10 minutes or till coconut gets cooked completely.
- now prepare the tempering by heating 2 tsp oil.
- add 1 tsp mustard, ½ tsp urad dal, few curry leaves, a pinch of hing and 1 dried red chilli.
- all the tempering to splutter and pour over kootu. mix well.
- finally, serve cabbage kootu / cabbage dal with hot steamed rice.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
