easy cabbage kootu recipe | cabbage dal recipe | muttaikose kootu
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.