Kerala Style Cabbage Stir Fry
Cabbage stir fry also popularly known as Cabbage Thoran is a dry dish-stir fry using coconut, an usual vistor in Kerala regular meal. This simple stir fried cabbage dish is quick to make and goes well with almost any main Indian dish.
Ingredientsfor 3 servings
- 250 g Cleaned and chopped Cabbage
- ¼ cup Coconut — grated
- ¼ cup Onion — sliced
- 3 nos Green Chilli — sliced
- 1 Tspn Sliced Ginger
- ½ Tspn Red Chilli powder
- Salt, to taste
- 1 Or Curry leaves
- ½ Tspn Turmeric Powder
- 3 Tspns Coconut/Refined Oil
Preparation
Step 1
Mix the chopped Cabbage pieces along with other ingredients, i.e. Grated Coconut, Sliced Onion, Sliced Green Chilli, Sliced Ginger, Red Chilli powder, Curry leaves and Salt and keep this mix separately for about 5 – 10 minutes.
Step 2
Heat the oil in a Frying pan/Cheenachatty and then add the mix of Cabbage pieces and other ingredients. Add some Turmeric Powder also into this mix and stir the Stir everything together thoroughly.
Step 3
Cover the Frying pan/Cheenachatty with a plate and allow to cook the mix in medium flame (please do not add water in this mix to cook it).
Step 4
When the mix is cooked properly (generally, it will take about 10-15 minutes to cook the mix), turn off the heat and remove the Frying pan/Cheenachatty from the stove.
Step 5
Cabbage Thoran is ready and this Thoran can serve along with Chappathi/Poori and cooked Rice.
Tip
A heavy-bottomed pan or cast iron skillet gives you the best results for a proper Kerala fry. Thin pans burn the spices before the meat dries.
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