Cabbage Poriyal

A typical South Indian style of cooking cabbage. Here is what you will need.

Cabbage - 1
Bengal Gram Dhal - 2 tablespoons
Coconut gratings - 1 tablespoon
Onion - 1 medium size
Green Chilli - 2 or 3
Curry leaves - few
Oil - 2 teaspoon
Mustard - 1/2 teaspoon
Urad dhal - 1 teaspoon
Salt

Boil some water along with turmeric powder and add the bengal gram dal and cook covered till soft.
In the meanwhile, heat oil in a pan, and tamper the mustard seeds, add urad dal, curry leaves, green chilli and onion and fry for 2 min. Add chopped cabbage, salt and cook covered on a low flame. Note, cabbage can easily get burnt if cooked on high flame. So always cook cabbage on a low flame. Soon the cabbage will look a bit transparent and that is when is it cooked. Add the cooked dal to it and garnish with coconut gratings.