CABBAGE THORAN

This cabbage thoran was part of our lunch everyday... very easy to make...

Grind together coconut, green chillies,jeera, garlic- 1 or 2 and turmeric powder. Do not add water and don't make it into a paste. Just grind it roughly without adding any water.

Chop cabbage very fine and miX it with the coconut mixture and salt. Mix it well with hands and leave it aside for 15 mins. It'll leave some water. You can also add finely sliced onions but it is optional.

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds n let splutter. add urad dhal n curry leaves and let it brown.
Now add in the cabbage mixture and keep the flame on low-medium. Cover it with a tight lid and let it cook. Keep mixing it once in a while.
If the mixture sticks to the bottom, just sprinkle a handful of water. but it's better to cook without adding any water atall.
When the cabbage is 3/4th done, switch off the flame. Let it sit for 5 mins in the same pan.

Serve as a side dish with rice.

Note:

This dish will be crunchy as the veg is cooked 3/4th only. if u don't like it that way, u can cook it till fully done.

The cook said thoran can be prepared using bens, carrot, greens etc etc...

Instead of grinding, u can add shreadded coconut, chopped g.chillies,jeera as such. Avoid garlic in that case.This is how they do for greens.