Thursday 17 October 2013

Cabbage Chutney / Side Dish For Idli / Dosa

Here is a fresh, healthy, delicious and easy to make chutney that goes well with South Indian breakfast varieties, such as Idli, Dosa and Uttappam; suitable as an accompaniment for rice, as well.

A smart way of adding vegetable into the diet of your family members; they will not even recognize that there is a vegetable in this chutney!


Serves - 4 to 5 people

Ingredients:

Cabbage - 1 ½ cup (chopped)
Carrot - one small (peel the skin and chop into bite size pieces)
Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
Tomato - ½ (chopped)
Ginger - 2 " piece
Channa dhal - 1 ½ tsp

Red chill - 5
Tamarind - a small piece
Grated coconut - 2 to 3 tbsp 

Oil - 2 tsp




For Seasoning:

Mustard - ½ tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Hing ( asafoetida) - a generous pinch
Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Oil - 1 tsp

Directions:

Heat oil in a pan; add channa dhal.

When the colour changes to golden brown; start adding red chilies, onion, carrot, ginger and tamarind one after another.  Saute for few seconds.  

Now add the chopped tomato and salt; fry till tomatoes become soft.




Once it is done; add chopped cabbage and continue cooking in medium flame till the raw smell goes or until it become soft (no need to add water). 

Finally, add grated coconut; mix well.




Remove pan from the stove and allow it to cool. 


Take a blender or mixie and add cabbage mixture along with water (adjust the water quantity according to the desired consistency) and grind it to a fine paste. 


Transfer the chutney into a serving bowl.

Take another pan, add oil and temper with mustard seeds, urad dhal, hing and curry leaves; pour it over the chutney.

Give it a mix and serve.



Note:

If you don’t want to add coconut, you may skip that step!

You may also reduce the amount of ginger if it doesn't suit your taste.

12 comments:

  1. awesome presentation

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  2. Can have two more idlies with this chutney..

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  3. love this chutney with idli dosa :) looks super yummy dear :)

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  4. Love this chutney dear!! very tempting and intersting!!

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  5. yummy chutney..y'day only my mom told about this recipe through phone...Nice to have it with idlies...

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  6. Yummy and new type of chutney from our usual ones..

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  7. unusual and healthy chutney... would love to try...

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  8. Never tried this recipe.. totally new to me.. will try..

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  9. drooling over your chutney yummm.

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  10. this is new to me...really healthy!
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