Name: Cabbage pappu
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 4 cups Chopped Cabbage; 3 Tbsp Split red gram; 4 Green Chillies (slit and cut); 4-5 Clove of garlic (cut in halves); ¼ tsp Turmeric powder; Salt to taste; 2-3 cups of water; For tempering:; ½ tsp Mustard seeds; ½ tsp Split black gram; 2 Red Chilli; 1 sprig Curry leaves; 3 tsp Oil

Cabbage pappu

14 Jul 2018

by Deepthi (in memoriam)

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Total Time

30 minutes

Background

Cabbage pappu (lentils) is a very popular south Indian dish.This is a nutritious dish as it is protein rich and cabbage is rich in calcium. This goes well with rice and ghee.

Ingredients

4 cups Chopped Cabbage
3 Tbsp Split red gram
4 Green Chillies (slit and cut)
4-5 Clove of garlic (cut in halves)
¼ tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
2-3 cups of water
For tempering:
½ tsp Mustard seeds
½ tsp Split black gram
2 Red Chilli
1 sprig Curry leaves
3 tsp Oil

Instructions

Take a vessel and on medium heat add oil, mustard seeds, split black gram. Fry until mustard seeds sputter.
Add garlic cloves , red chillies and curry leaves. Fry for a minute.
Add 2 cups of water, green chillies and red gram. cover and Cook until the lentils are almost cooked.
Add the cabbage, turmeric powder and salt. Cover and cook the cabbage and lentils until done. If required add 1 cup of water and cook.
Serve hot with Rice and ghee.