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Cabbage Lentils Stew|| Cabbage Kootu

Parveen's Kitchen
A Simple vegan dish loaded with healthy lentils, cabbage and mildly spiced and tempered. This Vegan cabbage Lentils stew is perfect with hot steamed rice.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course curry, Healthy dessert, Main Course, stew
Cuisine Indian, South Indian
Servings 4
Calories 200 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • Step 1 - Cook the Lentils
  • 1 Cup Yellow Lentils Or red Lentils
  • 1/2 tsp Olive Oil
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 2 Cups Water
  • Step 2- Adding cabbage and other veggies with Spices
  • 2 Cups Cabbage Cleaned and sliced into julienne.
  • 1 Large Onion Sliced
  • 1 Small Tomato Chopped
  • 2 Whole Green Chilli Slit if you need too spicy
  • 3/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1 tsp Red chilli Powder
  • 1-2 Cups Water Adjust as needed
  • Step 3 - Tempering the stew
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil Or Ghee
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1-2 Sprig Curry Leaves
  • 1 Small Onion Sliced
  • 1-2 Whole Dried Red Chilli Optional

Instructions
 

  • Step 1 - Cook the Lentils
  • Add all the ingredients under Step 1 - Cook the Lentils in a sauce pan or a pressure cooker and cook until soft - but not mushy.
  • Step 2- Add the cabbage and other veggies with Spices and cook
  • Add the cabbage, sliced onion, tomato, green chillies, salt, turmeric powder and red chilli to the cooked lentils.
  • Add water and stir well.
  • Pressure cook for 1 whistle if using or if using a sauce pan cook until the stew is done. Should take about 7-8 minutes in medium flame.
  • Step 3 - Tempering the stew
  • In a separate fry pan or a kadai heat oil.
  • Add the mustard seeds and the dried red chilli.
  • Let the mustard seeds splutter.
  • Add the curry leaves.
  • Add the sliced onions and fry until brown.
  • Add the tempering to the cooked cabbage lentils carefully and mix well.
  • Serve the cabbage lentil stew hot with steamed rice and papad or with rotis.

Notes

Use red or yellow lentils as available.
Add coconut milk at the end if you like. We don't use it in our home and do not like the taste of it in the cabbage dish.
If no mustard seeds, do the tempering with cumin seeds.
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