Cabbage stir fry/ palya is a simple yet flavourful accompaniment. It tastes good with rice and sambar or rasam. It can also be served with chapati or roti.
Cabbage is one of the veggies that I cook on a regular basis. It is flavourful and pairs well with both rice and chapati. It can be easily made with a few ingredients. The cabbage stir fry is also called as thoran, palya and poriyal.
Let’s know a bit of cabbage:
It is one of the widely grown vegetables in the world. It is a low calorie, fiber rich leafy vegetable. It is the store house of phyto chemicals.
Variety:
Different varieties of cabbage are cultivated such as green, purple, red, savoy, bok-choy and napha cabbage.
Benefits of using cabbage:
Cabbage helps in preventing cancer. It helps in reducing bad cholestrol. It aids in weight loss. It can be eaten both raw and cooked. It is a rich source of fibre. It helps prevent constipation. It boosts mental functions.
Culinary usage:
It can be used both in raw and cooked form. It is versatile vegetable which eases our cooking. From salads to stir fry, it is one of the veggies that most people consume. It is one of the key ingredients in Indo- Chinese cooking. Cabbage rice is easy to prepare and tastes awesome. One can make fried snacks and serve with tea.
Cabbage stir fry| poriyal |thoran| palya
Ingredients:
- 1 medium cabbage
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
- 1 teaspoon bengal gram
- 1 teaspoon urad dal
- 4 green chilly
- a few curry leaves
- salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon milk
- coriander for garnishing
- 1/2 bowl fresh coconut
Method:
- Cut the cabbage as finely as you can. The taste of the stir fry to an extent depends on how we cut it. Put it in water, rinse and put in a colander.
- Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, as it crackles, put bengal gram and urad dal to it. Let it get a golden colour. Add turmeric powder, asafoetida and green chilly to it.
- Add the cabbage to it. Put salt and milk. Milk helps in avoiding the smell cabbage emits at times. Since, no onion is used here that can elevate the taste, I add a little milk. Mix it, close a lid and let cook on slow flame.
- Once it tender and cooked, remove the lid and let cook for sometime. Sometimes, cabbage tends to get watery.
- Add coconut if using and garnish with fresh coriander.
Take a tip:
- Adding of coconut enhances the flavour and it is a typical South Indian style of cooking. I have not added here
- One can use green peas along with cabbage. Add a handful of it along with cabbage and let it cook.
- Do cut cabbage as finely as possible.
cabbage stir fry
About the event:
Cabbage stir fry recipe was posted in 2018, four years later, I have added one more picture to it. I have also put the pinterest pic and made a few seo related changes.Sending it to Foodies_Redoing Old Post 76, where we edit out old posts with better pictures, text or both.
Cabbage Stir Fry
Ingredients
Method
- Shred the cabbage as finely as you can. Put it in water and keep it aside. Put in a colander.
- Make seasoning in a pan, add oil, put the mustard seeds, as it splutters, add bengal and urad dal. Let it turn golden, add turmeric powder, asafoetida, green chilly and curry leaves.
- Put the shredded cabbage into it, add salt and milk. Mix and cover with a lid. Let cook on a slow flame.
- Once it is cooked, add coconut and heat it.
- Garnish with fresh coriander.
Notes
- Peas may be added to it.
- Coconut may be avoided.
- Adding of milk helps to remove the odour of cabbage that it has.
cabbage stir fry
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It’s a heart and comforting food, I always love this cabbage dish with rotis, tastes yumm…thanks for the share, it looks absolutely delish.
Thanks Meghana, glad you liked it.
You recipe looks easy and delicious. I would definitely add coconut as that would add extra flavor for me.
Yes Avin, coconut does give a good taste to the food. Thanks for the visit.
In the orning when I looked at my fridge and cabbage I wanted to cook this cabbage poriyal. It is one of my favourite recipe.
Thankyou Bhawana for the visit, I think I end up making once a week.
love cabbage in stir fry method, awesome share here Jayashree !!
Thankyou Sasmita, do give it a try.
its always cabbage pallya to the rescue, i like the way the quantity comes down as it wilts. lovely recipe.
There are few veggies all members like at home and cabbage is one of them Seema. Thanks for the visit.
I love cabbage sabji, but never tried with coconut. This Sounds so yummy.
Thankyou Jagruti, coconut is extensively used in South Indian dishes.
The first thing I taught my children to make is cabbage stirfry. It is so easy for them to make a comfort meal. I am glad to see it on your blog too.
So simple and yet flavourful. Am sure I’ll love this cabbage stir fry as urad and Bengal gram dals and curry leaves add a unique flavour.
Cabbage is such a versatile vegetable and you can enjoy this in different ways. I do make the stir-fry often but never added coconut to it. Will try it next time.