Monday, March 07, 2011

Purple Cabbage Rice - Blogging Marathon Day 4

I have always used Cabbage to make Kootu or plain curry with Grated Coconut and green chillies. Never tried them as Rice Mix.  Once Saw Nithya's Purple Cabbage Rice and Fell in love with that Color. Came across a Cabbage Rice (Normal Green Cabbage)recipe in Mallika Badrinath's CookBook, made it using Purple Cabbage for today's Lunch!!! Tasted so Good and though I didnt get the color like Nithya, it was fine.  Surprise your fellow's with this Delicious, Colorful Rice, if they don't find this Nutritious Veggie Interesting!!!!


Ingredients
1 cup Rice, Cooked
1 cup Purple Cabbage, Shredded/Finely Chopped (Green Cabbage can also be used)
2 Medium Onions
3 tbsp Oil
Salt to taste

Grind Together
1/4 Cup freshly grated Coconut
2 tbsp Roasted Gram dal
8 - 10nos  Green Chillies
1/2 inch Ginger
1 bunch Coriander leaves

For Seasoning
1/2 tsp Mustard
1/2 tsp cumin Seeds
2 nos Red Chillies
1 tsp Gram dal (Optional)
4-5 nos Cashews (optional)
Method
Grind the Masala to a fine paste using minimum water.  Heat Oil, add the seasoning ingredients one by one.  Add finely chopped onions and fry till crisp. Add Shredded/Finely Chopped Cabbage and fry till cooked.  Add the grounded masala and fry till nice aroma arises.  Add Rice and Salt and fry in a high flame for few minutes.  Garnish with Coriander leaves. 

Check out the bloggers doing the Blogging Marathon, along with me.. 
Group 1 
30 Minutes Meals: Gayathri Anand 
Baked Goods: Monika
For On Going Events: Gayathri Kumar, Usha   
Kids Friendly: PJ, Savitha, Smitha, Veena Aravind, Srivalli
Rice Varieties: Champa, Divya, Padma


Group 2 
30 Minutes Meals:Priya Mahadavan, Pavani
Seven Days of Salad: lla, Divya Vikram
For Ongoing 7 Events: Priya Suresh, Suma Gandlur, Harini,   
Kids Friendly: Vatsala, Jay, Kamalika 
Seven Days of Rice: Veena Krishnakumar,  Padma Rekha and Myself