Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Tried and Tasted - Cabbage in Chana Dal Sauce

When Tried and Tasted event was announced by Aparna, I wasnt familiar with Lisa's blog. Once i started to browse her blog i really got hooked on to it, she has wonderful collection of vegetarian recipes. I love the different combination of veggies and pulses she uses in her daily cooking. I have already bookmarked many of her wonderful dishes which i would love to try. For this event i tried her Cabbage in crumbly Chana Dal Sauce. The original recipe can be found here.
I have followed Lisa's recipe exactly with just one change where i have also added chopped onions to the curry. I absolutely loved this dish, it goes very well with plain rice or roti. Chana dal along with mild spices gives lovely taste, not too spicy just perfect :) My dish turned out to be more of a curry rather than dry vegetable, probably i added little more water. Sending this to Tried and Tasted :Lisa's Kitchen guest hosted by Aparna an event started by Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen
Ingredients:
For Chana Dal sauce: 1/2 chana dal
3 dry red chillies
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp asafoetida
1 tsp olive oil
For Cabbage curry:
1 cup shredded cabbage
1 onion chopped finely
1 tsp urad dal
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
4-6 curry leaves
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste finely chopped coriander for garnishing
Procedure:
  • Soak chana dal in water for about 4 to 5 hours.
  • Grind together chana dal, asafoetida, red chillies and salt in a crumbly paste.
  • In a pan heat the olive oil, fry the chana dal paste for about few mins, add little water if required.
  • In a seperate pan, heat oil add in mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves. When the seeds start to splutter, add in chopped onions and saute for about 2 mins.
  • Now add in the cabbage, salt and turmeric powder.
  • Add in the chana dal sauce with little water in the cabbage mixture. Cover & cook for about 10 - 12 mins on medium heat or until cooked.
  • Keep stirring in the middle to make sure the curry doesnt stick to the pan.
  • Serve hot with plain rice or rotis.

21 comments:

  1. Wow.. I love this!! totally healthy and creative dish.. Want to try this soon :)

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  2. Beautiful dish, isn't it? Love the combo, good choice! :)

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  3. Thank you for visiting my blog. I am glad you got a chance to try this dish. It's one of my favorite ways to enjoy cabbage. I like your curry version!

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  4. My first visit here...lovely blog..I too make same kind of curry ofen...yours look delecious...

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  5. Dhal looks great and nutritious... Gotta make some dishes from her blog... Nice clicks...

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  6. Wow looks yummy..Great combo :)

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  7. woo cabbage in Chana Dal. Love the way u made it. I wish I cld have rt now with some hot rice and pickle OMG!

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  8. And, u have nice long hair Parita. nice profile snap. u look good :).

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  9. Thank you all for your wonderful words :)

    @Vishali thanks, nobody ever commented on my profile picture before :)

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  10. Love the combination..Comforting food offcourse

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  11. Yummy dish, love cabbage and dal together, delicious combination!

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  12. Nice recipe parita.So comforting.

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  13. hey looks really very yummy....

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  14. Cabbage in chana dal is a lovely combo! I love the way you presented and I am craving for that food.....Hey, that plate is beautiful!:D

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  15. Cabbage in chana dal sauce sounds like a really yum and interesting combination. Thanks for stopping by my blog and leading me to yours, you have a wonderful space!

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  16. wow wow.....this sounds wonderful......

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  17. This looks delicious, Parita. I'm glad you enjoyed Lisa's blog and recipes.
    Thanks for participating in T&T.

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  18. Hi Parita,

    Thanks a lot for participating in T&T April. I hope you had fun and will take up the challenge again this month :-)
    Dal looks fantastic :-)

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  19. These type of curries are my mom's and my favorite... First time here.. Shall keep visiting

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