Udipi style White Cabbage Curry

Cabbage is wonderful vegetable  which one gives great benefits to our body.Cabbage is available in different colours especially in india we prepare curries with white cabbage.With cabbage we prepare many varities as snacks,curries,fries,mixed veg curries,pickels,chutney and also in dosas(cabbage dosa) we use cabbage.This  recipe is one of the famous udipi style varity.Try this to prepare ,you diffinetly like this one which one is not spicy and not in dark  colour. 

Ingredients

cabbage	1/4 kg
tomato	1
green chillies	5
oil	2 spoons
mustard seeds	1/4 spoon
cumin seeds	1/2 spoon
chana dal	1/4 spoon
dry chillies	3
curry leaves	few
coconut meat	small pieces
turmeric	1/4 spoon
salt	to taste
onion	1
ginger garlic paste	1 spoon

Preparation

Wash cabbage with water then remove 2 upper layer.Then cut the cabbage into small pieces(finely chopped).
Add this cabbage pieces in cooker and add 2 cup of water and 1/4  spoon salt and cook for 2 whistles.
Open the cooker lid when pressure is completely gone out.And drain the water completely and keep aside.
Wash tomato,onion and green chillies.
Then cut them into small pieces.
Make ginger garlic paste.
 Take a mixie jar and Add coconut pieces,1/4  spoon of cumin seeds,5 garlic cloves,green chilli pieces and blend them.
Wash curry leaves and keep aside.

Method

1.Take a thickened bottom vessel or pan and put on the flame.
2.Add oil and when oil is heated add mustard seeds.
3.When mustard seeds started to crackle add dry chillies and  cumin seeds and fry for 20 seconds.
4.Then add chana dal and fry till chana dal become to light golden colour.
5.Add curry leaves.After that add finely chopped onion pieces.fry till they become to change their colour(semi fried).Then add ginger garlic paste and fry for 1 minute.
6.Add boiled cabbage pieces and stir it.
7.Then add turmeric and salt.
8.Cook for 5 minutes.Then add blended spicy paste and mix all well.
9.Green chillie paste  gives enough spiciness to the curry.Because of that iam not adding red chilli powder.
10.Cook for 5 to 10 minutes.Then put off the flame.
11.This recipe remains the  colour of cabbage because we did not add red chilli powder which one gives dark colour the curry.
12.This is white cabbage recipe udipi style.good in taste and best combination for rice or roti.....

Keep in the mind

Adding ginger garlic paste is optional.
In some areas onions are not added to the curry .If you like that you can avoid to adding onions.
Adding coconut and garlic  paste gives nice aroma to the curry and  green chilli paste stays the colour of the curry.Red chilli powder can change the colour of the curry.
If you want more spicy add 2 to 5 green chillies more.