Cabbage & Cinnamon gravy (Muttaikose, pattai kootu)

Cabbage & Cinnamon gravy (Muttaikose, pattai kootu) - Preparation time 15 to 20 mins

This recipe will be different and easy to make. 

Ingredients:-

Cabbage - finely chopped 1 cup

Coconut - 3 tbsp

Salt - to taste

Pasiparuppu (Mung Dhal) - 50 gms. (or 1/4 cup)

Cinnamon - 1 inch stick

Cummin seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dhal - 1 tbsp

Curry leaves - 2 string

Water required amount

Sesame oil - 1 tsp

Mustard seed - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp

Green chili - 2 or 3 (according to your taste)

Preparation method:-

In a vessel boil 2 to 3 cup of water and add the mung dhal. Cook till the dhal become soft. If water is not enough to cook add required amount of hot water and cook (If excess water in dhal you can filter that water and use to cook the cabbage).

Boil water in a vessel.Add turmeric, salt and cabbage. Cook till cabbage is soft. Add cooked mung dhal to cooked cabbage and boil for few mins.

Grind coconut, chili & cinnamon to coarse paste and add to the cabbage kootu & mix well. Switch of the flame.

In a pan add oil, mustard seed to splutter. Now add urad dhal and make light brown and add cumin seed. When in splutters garnish the cabbage mung dhal kootu with this.

Finally add chopped curry leaves. You can mix this with rice or take along with chapathi.