Cabbage kootu is a tasty rice accompaniment/ gravy prepared with moong dal and cabbage. With less oil delicious muttaikose kootu can be easily prepared within 20 minutes. This is no onion - no garlic tamil Brahmin style kootu. Ever since childhood days I was not a big fan of cabbage. Once I heard cabbage is good for weight loss from that day onward I started accepting this vegetable đ Amma usually makes either curry (poriyal) or kootu with cabbage. Remember my brussel Sprouts thengai curry, it is based on Amma’s cabbage curry. Cabbage kootu is one versatile dish which goes well in many form. I don’t remember when I was first time I tasted kootu but during school days we use to have half day for alternate Saturday. Most of the day I will be physically present but mind will be thinking of “Shaktimaan” serial. Watching “Shaktimaan” serial and eating lunch is my usual routine. Most of the times I will be so much into the tv I won’t realize what I eat. That is my Amma’s favorite part, she manage to make me eat my least favorite healthy vegetables.
One such time she prepared Appala kuzhambu and cabbage kootu for lunch, despite of tv I enjoyed the combination of kootu and kuzhambu. That day onwards she started pairing kootu with kuzhambu frequently. After I started cooking, cabbage kootu with thogayal and kootu - rasam are also frequent combo I prepare. Jagadish even likes kootu with chappati/roti and lemon rice. Usually kootu is prepared in three steps, cooking dal and vegetable, tempering and boiling the kootu with grind paste. Here is a super quick version of cabbage kootu. Cabbage is one vegetable often used in home now a days I have started using Brussel sprouts also. I have also posted few recipes with Brussel sprouts in TMF,
Brussel sprouts poriyal  Brussel sprouts masala
With pressure cooker or Instant pot (Electric pressure cooker) this kootu can be made within no time. Do the tempering and put everything together with water tada kootu is ready Kootu recipe collection in TMF Â
Ingredients: Cabbage - 2 cups chopped Moong dal - 1/3 cup Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp Water - 1 cup Sugar - pinch Salt - as needed To grind: Grated coconut - 3 tbsp Cumin seeds/ jeera seeds - 1/2 tsp Green chilli - 1 To temper: Coconut oil - 1 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad dal - 1/2 tsp Hing/asafoetida - a pinch Curry leaves - few To garnish: Coriander leaves - few Method:
Grind ingredients listed under “to grind” into a paste with little water and keep it aside
Pressure cooker method:
Add oil to the pressure cooker and when oil is hot add the ingredients under “to temper” and let it splutter Add cabbage, turmeric powder, moong Dal, salt, sugar, water and ground paste; stir it well, put the lid and whistle Cook for 3 whistles and switch off. After the pressure realized naturally garnish with coriander leaves
Instant Pot:
Turn on instant pot in sautĂ© mode and Add oil to it and when it oil is hot add the ingredients under “to temper” and let it splutter Add cabbage, turmeric powder, moong Dal, salt, sugar, water and ground paste; stir it well Turn the instant pot to manual mode and cook for 18 minutes in high temperature Switch off, after the pressure real sees naturally garnish with coriander leaves
