by PadhuSankar 33 Comments
Can you believe that you can make a delicious low calorie cabbage kootu in just 15 minutes with only 1 tsp of oil. I prepare cabbage kootu in 3-4 ways and this is one way ofpreparingit. It goes well with both rice and roti and is also good for health. Actually I prepared this cabbage kootu and salad for lunch one day. We mixed kootu with rice and had salad as a side dish for this. We all loved it very much. See, what a simple yet healthy anddeliciouslunch. It took only 15-20 minutes for me to prepare this lunch menu. So what I am trying to convey is that, there are so many delicious and healthy recipes that can be prepared in just 15 minutes time.Today we will learn How to make Cabbage Kootu (Muttakos Kootu -Tamil Brahmin Style-no onion-no garlic recipe)
How to make Cabbage Kootu (Tamil Brahmin Style-no onion-no garlic recipe)
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 15 mins
Serves: 3-4
Recipe Category:Side Dish-Kootu-Cabbage
Recipe Cuisine:Tamil Brahmin
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Cabbage – 3 cups chopped
Moong dal or a mix of moong + tur dal – 1/4 cup
Sambar powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Curry leaves -3-4 leaves
Brown or white channa (kondai kadalai/chick peas) – fistful -(optional)
Salt as needed
For the Paste
Grated coconut – 1/4 cup
Cumin seeds/ jeera seeds – 1 tsp
Fried gram/pottu kadalai – 1 1/2 tsp or use rice flour – 3/4 tsp ( this is used only for thickening)
For the seasoning
Oil -1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 3/4 tsp
Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
Hing/asafoetida – a pinch
Curry leaves – few
For Garnishing
Coriander leaves
Preparation
We will divide this recipe into 3 easy steps – 1. Pressure cook cabbage 2. Add the ground paste 3.Boil and season the kootu. That’s it, your cabbage kootu is ready!! Let’s get started.
Chop cabbage or shred cabbage thinly.
Soak channa overnight and pressure cook with a little salt until soft. Keep it aside.
Grind ingredients mentioned under “For the paste” to a fine paste with little water and keep it ready.
Method
Step-1 – Take a pressure pan or cooker, add chopped cabbage, turmeric powder, sambar powder, salt needed, dal, curry leaves and 1 cup of water. (picture below)
Pressure cook for 3 whistles. Open after the pressure subsides. (picture below)
Step 2 – After opening the cooker, add cooked brown channa, ground paste, another 3/4 cup of water and boil well.
Step 3 – Season the kootu–Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it sputters, add urad dal. When dal turns golden brown, add hing, red chillies, curry leaves and pour it over the kootu.
Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or chapati.
Variations
You can add peas instead of channa. If using dry peas, soak it overnight and pressure cook.
If you use tur dal alone, you have to cook dal separately. If you add moong dal or moong dal + tur dal as I have done, you can add it along with cabbage and pressure cook.
Suggested Combinations
Cabbage kootu + chappati
Cabbage kootu + rasam + rice
Kootu + thogayal + rice
Kootu + salad + rice (this kootu tastes great even when mixed with hot steamed rice, topped with 1/2 tsp of ghee. Vegetable or cucumber salad is a great combo with this.) Do try these easy lunch menus. Find more Indian Lunch Menus
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Love this kootu esp. with roti, looks delicious.
yummy and healthy
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A very different way to cook Cabbage ………….. will try it out soon ……….. nice work dear ..
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hey padhu….indeed an easier version…looks healthy and so comforting….thanks for sharing
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looks so yummy n tempting!!
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i prepare almost the same way padhu without sambar powder…
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Love the addition of channa in this kootu,delicious.
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Looks yummy. Thanks for sharing.
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Healthy kootu..
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hi i need one favour frm u mam how to make chappathi soft is thr any ingredient to add with wheat flour
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To make soft chappati, add warm water for kneading the flour. Then kneading is very important. Grease your hands with oil and knead the dough nicely. Then keep covered for 15 minutes. Then make chapati. Check out more details to get Soft Rotis/chapati
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new mom I tried n it was nice ….easy and tasty recipe…
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See AlsoAll Healthy Recipes ArticlesHi.. What else can we add instead of sambar powder?
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Sambar powder is preferable for this recipe. You can add chilli powder and coriander powder instead of sambar powder, if you cannot get sambar powder.
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Luved the taste !! Added lime at the end for my taste
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great taste
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Hey I'm just wondering what is the spice(karam) for this. like chilli or something? Or is it only the red chilli while seasoning?
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Karam is that sambar powder
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Got it. Thank you so much for such a wonderful and easy recipes. You are amazing. It makes the cooking easy, especially for the beginners.
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Hi,
I liked many recipes on your blog and nice presentation. One doubt though for this recipe. I thought tamarind is essential in kootu. Why dont you add any tamarind here?
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Thank you very much Gabbar. Actually you can prepare cabbage kootu in 3-4 ways. You can make it with tamarind which is called cabbage puli kootu. This is a kind of poricha kootu.
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Awesome brahmin recipes..love ur blog..
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Wonderful dish….
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- azhagi
Easy for morning hurry burry cooking..thanku padhu
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this kootu with ragi dosai is heaven..!! thank you so much Padhu 🙂
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- Magesh Kumar
Thank you Padhu for this amazing recipe. The ingredients were perfect, tasted so good and I remembered my mother’s dish :). Also the steps were easy and simple. You are awesome
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Thanks Padhu for the recipe. I have a general question: Should we blanch cabbage before cooking?
Any idea why vegetables are being blanched? What are the veges which needs to be blanched before cooking?Reply
No, you don't have to blanch cabbage before cooking. Except cauliflower and peas, I don't blanch anything unless the recipes calls for it.
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- Unknown
Hai padhu…I just love this kuttu. Ur recipes are just awesome for beginners like me
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- swathi gurunathan
Very tasty.i tried this recipe. I like all ur recipes.
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- Deepthi
Hi! I have been making your version of the kootu since a few years.. Though i have tried other recipes with fennel, tomato etc., this is the best! Keep up the good work.
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- Carey
What flavor of rasam would you pair with this?
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- PadhuSankar
All rasams go well with kootu.
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