(with less spice & less coconut certainly less in calories….but still nutritious, lot of dietary fibre & tasty)

Ingredients:

Cabbage 1/4 kg
Onion 1 large
Tomato 1 large
Garlic 1-2 clove
Green chilies 4
Fennel seeds/Som 1 spoon
Coriander seeds/Dhaniya powder 1 spoon
Cinnamon 1
Clove 1
Cardamom 1
Coconut powder 1 spoon/coconut milk 1/2 cup
Udaitha kadalai powder 2 spoon
Poppy seeds/Cas cas powder 1 spoon

Preparation:

1. First make a paste of green chillies, som, garlic and dhaniya and set it aside. One should not roast som or dhaniya for this. Simply powder them in a blender.

2. In a deep bottomed pan add few spoons of oil. Once the oil is hot add cinnamon, cardamom and clove. Then add chopped onions and fry till they are turn to translucent color.

3. Later add chopped cabbage and salt. Cook with its own water content without adding water…. by only using lid for a while or until the raw cabbage smell is gone.

4. Now add the green chili + som + dhaniya paste to it. Fry them till the raw smell is gone. All the while cook them on medium flame only. Make sure of cabbage still retains its color.

5. Now add tomato pieces and toss together. Add coconut powder/milk and udaitha kadalai powder plus poppy seeds powder. Bring them for one to three boil.

It can be served along with wheat uppma or chappathi. It tastes good along with rice and dosa too.