It was a pleasant monday evening and mondays are special for the fresh arrival of veggies.
Many people bargain with the local grocery wallas, as i'm really bad at the art of bargaining i choose the supermarkets where there are digital weighing scales and the veggies are free to be chosen and handled.It gives a sense of security from being fooled.
We 've llimited options due to our upbringing in the choice of vegetables anyway there isn't much to pick from the grocerywallas other than cabbage,cauliflower,carrots,beans,bhendi,tendli.The other veggies go out of season or very poor in condition.After my marriage i got many tips on how to buy vegetables.The greens ought to be dark greener except bitter gord and like.
And my special cabbage which is available all around the year and it has become a staple diet of my family,though i choose the greener it is always tasteless. Cabbages in mumbai have a bitter taste or they come tasteless.So i thought it would be better to fry them with lil water than steam or boil cook them.But though it didn't turn out much as expected i added other veggies to cabbage to make it more interesting.This is one of them,
cooking time:20 min
Ingredients:
shredded cabbage(1/2)
peas 1 cup
red or green chillies 3-4
curry leaves chopped
mustard -1tsp
cumin seeds-1 tsp
urad dal -1 tsp
Method:
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
when they splutter add urad dal,cumin seeds,green chillies and saute for few secs and add curry leaves.
Then add the cabbage and peas and pour a lil water and saute.
cover and cook and keep adding lil water in intervals so that they don't ge burned.
keep doing till the cabbage and peas are cooked and soft.
Add salt to taste and saut for few min.
Serve hot with rice.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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