Few of my friends want me to post some non vegetarian dishes here. Its been a long time I tasted any non veg except for shrimps. So I was wondering when I would post this classic dish. Few days back, my dear friend Deepa reminded me of this. So when my brother went for a short trip to my native, Aayi prepared this and my brother took pictures.
For vagetarian version, click cabbage vada .
Ingredients: 3/4 cup clams 1/2 cup fresh/frozen coconut 1/4 cup finely chopped onion 1 tea spn coriander seeds 1/4 tea spn tamarind extract (or 2 pieces of tamarind) 3-4 red chilies 1 cup sooji/rava Oil Salt
Method: Heat little oil and fry coriander seeds. Grind them with coconut, red chilies, tamarind, salt without adding too much water. To this paste, add clams and onions. Mix all together and make balls.
Roll the balls in rava/sooji , slightly press them with hand and shallow fry on tava. Serve with rice as a side dish.
Serves : 3-4 Preparation time : 25mins
I was not a big fan of cabbage while growing up. But recently I have started liking it more and more. May it be simple cabbage upkari or cabbage vada , it tastes delicious. So when I buy cabbage, I make sure to make more than one type of dish with it, so that we don’t get bored of it.
Aruna sent me this recipe. She said she had learnt it from a Gujrathi friend. I tried it and it tastes very good. It is sweet from sugar, spicy from green chilies and sour from lime juice. It hadly takes 10mins to make.
Ingredients: 2 cups of cabbage cut into long pieces 3 green chilies A pinch of asafoetida 1/2 tea spn mustard seeds A pinch turmeric 1/4 tea spn garam masala 1/2 tea spn sugar 1 tbl spn lime juice 2-3 strands coriander leaves Oil Salt
Method: Heat oil, add mustard seeds and When it starts popping, add the chilis and asafoetida. Add the cabbage, mix well. Add turmeric and mix well. Allow the cabbage to reduce a bit. After 5 min add the garam masala , salt and sugar. The cabbage should not over cook. Add the lemon juice and coriander leaves. Serve hot.
Serves : 2-3 Preparation time : 10mins
