Cabbage Pesarapappu Curry

Ingredients:

4 cups chopped cabbage
1/2 cup yellow moong dal/pesarapappu
1 onion, very finely chopped
small piece ginger, finely chopped
2 green chillis, slit lengthwise
1/4 tsp turmeric pwd
salt to taste
1/2 tbsp oil

For seasoning/poppu/tadka:
1/2 tsp mustard seeds/ria/aavalu
1/4 tsp cumin seeds/jeera/jeelakara
3/4 tsp urad dal/minapappu
2 dry red chillis, tear, de-seed
2 cloves garlic, crushed
few fresh curry leaves

METHOD:


1 Heat oil in a cooking vessel, add the mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add the cumin seeds, urad dal and saute till the dal turns red. Add the garlic, red chillis and curry leaves and saute for a few seconds.
2 Add the chopped onions, chopped ginger, green chillis and turmeric pwd and saute till the onions turn transparent.
3 Add the cooked moong dal and let it fry for 2 mnts
4 Add cabbage and combine.
5 Add salt to taste and stir fry till its cooked well and the flavors blend and the cabbage retains a bit of crunch.