Delicous cabbage Thoran/ Cabbage stir fry made with fresh cabbage, coconut and spices with touch of coconut oil. This is traditional South Indain vegan dish.
If you like cabbage then try this tradtional Cabbage Thoran/Uppeari/ Cabbage Stirfry with Coconut and Spices. An easy dish gets ready in less than 20 minutes.
What is thoran or Uppeari ?
Thoran or uppeari is common companions of rice in vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian kitchens of Kerala. Thoran is a dish made with coconut, (as Keralites life without coconut is impossible) dry and prepare with in no time. Thoran can be made with all kinds of vegetables including exotic asparagus except water rich melon, squash etc. If you have thoran and curry in your meal then “oonu kushalayi”( means very good) and if have pappad along with it will be another plus point. I love to make cabbage thoran by itself, or sometimes I mix it with carrot or beet root. Amma used to make more often during my child hood, usually cabbage thoran and sambar are favorites in the menu. Usually thoran can be made with or without garlic.
Turmeric has important anti-inflammatory properties and it is excellent source of antioxidants according to this source. It is one of common ingredients in my diet, I make curries, even sweets ( needs yellow food coloring ) with them. I can’t think of a life without them. Because without turmeric living is impossible.
Cabbage is also an excellent source of vitamin C. Because of its high levels of flavonoids and anthocyanins, cabbage has long been used as a herbal medicine. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of cabbage were also been reported. I made this way.
Points to Remember while making Cabbage thoran/ Cabbage Stirfry
1) Wash the cabbage head really well and remove the old leaves. Cut it in the center and remove the centre stalk part also.
2) You don't need to add any water to cook cabbage.
3) Make sure to cook low flame. As cabbage has tendency to burn it you cook in medium or high flame.
4) You can either make a ground coconut paste if you are using fresh coconut along with spices.
5) Don't skip on coconut oil and cumin powder. Cabbage , cumin, coocnut are excellent combo.
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Cabbage Stir fry
Delicous cabbage stir fry made with cabbage, coconut and spices with touch of coconut oil
Servings: 4
Calories: 191kcal
Ingredients
- 1 small Cabbage head washed and chopped finely
- 1 Green chilly finely chopped
- 2 Red chilies halved
- ½ teaspoon Red chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon Cumin powder
- ½ cup Coconut I used desiccated one, use fresh or frozen if you have for best result
- 2 tablespoon Urad dal Optional
- 1 sprig Curry Leaves 12 leaves
- 2 tablespoon Coconut oil
- ½ teaspoon Salt or to taste
- ½ teaspoon Mustard seeds
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, halved red chillies and urad dal as mustard seeds start popping add cleaned and chopped cabbage. Then add turmeric powder and salt and cover the lid. Let it cook for 4 minutes.
- If you are using fresh or frozen coconut ground them with cumin and red chili powder to form coarse paste with less water.
- Once cabbage is cooked add ground paste of coconut (as I used desiccated coconut, I didn’t grind them) with cumin and red chili powder and mix well. Add curry leaves and stir for another 2 minutes and switch off the flame.
- Enjoy with curry and rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 191kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Sodium: 378mg | Potassium: 494mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 511IU | Vitamin C: 122mg | Calcium: 98mg | Iron: 2mg
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Now Serving says
Awesome 🙂 Cabbage curry is always great with some nice rasam 🙂
Akila says
yummy and tempting curry..
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Reshmi Mahesh says
Yummy cabbage thoran...Love this with rice and sambar..