Cabbage and Peanuts Stir Fry

25 Oct

Cabbage and Peanuts Stir Fry

A crunchy, nutty, leafy side dish for an Indian meal – cabbage and peanuts stir fry. This is just right for the day after gorging on pooja delicacies, when your tummy says "no more" to pooris and dum aloo. I had today cabbage and peanuts stir fry with a simple meal of tomato toor dal, mint raita and boiled rice.

You Need:

  • Cabbage – shredded, 2 cups
  • Onions – 1 large, sliced
  • Peanuts – 1/3 cup
  • Curry leaves – 20
  • Green chilies – 2, slit vertically
  • Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon
  • Pepper – a pinch
  • Salt – to taste
  • Peanut oil – 2 teaspoons
  • Coriander leaves – 1 tablespoon, chopped

How To Make Cabbage and Peanuts Stir Fry:

Dry roast the peanuts on a skillet on low flame, turning occasionally, till they turn a couple of shades darker and give off a nutty aroma. Keep aside to cool.

Heat peanut oil in a non-stick kadhai. When hot, add mustard seeds, let them splutter. Follow with slit green chilies and curry leaves. Fry for 20-30 seconds, taking care the curry leaves do not burn. Add slices onions and peanuts, set the flame to medium-high and fry till the onions turn translucent (about 4 minutes).

Cabbage Peanuts Stir Fry

Add shredded cabbage and spinkle salt and pepper. Continue to cook on medium flame till the cabbage is cooked and yet crunchy.

When done, mix a tablespoon of chopped coriander leaves. Serve cabbage and peanuts stir fry as a side dish with any Indian meal.

Cabbage and Peanuts Stir Fry

Meal below: cabbage peanut stir fry with beetroot parathas, sarson methi kadhi, spiced sweet potatoes.

Beetroot Paratha, Cabbage Peanut Stir Fry, Methi Kadhi, Sweet Potato

Notes:

Try other ways to cook cabbage: cabbage coconut stir-fry, cabbage and peas with honey soy dressing, cabbage parathas.

3 Responses to “Cabbage and Peanuts Stir Fry”

  1. Rudolf Fairbanks May 10, 2018 at 10:14 AM #

    Pretty good recipe, try this recipe tonight. Loved this slaw. I have been tossing in chopped tomatoes in my cooked cabbage for years didn’t tried this recipe yet. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe here. I have bookmarked this site for upcoming recipe ideas. Also shared this site to my friends circle through facebook and twitter. Hope even they try out your recipe for sure.

  2. Manali June 12, 2020 at 9:03 PM #

    A very healthy and less time taking approach to cabbage

    • S June 12, 2020 at 11:31 PM #

      @Manali: Thank you!

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