Vegetable Poriyal

Ingredients:

• One of the following vegetables – 500 grams (1 lb)
  • Cabbage
  • Cluster Beans (Avarakkai)
  • Green Beans
  • Black Eyed Beans (Karamani)
• Onions – 2 tsp, finely chopped
• Green Chilies – 1, finely chopped
• Red chilies – 1, cut in two
• Oil
• Salt
• Curry leaves
• Coconut – 2 tsp, grated
• Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Urad dal – 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Cook the vegetable with salt and a pinch of turmeric and keep aside
2. In a pan add 2 tsp of oil and add mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, and fry them
3. Add the green chilies, red chilies, onions and fry till they start to brown
4. Add the cooked vegetables and fry for two minutes
5. Add the grated coconut, stir and turn off the stove.

Note:

• If cooking cabbage then add 2 tsp finely chopped ginger stir just before turning off the stove
• Add a handful of  Moong Dhal (Pasi Paruppu)  to the vegetables & cook