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Cabbage Kootu-Easy Cabbage Kootu Recipe

May 23, 2013 by PadhuSankar 33 Comments

Can you believe that you can make a delicious low calorie cabbage kootu in just 15 minutes with only 1 tsp of oil. I prepare cabbage kootu in 3-4 ways and this is one way of preparing it. It goes well with both rice and roti and is also good for health. Actually I prepared this cabbage kootu and salad for lunch one day. We mixed kootu with rice and had salad as a side dish for this. We all loved it very much. See, what a simple yet healthy and delicious lunch. It took only 15-20 minutes for me to prepare this lunch menu. So what I am trying to convey is that, there are so many delicious and healthy recipes that can be prepared in just 15 minutes time. Today we will learn How to make Cabbage Kootu (Muttakos Kootu -Tamil Brahmin Style-no onion-no garlic recipe)

Cabbage Kootu

How to make Cabbage Kootu (Tamil Brahmin Style-no onion-no garlic recipe)


Cabbage Kootu

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Serves: 3-4
 Recipe Category: Side Dish-Kootu-Cabbage
 Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Brahmin
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Cabbage – 3 cups chopped
   Moong dal or a mix of moong + tur dal – 1/4 cup
   Sambar powder – 2 tsp
   Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
   Curry leaves -3-4 leaves
   Brown or white channa (kondai kadalai/chick peas) – fistful -(optional)
   Salt as needed

   For the Paste

   Grated coconut – 1/4 cup
   Cumin seeds/ jeera seeds – 1 tsp
   Fried gram/pottu kadalai – 1 1/2 tsp or use rice flour – 3/4 tsp ( this is used only for thickening)

   For the seasoning

   Oil -1 tsp
   Mustard seeds – 3/4 tsp
   Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
   Hing/asafoetida – a pinch
   Curry leaves – few

   For Garnishing

   Coriander leaves

Preparation


We will divide this recipe into 3 easy steps – 1. Pressure cook cabbage  2. Add the ground paste  3.Boil and season the kootu. That’s it, your cabbage kootu is ready!! Let’s get started.

Chop cabbage or shred cabbage thinly.

Soak channa overnight and pressure cook with a little salt until soft. Keep it aside.

Grind ingredients mentioned under “For the paste” to a fine paste with little water and keep it ready.

Method

Step-1 – Take a pressure pan or cooker, add chopped cabbage, turmeric powder, sambar powder, salt needed, dal, curry leaves and 1 cup of water. (picture below)

prepare cabbage kootu

Pressure cook for 3 whistles. Open after the pressure subsides. (picture below)

cook cabbage kootu

Step 2 – After opening the cooker, add cooked brown channa, ground paste, another 3/4 cup of water and boil well.

Tamil Brahmin style cabbage kootu

Step 3 – Season the kootu – Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it sputters, add urad dal. When dal turns golden brown, add  hing, red chillies, curry leaves and pour it over the kootu.

Easy cabbage kootu

Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with rice or chapati.

Variations

You can add peas instead of channa. If using dry peas, soak it overnight and pressure cook.

If you use tur dal alone, you have to cook dal separately. If you add moong dal or moong dal + tur dal as I have done, you can add it along with cabbage and pressure cook.

Suggested Combinations

Cabbage kootu + chappati
Cabbage kootu + rasam + rice
Kootu + thogayal + rice

Kootu + salad + rice (this kootu tastes great even when mixed with hot steamed rice, topped with 1/2 tsp of ghee. Vegetable or cucumber salad is a great combo with this.) Do try these easy lunch menus. Find more Indian Lunch Menus

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Comments

  1. Sona S

    May 23, 2013 at 7:06 am

    Love this kootu esp. with roti, looks delicious.

    Reply
  2. Veena Theagarajan

    May 23, 2013 at 8:52 am

    yummy and healthy

    Reply
  3. Ponnu Alfred

    May 23, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    A very different way to cook Cabbage ………….. will try it out soon ……….. nice work dear ..

    Reply
  4. Suparna

    May 23, 2013 at 1:56 pm

    hey padhu….indeed an easier version…looks healthy and so comforting….thanks for sharing

    Reply
  5. divya

    May 23, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    looks so yummy n tempting!!

    Reply
  6. Divya Shivaraman

    May 23, 2013 at 7:57 pm

    i prepare almost the same way padhu without sambar powder…

    Reply
  7. Priya Suresh

    May 23, 2013 at 8:19 pm

    Love the addition of channa in this kootu,delicious.

    Reply
  8. Pooja V

    May 24, 2013 at 2:51 am

    Looks yummy. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  9. Saranya Balaji

    May 24, 2013 at 8:47 am

    Healthy kootu..

    Reply
  10. nithiya thiya

    April 5, 2014 at 4:52 pm

    hi i need one favour frm u mam how to make chappathi soft is thr any ingredient to add with wheat flour

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      April 6, 2014 at 2:40 am

      To make soft chappati, add warm water for kneading the flour. Then kneading is very important. Grease your hands with oil and knead the dough nicely. Then keep covered for 15 minutes. Then make chapati. Check out more details to get Soft Rotis/chapati

      Reply
  11. new mom

    July 24, 2014 at 11:18 am

    I tried n it was nice ….easy and tasty recipe…

    Reply
  12. Pavani

    June 23, 2015 at 6:58 pm

    Hi.. What else can we add instead of sambar powder?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      June 25, 2015 at 7:07 am

      Sambar powder is preferable for this recipe. You can add chilli powder and coriander powder instead of sambar powder, if you cannot get sambar powder.

      Reply
  13. bindu balakrishna

    August 12, 2015 at 7:39 pm

    Luved the taste !! Added lime at the end for my taste

    Reply
  14. Aish Warya

    August 18, 2015 at 11:35 am

    great taste

    Reply
  15. Princess

    August 29, 2015 at 12:49 am

    Hey I'm just wondering what is the spice(karam) for this. like chilli or something? Or is it only the red chilli while seasoning?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      August 29, 2015 at 5:41 am

      Karam is that sambar powder

      Reply
    • Princess

      August 31, 2015 at 12:27 pm

      Got it. Thank you so much for such a wonderful and easy recipes. You are amazing. It makes the cooking easy, especially for the beginners.

      Reply
  16. Gabbar

    December 16, 2015 at 6:14 am

    Hi,

    I liked many recipes on your blog and nice presentation. One doubt though for this recipe. I thought tamarind is essential in kootu. Why dont you add any tamarind here?
    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      December 16, 2015 at 7:00 am

      Thank you very much Gabbar. Actually you can prepare cabbage kootu in 3-4 ways. You can make it with tamarind which is called cabbage puli kootu. This is a kind of poricha kootu.

      Reply
  17. Unknown

    February 9, 2016 at 1:42 am

    Awesome brahmin recipes..love ur blog..

    Reply
  18. DEVI D

    May 7, 2016 at 9:30 am

    Wonderful dish….

    Reply
  19. azhagi

    February 1, 2017 at 12:01 pm

    Easy for morning hurry burry cooking..thanku padhu

    Reply
  20. Unknown

    August 16, 2017 at 3:42 am

    this kootu with ragi dosai is heaven..!! thank you so much Padhu 🙂

    Reply
  21. Magesh Kumar

    March 24, 2018 at 9:46 pm

    Thank you Padhu for this amazing recipe. The ingredients were perfect, tasted so good and I remembered my mother’s dish :). Also the steps were easy and simple. You are awesome

    Reply
  22. Mansa Murali

    September 15, 2018 at 1:50 pm

    Thanks Padhu for the recipe. I have a general question: Should we blanch cabbage before cooking?
    Any idea why vegetables are being blanched? What are the veges which needs to be blanched before cooking?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 16, 2018 at 5:29 am

      No, you don't have to blanch cabbage before cooking. Except cauliflower and peas, I don't blanch anything unless the recipes calls for it.

      Reply
  23. Unknown

    December 6, 2018 at 7:02 am

    Hai padhu…I just love this kuttu. Ur recipes are just awesome for beginners like me

    Reply
  24. swathi gurunathan

    April 30, 2020 at 4:12 am

    Very tasty.i tried this recipe. I like all ur recipes.

    Reply
  25. Deepthi

    May 11, 2021 at 3:13 am

    Hi! I have been making your version of the kootu since a few years.. Though i have tried other recipes with fennel, tomato etc., this is the best! Keep up the good work.

    Reply
  26. Carey

    October 2, 2023 at 9:24 am

    What flavor of rasam would you pair with this?

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      November 19, 2023 at 3:22 am

      All rasams go well with kootu.

      Reply

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