Cabbage Huli

Huli is like a sambar & is prepared with any given vegetable or a combination of vegetables & pulses. As the lentils are combined with the veggies & had with rice, this One - Dish Meal , encompasses all the food groups.
This versatile Huli is a simple every day dish which is healthy, filling & wholesome.



Ingredients

Thoor dal - 1/3 cup
Cabbage - 2 cups , shredded
Onion - 1 medium , chopped
Tamarind - 1 tbsp , soaked
Jaggery - 3/4 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Grind :
poppy seeds - 1 tbsp , lightly toasted
Coconut - 3 tbsps, scraped
copra - 1 tbsp, scraped
rice - 1 tsp
onion - 1 small, chopped roughly
Rasam powder/ sambar powder - 4 tsps
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Temper :
Oil - 4 tsps
mustard, jeera. curry leaves, hing

Method

• Pressure cook the dal & cabbage with some water.
• In another pan, temper the oil & lightly saute the onions. Add the masala paste & stir till the color changes & it starts to leave the sides of the pan.
• Combine this masala with the cooked dal, tamarind extract, jaggery & salt & adjust the consistency to resemble sambar.
• Bring it to a simmer.
• Serve hot with rice.