Spiced Cabbage

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 onion, roughly chopped
• 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
• 2 1/2 cm fresh ginger, chopped
• 2 green chilies, deseeded and chopped
• 4 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 500 g green cabbage, finely shredded
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 20 g unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 put the onion, garlic, ginger and chilli in a food processor and whiz until finely chopped but not blended to a paste, or chop together with a knife.
• 2 heat the oil in a heavy-based frying pan over a low heat and fry the onion mixture until softened but not browned.
• 3 add the cumin seeds and tumeric to the pan and stir for 1 minute.
• 4 mix the cabbage, stirring thoroughly until all the leaves are coated in the yellow paste.
• 5 add the salt, pepper, ground cumin, coriander and chilli powder.
• 6 stir to coat the cabbage, then cook for 10 minutes with the pan partially covered, stirring occasionally until the cabbage is soft.
• 7 if the cabbage becomes too dry and starts sticking to the pan, add 1-2 tablespoons of water.
• 8 stir in the butter and season with salt.