Quick Cabbage & Peas Rice

A lunch box recipe!

Ingredients:

Cooked rice - 2 cups

Oil - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Asafetida - a pinch

Peanuts - 2 tbsp

Turmeric - a pinch

Cabbage - 2 1/2 cups

Peas - 1/4 cup

Salt - 1 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Coriander leaves - to garnish

Method:

In a non-stick pan, pour oil. Add mustard seeds. Once it splatters, add cumin seeds, curry leaves & asafetida. Sauté peanuts. Add cabbage and turmeric. Sauté for 5 mins and add peas. When cabbage is half cooked, add the powders - salt, chilli and coriander powder. Sauté for another 2 mins. Ensure that cabbage is slightly crunchy. Add the cooked rice. Mix well. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Note:

Peas is optional. Can make the same with cabbage alone.