Muttaikos Kola

Ingredients
Items	Qnty	Comments
Cabbage - Shredded	3 cups	(tamil:muttaikos)
Toor Dhal	½ cup	(tamil:thuvaram paruppu)
Split Chick Peas	½ cup	(tamil:kadalai paruppu)
Dried Red chillies	10	(tamil:vara milagai)
Onion	1 whole onion small size	(tamil:vengayam)
Chilly Powder	½ teaspoon	(tamil:milagai thul)
Turmeric Powder	¼ teapoon	(tamil:manchal thul)
Green Curry Leaves	5 leaves	(tamil:karuvepilai)
Fennel Seeds	1 ¼ teaspoon	(tamil:sombu)
Salt	1 teaspoon	or as required
Oil	10 teaspoons	For frying

Method

1. Wash and soak the toor dhal and split chick peas in water for 3 hours.

2. Now grind fennel seeds(1 teaspoon) and dried chillies(10) in the blender first.

3. Strain all the water from the dhal and grind it coarsely in the blender.

4. Don’t add too much water for grinding.

5. Shred the cabbage as fine as possible.

6. Finely cut the onions.

7. Pour 10 teaspoons of oil in a big tawa(wok) or casserole.

8. When the oil is heated put ¼ teaspoon of fennel seeds and curry leaves.

9. When they splutter add the onions and sauté them well.

10. Now add the shredded cabbage and sauté it well.

11. Add turmeric powder,chilly powder and salt(1/2 teaspoon) and sauté them well along with the cabbage.

12. Now add the grinded dhal mixture and keep on sautéing well.

13. Add the remaining salt(1/2 teaspoon) and reduce the fire.

14. Once in 5 minutes keep on turning over the mixture with a spatula so that everything gets fried evenly.

15. After 30 minutes the pasty nature of the dhal will slowly fade away and it will would look like bread crumbs.

16. Keep on frying well until it changes to a reddish brown color.

Tips

· The more toor dhal you add the dish is going to take time to get done.That’s why I have given an equal ratio.You can even lessen the quantity of toor dhal a little bit if needed.

· Food Processor would be the best to shred the cabbage.Since it is going to take time to finely cut cabbage.

· You can grind the dhal in the food processor without adding any water.That’s the advantage of a food processor.

· Beans,Plantain Flower(vazhai-pu),Snake Gourd(podalangai) can be used instead of cabbage for the same recipe.

· Using a non-stick casserole or tawa would give best results.

· The amount of chilly powder can be reduced according to individuals taste.

· The more oil you add the faster the dish gets done.

· Although the preparation time would be around 45 minutes this is a very tasty dish.

· Goes along very well with sambhar rice and curd rice.