Quick Cabbage Rice / Easy Indian Lunch Box Recipe / Cabbage Rice Recipe

      Hello Friends,hope you all had a great weekend.Me also enjoyed a lot with my family.Was little busy with cleaning n other stuufs so not able to post n visit all your yummy recipes.Hope you won't mistake me and will manage to check all your recipes soon.Coming to this cabbage rice,this is a very simple and very fast recipe.If you have cooked rice in hand,then it will take only 10 minutes to prepare n cook this tasty filling rice.No need any special side dish,simple pickle or fryums is enough.the recipe as follows

Ingredients

1. Cooked rice   2 cups
2. Cabbage  2 cups(thinly cut in length wise)
3. Carrot   1 no.(finely chopped)
4. Onion   1 medium(sliced or chopped)
5. Green chilli   3-4 no.(slitted)
6. Curry leaves    few
7. Coriander leaves   few(finely chopped)
8. Salt   to taste

To temper

1. Oil  1 tbsp
2. Mustard seeds   1/2 tsp
3. dry red chillies   2-3 no.s
4. Chana dal   1 tbsp
5. Urad dal   1 tbsp
6. Peanuts   2 tbsp(roasted)
7. Cashew nuts   5-7 or as needed

Method

• Cook rice and allow to cool completely .
• Heat oil in a pan ,add the tempering ingredients and fry the dal n nuts lightly.
• Then add green chillies,curry leaves and onion saute for a minute and add finely chopped carrots and stir fry for another minute.
• After that add cabbage and turmeric powder and stir well and stir fry the cabbage briefly till its done.
• When cabbage gets cooked (don't cook completely or over cook) add the cooked rice,enough salt and mix everything well and fry the rice in low heat for few minutes.'
• Lastly add some finely chopped coriander leaves and turn off the stove.
• Yummy Cabbage rice is now ready to pack for lunch box or serve hot.

Note:
Plz adjust the amount of red/green chillies to your taste.you can also add some shredded coconut to the rice lastly and also add some more vegetables of your choice......