Posted on June 29th, 2009
This is a simple kootu recipe. I go for this when I feel bored to prepare an elaborate dish for main course. Dal and bhaji together makes the dish wholesome and nutritious!

Cabbage Chickpeas Kootu
Ingredients:
Cabbage : 500 gms (Shredded into small pieces)
Chickpeas: 200 gms
Coconut (grated): 1/2 cup
Red chilies: 4-5
Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
Coriander seeds: 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves: few
Mustard seeds: 1/4 tsp
Salt: to taste
Cooking oil: 1 tsp
Preparation Method:
- Wash and clean cabbage.
- Add salt and turmeric and cook the same.
- Cook chickpeas and keep it aside.
- Grind coconut, cumin seeds and red chilies by adding little water.
- Heat oil and do seasoning with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- Add cooked cabbage and the coconut masala.
- Keep stirring.
- Add cooked chickpeas.
- Add salt if required.
- Cook the kootu till it thickens.
Tips:
If the kootu is too watery, then mix little water with 2 tsps of rice flour and add it to the kootu to get the thick consistency.
Share & Enjoy! -
29. June 2009 at 6:10 pm
Cabbage and chickpeas sound a delectable combo!!
29. June 2009 at 9:45 pm
recipe sounds tasy! I will surely try it…
30. June 2009 at 3:44 am
VERY NICE
30. June 2009 at 7:20 am
Cabbage and chickpeas….very new combo to me….looks yum…
30. June 2009 at 9:06 am
i like the addition of chickpeas in kootu.. looks yummy.
30. June 2009 at 9:24 am
Wow first time i saw a combination of chickpeas and cabbage, looks soo good!
1. July 2009 at 8:05 pm
I have never tried combining cabbage with chick peas, sounds interesting !
6. July 2009 at 6:58 am
Interesting! Looks like a lovely combo!
12. June 2012 at 3:34 pm
My mom used to make the same Kootu but substituted coconut with (soaked and ground) khasa-khasa/ Poppy seeds!