Quick and Easy Fried Purple Cabbage Recipe

Some days you’re so busy that all you want is a quick and easy vegetarian meal that you can eat with bread or puris. That’s when this purple cabbage recipe my mom makes comes in quite handy. If you like a tongue twister, we call it baigani patta gobhi cha sabzi in Hindi. Or for the fried red cabbage veggies, it’s laal patta gobhee sabzi. It hardly takes 15 minutes to have your purple cabbage or red cabbage chopped, fried and ready to eat.

So what do you need to make Fried purple cabbage veggies quick?

1 Purple Cabbage, weighing approximately half kg
2 Tablespoons Oil or Ghee
1 Teaspoon Jeera or Cumin
1 Teaspoon Rai or Mustard Seeds
1 Teaspoon Salt
3 Green Chillies Chopped Fine

How do you make Fried Purple Cabbage Sabzi?

Start off by chopping the cabbage, not too fine, but not too thick and leaving it aside. Also, chop the green chilies fine and leave them aside.

In a pan, take the 2 tablespoons of oil and make what we Indians call a tadka. Tadka’s give flavor to a dish, especially to dal, and are often added to the dish later on. But sometimes, like today, it’s better to add it before everything else.

So back to the tadka recipe, take 2 tablespoons of oil or ghee in a pan, add the rai (mustard) and jeera (cumin) and heat for 2 minutes till you get a nice aroma or your nose starts to twitch.

Then add in the chopped green chilies and leave for 2 minutes. And finally, add the chopped purple cabbage and salt and fry for 5 minutes. And that’s it! You’ll know it’s ready once the cabbage has lost it’s bright color and become somewhat duller.

The tasty fried purple cabbage sabzi is ready to serve with some Indian flatbreads or puris! You can add a spoonful of yogurt on the side like we Indians do. By the way, this recipe of mom’s is vegetarian and gluten free too!

Tips for Cooking Purple Cabbage

• You can serve it with masoor dal and fried fish!
• Serve with pickled onions and plain salted yogurt, and wheat roti or puris.
• Or add to a toasted bun with chutney and melted cheese, and eat as a sandwich.
• Want a different purple cabbage recipe? Try this purple cabbage stir fry!
• Want to cook with regular cabbage? Try this cabbage and corn stir fry!

Other Recipes You Might Want to Try

• Mutton Paya Khudi
• Checkerboard cake with lightning Mcqueen shape
• Sorpotel aka Sarpatel
• Goat Tripe or Vajri Khudi
• Dried beaten rice with chicken