Cabbage Molagootal

Ingredients:

Cabbage
Towar Dal
Fresh grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
Haldi Turmeric powder

Jeera - 1 spoon
Salt
Oil/ghee
Mustard seeds

Method:
Boil towar dal in cooker. Boil or pressure cook chopped cabbage with some salt and turmeric powder and little water. Grind coconut and jeera to a smooth paste. Mix boiled towar dal, cabbage and coconut paste, mix well and boil. Season with mustard seeds.

Vatha Kulambu

Ingredients:

Towar dal

Tamarind pulp (lemon sized tamarind, soaked in hot water and squeezed the pulp)

Turmeric

Salt

For tempering:

Ghee

Mustard seeds

Curry leaves

Grated coconut

Marthangali vathal (optional)

Method:

Pressure cook the towar dal. Take a pan, add tamarind pulp and salt and turmeric and let it boil and thicken nicely. Once cooked, add boiled towar dal and boil till it is all mixed well. Now take some ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds, once it splutters add curry leaves and power over the dal. In the same pan add grated coconut and roast it till slightly brown. Add this to the dal. In the same pan add some ghee and fry the marthangali vathal and add it to the dal.