Cabbage Thoran - Two Types

Posted On 22-Mar-2008 at 12:34 PM by Seena  

Thoran / stir fry is a common side dish for a Kerala meal. The red cabbage thoran is little different, since I have added egg in that. You can try both recipes for both types of cabbages.



Cabbage stir fry / thoran Ingredients and method
Cabbage 1/4 kg
onion 1
coconut grated 2 tbsp
green chillies 2
curry leaves few
ginger 1/4 inch piece
turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
mustard seeds
coconut oil
salt

Clean and chop cabbage finely. Chop onion into very finely. Cut green chillies length wise into two. Crush ginger. Mix coconut, green chilies,ginger, turmeric and salt together.
Heat oil, allow mustard seeds to splutter. Then saute onion for few seconds.Add the mixture and stir well. Add cabbage too and mix. Cook on a low flame, keeping the pan closed. Stir occasionally. If needed sprinkle little water. You can add egg in this too if you like.. :)
See more about cabbage here.



Red cabbage keeps changing it's color depending on the ingredients you used to cook with it. When I added egg, the egg white (albumen) changed to green color. It is because of the alkaline nature of egg white and red cabbages usually alters alkaline substances green.This is because red cabbage contains a pigment called anthocyanin. I think the other ingredients like egg yolk which are neutral, made red cabbages retain it's purple color.

Red cabbage stir fry / thoran Ingredients and method
Red cabbage 1/4 kg
onion 1
green chillies 2
curry leaves few
egg 1
pepper powder 1 tsp
mustard seeds
salt
oil

Chop onion and slit green chillies. Heat oil splutter mustard seeds. Saute onion with green chillies. Add cabbage and pepper powder mixed with salt. Sprinkle little water if needed and cook. When it is about to finish, break one egg into it. Stir well until the egg turns like granules.Remove from fire.
Read about red cabbage here.

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  1. Daily Meals Says: 22 March 2008 14:25  

    Both the dishes look great Seena!

  2. Lavi Says: 22 March 2008 15:59  

    i love this cabbage thoran..i love both the one's

  3. ANJALI J. Says: 22 March 2008 17:57  

    hey second one looks yummy. i never tried it.. is the taste similar to the white cabbage?

  4. TBC Says: 22 March 2008 18:12  

    I like cabbage thoran a lot. I've made a thoran using the red one too but did not like the color at the end. The taste was not bad but I prefer regular cabbage.
    The addition of egg is a nice idea.

  5. Uma Says: 22 March 2008 19:29  

    both of them look fabulous, Seena! Nice pictures too.

  6. Cham Says: 22 March 2008 20:50  

    Both are delicious... I love thoran ...Got to try the purple one..

  7. Dhivya Says: 22 March 2008 22:15  

    wow!the purple one looks great!both r yummy

  8. Kalai Says: 23 March 2008 00:50  

    The idea of adding egg is so unique! Great pics! :)

  9. Siri Says: 23 March 2008 01:26  

    Both the dishes look delish Seena..:D

    Siri

  10. Meera Says: 23 March 2008 02:08  

    I love thoran. Both of them look delicious.

  11. Roopa Says: 23 March 2008 06:58  

    love that thoran:) cabbage has a delicate flavor when its cooked:) I have never tried the violet color cabbage till now:)

  12. Linda Says: 23 March 2008 07:44  

    Hi Seena, I love cabbage thoran -- I usually grate a carrot into it too. Never had luck with cooking purple cabbage, but I never tried a thoran with it either! Looks delicious :)

  13. easycrafts Says: 23 March 2008 08:08  

    Never have I bought red cabbage...its high time i guess i must try it out

  14. Jyothsna Says: 23 March 2008 09:59  

    I blogged cabbage thoran too....The purple cabbage turned dark when cooked...how did you retain the colour?

  15. Seena Says: 23 March 2008 12:06  

    Thanks friends!
    Anjali,
    It tastes similar to white cabbage..

    Jyothsna,
    I have added some information there in the recipe, pls check it.Hope it helps you.. :)

  16. Ramya's Mane Adige Says: 24 March 2008 02:27  

    We make something similar in k'taka too. We call it palya. Love the purple cabbage pic :)

  17. Rachel Says: 24 March 2008 07:21  

    ahh..I see the cabbage :D

    I blogged both the varieties as well!

  18. Laavanya Says: 24 March 2008 21:52  

    Cabbage thoran with egg is very new.. I like the red cabbage too.. but make the traditional thoran with white most of the time.

  19. RAKS KITCHEN Says: 27 March 2008 16:41  

    I too make purple cabbage very often! I will add some cooked macaroni (smallest) in this cabbage poreiyal!

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