Cabbage rice- Mildly spiced Indian variety rice using cabbage. Cabbage rice is an easy lunch box recipe and a quick one-pot meal that can be made for lunch or dinner. It is a very simple recipe that can be made by bachelors too. I first tried cabbage rice for dinner and my husband simply loved it and asked me to prepare it for his lunch the next day too. I came up with this recipe when I ran
out of all vegetables and was left with just a piece of cabbage and capsicum. Addition of capsicum gives a nice aroma to the rice and this recipe is sure to appeal to even those who do not like cabbage as much. For other interesting vegetable rice options look for capsicum rice, tindora rice, vaangi baath recipes.
out of all vegetables and was left with just a piece of cabbage and capsicum. Addition of capsicum gives a nice aroma to the rice and this recipe is sure to appeal to even those who do not like cabbage as much. For other interesting vegetable rice options look for capsicum rice, tindora rice, vaangi baath recipes.
INGREDIENTS:
BASMATHI RICE | 1/2 CUP |
FINELY CHOPPED CABBAGE + CAPSICUM | 1/2 CUP + 2 TBLSP |
ONION | 1 |
RED CHILLI POWDER | 1/4 TSP |
MINT LEAVES | FEW |
CURRY LEAVES | FEW |
OIL | 1 TBLSP |
SALT | AS NEEDED |
GARAM MASALA | A PINCH |
MUSTARD SEEDS | 1/4 TSP |
URAD DAL | 1/4 TSP |
PEANUTS | 1-2 TBLSP(OPTIONAL) |
CASHEW NUTS | 1 TSP(OPTIONAL) |
TURMERIC POWDER | A PINCH |
METHOD:
- Wash and soak the rice for 15 minutes and pressure cook for 2 whistles by adding 3/4 cup of water and little salt and few drops of oil.
- Wash and cut the cabbage finely. Chop the onions and capsicum finely.
- In a kadai, add oil and throw in the mustard seeds , urad dal, cashew nuts, peanuts(if using) and mint leaves, curry leaves.
- Add the onions and saute till they become crunchy.
- Now add in the chopped cabbage and capsicum and saute for a minute by adding the red chilli powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder.
- Check for salt.
- Mix this with the cooked rice without mashing the rice.
- Since i forgot to add peanuts i roasted it in the last and added to the rice.
- Pack for lunch box along with any raitha.
NOTE:
- You can add green chilli instead of red chilli powder.
- You can add cumin seeds while doing the seasoning.
- Garam masala can be replaced with pav bhaji masala for making this Cabbage rice
45 comments
Superb recipe and lovely clicks 🙂 Should try this for sure!
Adding mint leaves & garam masala would surely made it tasty and the cabbage smell would be vanished . I needed a recipe of this kind. Thanks for Sharing. will try for LB 🙂
Looks good
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Nice recipe, sounds ineresting…
Sounds interesting and looks good
Never hrd of cabbage rice this is new n delicious …
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Super!!
superlike…………..looks nice jeyashree
very refreshing rcie recipe. looks wonderful
New to me and the rice looks delicious.
Nice recipe jeyashri!
Capsicum and cabbage go well together, the rice looks awesome and I like the peanut garnish..
My hubby doesn't like the smell of cabbage so I have to boil it for few mins before using. This is indeed a quick thinking and you have made a delicious looking rice
Looks very yum …nice recipe
lovely rice preparation. love the peanuts in it.
Great recipe.. noticed one small thing. I guess you meant 1 cup basmati rice because you asked to cook it with 1.5 cups water..
Hey sorry that was a typo. Thanks for mentioning. Changed it.
Super-simple and yummy recipe! Nice way to enjoy cabbage! 🙂
Nice recipe with cabbage jeya….
lovely clicks 🙂
Wat a super flavourful one pot meal..inviting rice.
Very delicious yummy cabbage rice!!
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WoW!!! what a coincidence…I made yesterday for lunch box,your version sounds interesting…mine is bit different.Delicious….
That sounds extremely yummy… crunchy cabbage and capsicum should make for a tasty rice dish.
Delicious pulao.. mostly whenever we try out something with a few left over veggies..it turns out the best..
Colourful and delicious.
Nice recipe.. Usually I make a different variation of cabbage rice.. I should try this and the pics are awesome!
wow, cabbage rice sounds great..excellent pics 🙂
Sounds interesting, never tried rice with cabbage.
looks yumm..long time i made this one,..
delicious and yummy rice .
This looks awesome!
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Awesome rice recipe love it !!
Sounds delicious. My friend's mom (who is Indian) recently gave me a bunch of indian spices so now I have all the ingredients needed for this rice!
love your photographs…lovely rice
Looks delicious like everything else on this blog!
I love cabbage rice and there are few versions I make. But adding mint leaves , never done before.. will try this way next time.
wow delicious one pot meal thanks for sharing…
Made this for hubby's lunch box and it tastes awesome. Thanks for the recipe
gooseberry recipe i need is it there with u
you want gooseberry rice? Will post it soon
Tried this out today and it was super 🙂 Thanks!
Ingredients doesn't mention capsicum
Sorry about that. Thanks for letting me know. Updated now in the ingredients list
Along with capsicum and mint leaves, and nuts cabbage rice tasted yummy and liked by all in the family… thx for the recipe…
Along with capsicum and mint leaves, and nuts cabbage rice tasted yummy and liked by all in the family… thx for the recipe…