Gujerati-Style Cabbage with Carrots (Sambhara)

Title: Gujerati-Style Cabbage with Carrots (Sambhara)

Categories: Ethnic

Yield: 4 servings

1/2 lb cabbage

1 ea Hot dried red chili

1/2 lb carrots

13/16 ts salt

1/2 ea Fresh hot green chili

1/3 ts sugar

2 2/3 tb vegetable oil

2 2/3 tb chopped fresh coriander

1 pn Asafetida

2/3 ts lemon juice

2/3 tb whole black mustard seed Core the cabbage and cut it into fine, long shreds. Peel the carrots

and grate them coarsely. Cut the green chili into thin, long strips.

Heat the oil in a wide, casserole-type pot over a medium-high flame.

When hot, put in the asafetida. A second later, put in the mustard

seeds. As soon as the mustard seeds begin to pop, put in the dried red

chili. Stir once. The chili should turn dark red in seconds. Now put

in the cabbage, carrots and green chili. Turn the heat down to medium

and stir the vegetables around for half a minute. Add the salt, sugar

and green coriander. Stir and cook for another 5 minutes or until the

vegetables are just done and retain some of their crispness. Ad the

lemon juice. Stir to mix. (Remove the whole red chili before serving

to those unfamiliar with Indian foods.) --