Cabbage with Peas

Name: Cabbage with Peas (Bund gobi aur matar)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 fresh, hot green chilli, very finely chopped; 5 tablespoons vegetable oil; 150 g/5½ oz frozen peas; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz green English cabbage; ¾ teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons cumin seeds; 2 bay leaves; ¼ teaspoon Garam masala; ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper; ¾ teaspoon sugar

Bund gobi aur matar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery

By Madhur Jaffrey

Published 2023

About

Here is a simple cabbage dish that you could serve just as easily with grilled pork chops as with an Indian meal.

Ingredients

500 g/1 lb 2 oz green English cabbage
150

Asia
India
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Core the cabbage and cut it into very fine, long shreds. Put the peas in a sieve and hold them under warm running water until they separate.
Heat the oil in a wide pot over a medium-high flame. When hot, put in the cumin seeds and bay leaves. As soon as the bay leaves begin to take on colour – this just takes a few seconds – put in the cabbage and peas and stir