Gujarati-Style Cabbage with Carrots

Name: Gujarati-Style Cabbage with Carrots (Sambhara)
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: pinch of ground asafoetida (optional); about 1¼ teaspoons salt; 350 g/12 oz green English cabbage; 350 g/12 oz carrots; 1 dried, hot red chilli; 1 tablespoon black mustard seeds; ½–1 fresh, hot green chilli; 4 tablespoons vegetable oil; ½ teaspoon sugar; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 4 heaped tablespoons chopped fresh green coriander

Sambhara

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery

By Madhur Jaffrey

Published 2023

About

This is the kind of everyday vegetable dish that is served in many homes in the state of Gujarat. It cooks quickly and may be served as well with pork chops as with an Indian meal.

Ingredients

350 g/12 oz green English cabbage
350 g/12

Asia
India
Side dish
Gluten-free
Gujarat
Vegan

Method

Core the cabbage and cut it into fine, long shreds. Peel the carrots and grate them coarsely. Cut the green chilli into fine, long strips. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a wide, casserole-type pot over a medium-high flame. When hot, put in the asafoetida. A second later, put in the mustard seeds. As soon as the mustard seeds begin to pop (this takes just a few seco