Calcutta Tangled Greens

Name: Calcutta Tangled Greens
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp caster/granulated sugar; 3 tbsp vegetable oil; juice of ½ lemon; ½ tsp ground turmeric; ¼ tsp chilli powder; 2.5 cm/1 inch piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated; 1 tsp English mustard, loosened with a little water; 1 white cabbage, quartered, cored and finely shredded; 1 tbsp mustard seeds; 2 garlic cloves, minced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Mowgli Street Food

By Nisha Katona

Published 2018

About

This dish is at the heart of everything Mowgli is about. It is a dish that we eat at home at least twice a week. It is the best that Indians can do with the best of the humble, overwintered, robust, chlorophyll-rich, Great British veg.

Ingredients

3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp mustard seeds
2 garlic cl

Asia
India
West Bengal: Kolkata
Side dish
Main course
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put the vegetable oil in a large non-stick frying pan set over a medium heat. When hot, add the mustard seeds and fry until they fizz and pop. Add the garlic and ginger and continue to fry for 30 seconds, taking care not to burn the garlic.
Add the white cabbage, ground turmeric, chilli powder, salt, sugar and English mustard and mix well, then cover with a lid