Braised Cabbage with Coconut

As a young child, I ate very few different vegetables. In fact, I restricted my vegetable intake to potatoes and cabbage. This was a constant source of frustration for my parents, who tried their best to make me love vegetables. At least once a week, I’d request cabbage foogath, in which slender shavings of cabbage leaves are braised and then finished off with a generous sprinkling of soft fresh coconut. (Foogath is the Konkani word for braising; the Portuguese name for this d