Ingredients

• Basmati rice - 1.5 cups
• Cabbage - 1
• Green peas - 1 cup
• Onions - 2
• Tomato - 1
• Green chillies - 2
• Garlic - 5 cloves
• Ginger - a small piece
• Cumin - 1 tsp
• Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Peanuts - 1 tbsp
• Coriander - a small bunch
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Salt

How to Make Madras Cabbage rice

• Cook the rice and transfer to a dish to cool.
• Shred the cabbage and add water, a pinch of salt, a pinch of turmeric powder and boil it.
• Soak the peas overnight and cook it.
• Chop onions, tomatoes, garlic, chillies and ginger.
• In a big frying pan, add oil, cumin, chillies and ginger and allow it to splutter.
• Add the chopped onions and when it turns light golden brown in colour, add tomatoes and garlic to it. Add cooked cabbage and peas to it.
• Add coriander powder, red chilli powder and toss it together. Add salt to it.
• When it is almost done, in a small frying pan, add 1 tsp of oil, and fry the peanuts and then add it.
• Add the cabbage masala to the rice and mix it well. Garnish it with coriander.