Cabbage Thoran - Two Types

Thoran / stir fry is a common side dish for a Kerala meal. The red cabbage thoran is little different, since I have added egg in that. You can try both recipes for both types of cabbages.



Cabbage stir fry / thoran Ingredients and method
Cabbage 1/4 kg
onion 1
coconut grated 2 tbsp
green chillies 2
curry leaves few
ginger 1/4 inch piece
turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
mustard seeds
coconut oil
salt

Clean and chop cabbage finely. Chop onion into very finely. Cut green chillies length wise into two. Crush ginger. Mix coconut, green chilies,ginger, turmeric and salt together.
Heat oil, allow mustard seeds to splutter. Then saute onion for few seconds.Add the mixture and stir well. Add cabbage too and mix. Cook on a low flame, keeping the pan closed. Stir occasionally. If needed sprinkle little water. You can add egg in this too if you like.. :)
See more about cabbage here.

Red cabbage keeps changing it's color depending on the ingredients you used to cook with it. When I added egg, the egg white (albumen) changed to green color. It is because of the alkaline nature of egg white and red cabbages usually alters alkaline substances green.This is because red cabbage contains a pigment called anthocyanin. I think the other ingredients like egg yolk which are neutral, made red cabbages retain it's purple color.

Red cabbage stir fry / thoran Ingredients and method

Red cabbage 1/4 kg

onion 1

green chillies 2

curry leaves few

egg 1

pepper powder 1 tsp

mustard seeds

salt

oil

Chop onion and slit green chillies. Heat oil splutter mustard seeds. Saute onion with green chillies. Add cabbage and pepper powder mixed with salt. Sprinkle little water if needed and cook. When it is about to finish, break one egg into it. Stir well until the egg turns like granules.Remove from fire.
Read about red cabbage here.