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Healthy and Delicious Indian Spiced Cabbage Recipe

Oct 27, 2022Last Modified: October 27, 2022

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Indian spiced cabbage with tomato and seasonings on a silver plate.
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  • Why You Should Make This Recipe
  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 🔪 Instructions For This Indian Spiced Cabbage Recipe
  • How To Serve This Indian Spiced Cabbage
  • Some Other Indian Recipes You May Enjoy
  • Join Me On A Fun Food Journey!
  • Healthy and Delicious Indian Spiced Cabbage Recipe

Cabbage is such a versatile and nutritious vegetable! It's also budget friendly...I remember buying a head of cabbage that must have weighed 4 pounds for for a couple of dollars!

This vegetable is great when fermented to make sauerkraut, and many people also use it to make delicious cabbage soup.

Green cabbage also pairs perfectly with Indian spices. In fact it pairs so well, that it's probably my favorite way to prepare this wonderful cruciferous vegetable.

Allow me to present an easy and delicious recipe for Indian Spiced Cabbage, which I know you will absolutely love!

Why You Should Make This Recipe

If you love Indian cuisine, then you absolutely must try this recipe! And if you are not that familiar with Indian food, then let this be an introduction to this wonderful and delicious cuisine.

You should make this recipe because:

  • It's absolutely delicious. Tender cabbage cooked with ghee and some amazing spices makes for an amazing side dish.
  • This dish is budget friendly. As mentioned, cabbage is so very inexpensive and you can feed a big family on this dish. 😊
  • It's quick to make. You'll need about 30 minutes start to finish to get this wonderful side dish on your table.
  • This is a healthy and nutritious side dish. In addition to the cabbage this dish includes garlic, ginger, and turmeric, all touted for their nutrition and health benefits.

I hope you are getting excited to make this recipe! Now, I will tell you what you'll need for this Indian cabbage recipe.

Indian spiced cabbage with tomato and seasonings on a silver plate.

🥘 Ingredients

Chopped cabbage in a white bowl, ghee, cayenne and garam masala in silver bowls. salt, pepper, and turmeric in a white dish, ginger, several red chilies, tomato, half and onion, and several garlic cloves on a wooden board.

You will need the following fresh ingredients to make this dish:

  • Green cabbage (about 1 pound)
  • Tomato (medium sized)
  • Fresh ginger
  • Fresh garlic
  • Onion
  • Chilies - these are optional but so nice to include to spice things up a bit! I have used a type of Thai chili here. I do recommend Thai or birds eye chilies when cooking Indian food.
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Cayenne
  • Turmeric
  • Garam Masala
  • Ghee (can sub olive oil, but ghee is preferred)

Garam masala is an incredible mix of spices. It typically includes cumin, coriander, cardamom, bay leaves, star anise, cloves, and nutmeg. There are certainly variations and seemingly endless varieties of types of garam masala. They have one thing in common: they are supremely aromatic! Please take the time to inhale the scent of this spice mix when you make this dish.

Ghee, which I lean toward using more and more often in my culinary journey, is clarified butter. This article from Farmer's Almanac actually calls it "culinary liquid magic." It's used extensively in Indian cooking, and it works perfectly to lend this cabbage dish a delicious buttery flavor.

Now let's gather these ingredients and make some amazing and delectable cabbage!

🔪 Instructions For This Indian Spiced Cabbage Recipe

It's super simple to make this dish. Begin by melting the ghee on medium-high heat. Then add minced onion, garlic, ginger, and chilies. Stir 3 minutes until softened, then add all the spices and stir one minute.

Minced onion, garlic, chilies, and ginger in oil in a large skillet.
Sauté the onion, garlic, ginger and chilies in ghee.
Minced onion, garlic, ginger, and chilies, and salt, pepper, cayenne, turmeric, and garam masala in oil in a large skillet.
After sautéing add the spices and stir to incorporate.

Add cabbage and stir, then cover and lower the heat to medium. Cook 10 minutes and stir occasionally. Then add diced tomato and stir it in. Cover and cook another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Please note that if the mixture gets too dry at anytime, just add a bit of water or broth.

Chopped green cabbage.
Add chopped cabbage and cook for 10 minutes covered.
Cooked cabbage with seasonings and garlic, ginger, chilies, and onions and chopped tomato on top of the cabbage in a large skillet.
Then add tomato and cook another 10 minutes covered.

At the end of the cooking time, taste the dish and adjust for seasoning by adding additional salt, pepper, or other spices to your liking.

Your cabbage dish should now be finished cooking and ready to enjoy with your family!

Cooked Indian Spiced Cabbage with tomato in a large skillet with a spoonful of the cabbage in the foreground.
The finished dish...look at that tender cabbage!

How To Serve This Indian Spiced Cabbage

Indian spiced cabbage with tomato and seasonings on a silver plate.

This flavorful dish is the perfect side to accompany your favorite Indian main meals! It could also be the center of a vegetarian meal accompanied by basmati rice, or some naan bread.

I like to serve it alongside Keema do Pyaza (lamb mince curry dish) or Indian Butter Chicken.

Keep this recipe handy for anytime you crave a delicious cabbage dish!

Some Other Indian Recipes You May Enjoy

Here are some other Indian food recipes which are so delicious and that you may enjoy:

  • How To Make Easy and Spicy Mango Chutney
  • Indian Spiced Tilapia in Coconut Milk
  • Cachumber (Indian Salad)

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Cheers!

Grace

Indian spiced cabbage with tomato and seasonings on a silver plate.

Healthy and Delicious Indian Spiced Cabbage Recipe

Grace
This easy Indian Spiced Cabbage Recipe is the perfect side dish to accompany your favorite Indian dishes! It's healthy and absolutely delish!
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Prep Time 6 minutes mins
Cook Time 24 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 5 people
Calories 118 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 large covered skillet or pot

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb green cabbage chopped
  • 1 medium tomato diced
  • 1 inch ginger peeled and minced
  • ½ onion minced
  • 5 cloves garlic minced
  • 5 each chilies optional but if using I recommend Thai chilies
  • ½ ts salt
  • ¼ ts pepper
  • ¼ ts cayenne
  • ¼ ts turmeric
  • 1 ts garam masala
  • 3 tablespoon ghee

Instructions
 

  • Begin by melting the ghee on medium-high heat. Then add minced onion, garlic, ginger, and chilies. Stir 3 minutes until softened, then add all the spices and stir one minute.
    Minced onion, garlic, ginger, and chilies, and salt, pepper, cayenne, turmeric, and garam masala in oil in a large skillet.
  • Add cabbage and stir, then cover and lower the heat to medium. Cook 10 minutes and stir occasionally. Then add diced tomato and stir it in. Cover and cook another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Please note that if the mixture gets too dry at anytime, just add a bit of water or broth.
    Cooked cabbage with seasonings and garlic, ginger, chilies, and onions and chopped tomato on top of the cabbage in a large skillet.
  • At the end of the cooking time, taste the dish and adjust for seasoning by adding additional salt, pepper, or other spices to your liking. Your cabbage dish should now be finished cooking and ready to enjoy with your family!
    Cooked Indian Spiced Cabbage with tomato in a large skillet with a spoonful of the cabbage in the foreground.

Notes

This flavorful dish is the perfect side to accompany your favorite Indian main meals! It could also be the center of a vegetarian meal accompanied by basmati rice, or some naan bread.
I like to serve it alongside Keema do Pyaza (lamb mince curry dish) or Indian Butter Chicken.
Keep this recipe handy for anytime you crave a delicious cabbage dish!

Nutrition

Calories: 118kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 252mgPotassium: 255mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 342IUVitamin C: 40mgCalcium: 48mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cabbage, green cabbage
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