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

Method:

1. Cook the rice and transfer to a dish to cool.
2. Shred the cabbage and add water, a pinch of salt, a pinch of turmeric powder and boil it.
3. Soak the peas overnight and cook it.
4. Chop onions, tomatoes, garlic, chillies and ginger.
5. In a big frying pan, add oil, cumin, chillies and ginger and allow it to splutter.
6. 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.
7. Add coriander powder, red chilli powder and toss it together. Add salt to it.
8. When it is almost done, in a small frying pan, add 1 tsp of oil, and fry the peanuts and then add it.
9. Add the cabbage masala to the rice and mix it well. Garnish it with coriander.

Recipe courtesy of Jayasree Sai