West Indian

Cabbage Foogath (Coconut Cabbage Stir-Fry)

Name: Cabbage Foogath (Coconut Cabbage Stir-Fry)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: West Indian
Ingredients: 4 cups shredded cabbage; 1/2 cup grated coconut; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 2 dried red chilies; 1/4 tsp turmeric; 1 onion; 2 tbsp neutral oil; 3/4 tsp salt

Nikhil Kelkar @nikhil_thali

Cabbage Foogath (Coconut Cabbage Stir-Fry) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Diabetic friendly Low carb Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Halal Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 cups shredded cabbage
1/2 cup grated coconut
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2 dried red chilies
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 onion
2 tbsp neutral oil
3/4 tsp salt

How to cook it

Heat the oil in a wide pan, add the mustard seeds and let them crackle, then add the dried red chilies.
Add the chopped onion and saute until soft.
Add the shredded cabbage, turmeric, and salt, and toss well.
Cover and cook on medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the cabbage is just tender but still has a little bite, about 8 minutes.
Stir in the grated coconut and cook uncovered for 2 more minutes to warm it through.
Serve warm alongside rice and fish curry.

Watch how to cook Cabbage Foogath (Coconut Cabbage Stir-Fry)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Serve it with

A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Cabbage Foogath (Coconut Cabbage Stir-Fry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

What it is eaten with
- Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread)
  
  35 min
- Jowar Bhakri (Sorghum Flatbread)
  
  30 min
The sharp little thing
- Chaas (Spiced Buttermilk)
  
  10 min
Something cool and fresh
- Koshimbir (Cucumber-Peanut Curd Salad)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Cabbage Foogath (Coconut Cabbage Stir-Fry) carries coconut. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Cabbage Foogath (Coconut Cabbage Stir-Fry)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	Yes	Akoori (Parsi Spiced Scrambled Eggs)

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 140 kcal
Protein: 3 g
Carbs: 10 g
Fat: 10 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 4 g
Sodium: 430 mg
Saturated fat: 7 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Cabbage Foogath (Coconut Cabbage Stir-Fry) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.