Malaysian
Kobis Poriyal (Cabbage Stir-Fry with Coconut)
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Kobis Poriyal (Cabbage Stir-Fry with Coconut) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is 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.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Shred the cabbage finely.
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Heat the oil in a wok over medium heat and fry the mustard seeds until they pop, about 30 seconds.
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Add the curry leaves and dried chilies and fry 30 seconds more, until fragrant.
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Add the cabbage and salt, and stir-fry over medium-high heat until just tender, about 6 minutes.
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Fold in the grated coconut and toss to combine, warming through 1 minute.
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Serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kobis Poriyal (Cabbage Stir-Fry with Coconut), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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. Kobis Poriyal (Cabbage Stir-Fry with Coconut) carries coconut. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| 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 | Chap Chai (Malaysian Mixed Vegetable Stew) |
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
- 120 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 7 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 250 mg
- Saturated fat
- 6 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kobis Poriyal (Cabbage Stir-Fry with Coconut) 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.
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