RECENTLY I had some friends over and we served cabbage rice as part of dinner. Our friends loved it so much that they wanted to know how to make it. So, Lisa, here is the recipe. I hope you enjoy it!

This is a very straight forward recipe that is easy to make and rather quick too! You can make good quantity in a short period and be ready for the 5 people who showed up suddenly at your door step. It does require you to have some ingredients in your house that you would typically not have unless of course if you are an Indian household But these ingredients are easy to find in your local Shoprite or your neighborhood Indian grocery store.

Ingredients:
One head of cabbage - Medium size - chopped into thin strands
Green chillies - two chopped finely
Ginger: One inch - chopped finely
Rice: Two cups
Turmeric powder: 1 tea spoon
Mustard seeds: 2 tea spoon
Salt - to taste
Oil: Three table spoon

Cooking the cabbage
Heat three table spoon of oil in a skillet. When the oil starts to smoke, reduce the flme and add mustard seeds to the oil, and cover with a lid. When the seeds stop popping, remove the lid and saute green chillies and ginger for about a minute. Add cabage strands and mix thoroughly. Let it cook for about 5 minutes with the covered lid on medium flame.

Add salt and turmeric and again mix thoroughly. Cover with a lid and let it steam on slow flame for about 15 minutes - mixing intermittently. After about 15 minutes, cabbage should be fully cooked. Add some lime juice to taste if you like.

Next you cook the rice.
Steam rice in a rice cooker as you traditionally would. Once the rice is cooked, add one table spoon of oil to a pan and heat it. Once the oil is smoking, add one cup of cooked cabbage and two cups of cooked rice, and turn carefully not to mash the rice.

Serve hot. There you have it. Cabbage Rice - to be had as a meal in itself or with other dishes.