Name: Bandhakopi bhape/ Bengali Style Dry cabbage sabzi recipe by Paramita Majumder at BetterButter
Prep time: 14 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 49 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Cabbage 1 kg; Potato 1 big; Green peas 1/2 cup (fresh / frozen); Tomato 2 small chopped; Ginger Paste 1 Tsp; Bay leaf 1; Paanchphoran 1 tsp; GREEN CHILLI 1 CHOPPED; All purpose flour /maida 1 tsp; milk 3 tsp; Spices:; Tumeric powder 1/3 tsp; Cumin powder 1 tsp; coriander powder 1 tsp; Garam masala powder 1/2 tsp; salt as per taste; Sugar 1/2 tsp; Coriander leaves chopped 1 tbsp

ABOUT Bandhakopi bhape/ Bengali Style Dry cabbage sabzi RECIPE

Slow cooked dry cabbage sabzi with bengali spices . Easy and simple cabbage sabzi for everyday meal or can be served as a side dish to dinner parties. Everyone in my family love to eat this cabbage sabzi , in my hometown we get cabbages and green peas only in winter , whole year we used to wait for this. So whenever i prepare this dish i remember my childhoid days . Currently staying in " Bahrain"

Ingredients Serving: 6

Cabbage 1 kg
Potato 1 big
Green peas 1/2 cup (fresh / frozen)
Tomato 2 small chopped
Ginger Paste 1 Tsp
Bay leaf 1
Paanchphoran 1 tsp
GREEN CHILLI 1 CHOPPED
All purpose flour /maida 1 tsp
milk 3 tsp
Spices:
Tumeric powder 1/3 tsp
Cumin powder 1 tsp
coriander powder 1 tsp
Garam masala powder 1/2 tsp
salt as per taste
Sugar 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves chopped 1 tbsp

Instructions

Chop cabbage and tomato
Cut potato in cubes of medium size
First of all, heat oil in a pan and fry potatoes with little salt and turmeric powder until light red in low heat , keep aside
Heat a big pan , add mustard oil in medium heat
When hot enough add bay leaf and paanchphoron , let them splutter
Add turmeric powder , cumin powder, chilli powder and coriander powder. Add 2 tsp water . Saute in low heat until all the water dries up
Add cabbage and salt, cook in low heat with a lid until the volume of the cabbage becomes 1/3 of the original volume. No need to add water. Stir occasionally. It will take 20_25 minutes
Add chopped tomato , chopped green chilli , blanched green peas . cover and cook again for 5_7 minutes
Once the tomato and cabbage is soft, remove cover . Continue to cook until the sabzi becomes dry
Mix milk and maida in a small bowl to a smooth paste without any lump. Add this paste to the pan and mix well
Add sugar . Check for salt
Switch off gas . Add garam masala powder and chopped coriander leaves.
Serve hot in dinner or lunch with hot steamed rice or phulkas

Similar Recipes