Cabbage poha is perfect for a quick and delicious breakfast or snack. All you need is just 2 main ingredients – cabbage and poha (aval). You can make this with cabbage alone but since I love the cabbage capsicum combination, I have added capsicum also. Whenever my kids are hungry in between meals, I make this delicious poha in a jiffy. They love it a lot. You can make it for kids as an after school snack. It hardly takes 10 minutes to make this cabbage capsicum poha. Today we will learn how to make cabbage poha following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Cabbage Capsicum Poha
Prep Time : 5 mins
Cook Time : 10 mins
Serves: 1-2
Recipe Category: Breakfast-Snacks-Poha
Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Author:Padhu SankarIngredients needed Poha – 1 cup
Cabbage – 2 cups shredded
Capsicum – 1 cup thinly sliced
Sesame seeds – 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt to tasteFor the seasoning Oil – 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Green chilli -2 finely chopped
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Curry leaves – a sprigFor Garnishing Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped
Fresh Lemon juice to taste
Serves: 1-2
Recipe Category: Breakfast-Snacks-Poha
Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Author:Padhu SankarIngredients needed Poha – 1 cup
Cabbage – 2 cups shredded
Capsicum – 1 cup thinly sliced
Sesame seeds – 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt to tasteFor the seasoning Oil – 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Green chilli -2 finely chopped
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Curry leaves – a sprigFor Garnishing Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped
Fresh Lemon juice to taste
Preparation
Wash and rinse poha (you can use any poha – thin, thick , brown) 2-3 times, drain the water and keep it aside for 15 minutes. For thick poha – after draining the water, sprinkle little water and let it sit for 20 minutes. Fluff poha with a fork before adding.
Thinly slice cabbage and capsicum and keep it ready. Peel the skin and finely chop ginger. Do not use the thick portions of the cabbage. You can use that to make cabbage kootu.
Method
Heat oil in a pan, when it is hot, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When mustard and cumin seeds splutters, add ginger, finely chopped green chilli and curry leaves.
Saute for a few seconds and then add cabbage and capsicum.
Add turmeric powder, salt and cook covered on medium heat. After few minutes of cooking, you may sprinkle water if needed and cook covered. When it is soft (do not overcook), fluff poha with a fork and add to the cabbage capsicum mixture.
Cook covered for 2-3 minutes. If you feel it is too dry, you may add a tbsp of water and then cook covered.
Squeeze juice of fresh lemon, sprinkle toasted sesame seeds or coarsely ground roasted peanuts and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves. Mix well and serve hot.
Serve hot with a cup of tea or coffee, juice or buttermilk. Enjoy!!
If you love Poha like me, you will love all these dishes prepared with poha (flattened rice). Always stock poha at home as it will come handy when we are tired or pressed for time.
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Tried this Aval Cabbage Capsicum recipe. Turned out awesome. I noticed you didnt add hing to it. If I add that will it be okay or spoil the taste ? Dont know the science behind it 🙂
Adding a pinch of hing does not affect the taste of the dish. In fact it helps in digestion.
My dear, you do not say when to add the mustard seed. I do not see it in the pictures either, but it is listed in the ingredients. Should it be added with the cumin in the beginning? I love poha it is sooo easy to cook with, and I really want to try this savory version. One other question, could I sometimes use onion and tomato, instead of capsicum and cabbage? (Kind of like you did in your bread upma recipe?) Would that come out tasty you think?
I always love reading your recipes and have learned SO MUCH about Indian cooking from you! Hope to see a reply – thanks for this wonderful site!
Thank you for liking my recipes Loren. Glad you found it useful. Mustard seeds are added along with cumin seeds but it is optional. I have missed it. I will update it. Thanks a lot for letting me know. Yes, you can use onion and tomato as in bread upma. Onion tomato poha is also very tasty.