Poriyal is a Tamil word for fried, or sometimes sautéed vegetable dish. Carrot and cabbage has a good source of a dietary fiber. It can served as a lunch side with almost all curry/kulambu.

Total preparation time:15 minutes

Ingredients

1. Carrot-2 medium size
2. Cabbage -1/4 in a medium-size cabbage
3. Onion-1/2 big onion
4. Red Chili – 2
5. Shredded coconut – 2 teaspoon
6. Salt- 3/4 teaspoon as needed

saute

1. Mustard – 1teaspoon
2. Urad dal – 1teaspoon
3. Red chili – 2
4. Curry leaves – 1 sprig

Preparation method

1. wash and peel carrot skin finely shred the carrot & cabbage in the shredder.
2. In a pan pour oil and saute mustard, urad dal, red chili, after it splutters add curry leaves. Then add finely chopped onion and let it cook and add shredded carrot & cabbage add required salt to cover it with a lid.
3. Let it cook for 5minutes on medium heat.
4. Add shredded coconut to that at the end and mix it.