Varar-sri lankan cabbage,leeks and coconut

Ingredients

• 1 small cabbage,washed and chopped/shredded finely.
• Leeks: 1 washed and shredded (thick white part only )
• Coconut: handful of dessicated coconut
• Onion: 1 small chopped finely
• Green chillies:1-2 as per taste
• CurryLeaves: handful and fresh.
• Turmeric: a pinch
• Tempering spices: 1 -1.5 teaspoon
• Lemon juice
• Tempering Spices: equal quantities of
• Mustard seeds (brown/black)
• Cumin seeds
• Fennel seeds

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Preparation

• Wash and chop/shred cabbage and leeks finely.You can split the leaves and then show them running water for cleaning,Then chop /shred them.
  Finely chop onions and slit chillies as well
• Heat the oil in a pan or wok and add onion, slit green chillies and curry leaves along with a little salt. Cook till the onion is soft.
• Add the tempering spices when they sizzle.add turmeric,the shredded cabbage and leek and stirfry till they are cook.No water addition is needed. This will take just a few minutes till the cabbage and the oniony leeks to get cooked but crunchy.Do not cook too much so that the veggies turn limpy
• Add coconut, mix well and cook for a minute or less also adjusting salt.
• Serve warm garnished with lemon juice.