Niramish Bandhakopi Tarkari
Bandhakopir Torkari or Cabbage Fry is a simple Bengali cabbage recipe cooked with peas and potato. Shredded cabbage, cubed potatoes and fresh green peas make for a classic combo! To make this easy to cook spiced Bengali recipe of potato, peas and cabbage, read on.
Servings: 4
Calories: 162kcal
Ingredients
- Cabbage –3 cups
- Green peas – 1/3 cup
- Potato – 1 large
- Tomato - 2 medium
- Ginger paste - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Cumin powder – ½ tsp
- Red chilli pwd - 1/2 tsp
- Bay leaf –1
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Sugar - 1/2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Garam Masala pwd – 1/2 tsp
- Oil – 2 tbsp
- Ghee - 1 tsp
Instructions
- Firstly, wash, peel and cube the potatoes. Also, chop the tomatoes and slice the cabbage finely.
- Now, heat oil in a frying pan. Drop in the potatoes and fry for a couple of minutes, just enough to get a little colour on them. Remove.
- Next, add the bay leaf & cumin seeds to the same oil and stir till the cumin seeds begin to splutter.
- Then, toss in chopped tomatoes and cook covered till the tomatoes turn squishy.
- Add ginger paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and cumin powder. Fry till the oil separates.
- Now, add the fried potatoes, green peas, shredded cabbage, salt, sugar and mix well.
- Cover and cook on a medium flame for about 15 minutes. Once the potatoes are nicely cooked, remove lid, crank up the heat and sauté till all the moisture evaporates.
- Finally, mix in garam masala powder and ghee, combine well and remove.
- Serve Bandhakopir Torkari with Rotis or Steamed Rice.
Notes
- A variation of this dish is to use Kala chana instead of green peas or simply sprinkle fried and coarsely powdered bori.
- You can also add small shrimp in place of peas.