Cabbage with lentils and coconut side dish

Cabbage Andhra style - photo author Madhavi Madhurakavi - Released into the public domain.

• Soak 3 tablespoons of Bengal gram dal aka split chana dal for at least one hour.
• Shred a small cabbage well.
• Boil the dal till soft and then add cabbage for it to boil again. 
• Remove from heat after the cabbage is soft and cooked.
• Decant the excess water from the cabbage - dal mix.
• Take a wok and add a spoon of oil and add -asafoetida ( a pinch ) - urad dal  (half a teaspoon )- mustard seeds ( 3 pinches) - cumin seeds ( same as mustard) and red chillies. After the mustard splatters add a few curry leaves.
• Add the cabbage mix to the tadka and mix it for a minute.
• Switch off the heat and add a little fresh grated coconut as garnishing.