Name: How to make Bengali cabbage curry-Badhakopir Ghonto
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 900g cabbage (cut in long thin shreds); 5 tbsp. oil; 1 bay leaf; 2 medium sized potatoes (cut in quarters); 1/2 cup peas (frozen or fresh); 2 inch ginger (paste); 2 dried red chillies; 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp. Turmeric powder; 1 tsp. cumin powder; 1 tsp. Kashmiri red chilli powder or normal red chilli powder; 1.5 tsp. sugar; Garam masala powder (6 green cardamoms, 4-5 cloves, 2 inch cinnamon sticks); 1.5 tbsp. ghee; Salt (to taste)

Instructions

Prep

In a bowl mix together turmeric powder, cumin powder and red chilli powder. Add 3-4 tbsp. of water, make a paste and set it aside

Crush the ginger into a coarse paste and set it aside
Make a powder of cinnamon sticks, cardamoms and cloves. You can either make a powder in a grinder jar or use a mortar and pestle. If you use a mortar and pestle you can discard the cardamom peels in the end.
Set a large wide pot on medium heat and add any neutral cooking oil and mustard oil
You can also cook in pure mustard oil or only with neutral cooking oil. I like a mixture of both oils

Add potatoes and fry them till they are golden brown in color
Set the potatoes aside
To the same oil add cumin seeds, dried red chillies and bay leaf

Once the seeds start to splutter add the masala paste
Stir fry the masala paste for ~30 sec or till the water evaporates
Add the cabbage and potatoes along with salt and sugar (to taste)

If you are using fresh peas you can add it now. If you have par boiled frozen peas you can add it at a later point
Give everything a quick stir, lower the heat and place the lid on for ~5 min
Stir once again to make sure that the cabbage isn’t burning and the potatoes are cooked through

In case the potatoes are not cooked through, place the lid on for another 5 min
Add frozen peas
Give it a quick stir

Add a tablespoon of ghee
Add more salt and sugar if needed
Turn up the heat and stir fry the cabbage till till turns darker brown in color

Add garam masala powder
Give it a stir
Add half a tablespoon of ghee

Stir and done!

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