Cabbage Peas Stir Fry is a very delicious side dish curry recipe prepared with cabbage (bund/patta gobi), green peas, and a mix of spices. This Indian cabbage peas stir fry is also called by different names, including patta gobi matar or bandh gobi matar in Hindi. You can make this cabbage dish low carb/keto-friendly by skipping green peas.
Cabbage Peas Curry/Patta Gobi recipe is easy and quick to make in under 15 minutes. It is a healthy side dish that goes well with any Indian flatbread like roti, paratha, naan, or rice, along with a cup of lentils dal.
It’s vegan and gluten-free naturally. The leftover cabbage usually gets made as a filling for parathas or sandwiches in my house.
Today I have made this recipe in an Instant Pot pressure cooker. It takes far less time and less monitoring than if you were to make it on the stovetop, and you don’t need to add much water to the pot because veggies naturally release water. I have also included the stovetop cabbage stir fry version below.
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Cabbage & Green Peas Nutrition
- Half a cup of cooked cabbage contains 81.5 micrograms of vitamin K.
- The sulforaphane found in cabbage may help protect against cancer.
- Green Peas are filling and an excellent source of protein and fiber.
- Green Peas are high in many nutrients and antioxidants.
Can you Pressure Cook without or less water?
The answer is that most of these veggies naturally have a lot of water that they release when we cook them. So yes! this water is enough to cook them.
Since we are cooking these vegetable stir-fries in very little time, so 2-3 tablespoons of extra water are more than sufficient. Too much liquid will pull the flavor out of foods unless otherwise specified in the recipe.
If using an 8 qt or a newer instant pot model that is more sensitive to burn issues, add ¼ cup of water before pressure cooking.
Ingredients
- cabbage slice into fine long shreds (discard the stalk and thick stems)
- peas (fresh/frozen)
- coconut oil
- cumin seeds (jeera)
- green chilies, finely chopped
- minced ginger
- ground turmeric (haldi)
- red chilli powder or cayenne pepper (lal mirch)
- coriander powder
- garam masala
- sugar (optional)
- water
- salt, to taste
- lemon juice or amchur powder (dry mango powder)
How to make Cabbage Peas Stir Fry in Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Press SAUTE on Instant Pot. Add oil to the POT. Once hot, add cumin seeds, let them splutter. Next, add minced ginger, green chili. Saute for 20 secs.
Add shredded cabbage, green peas, turmeric powder, coriander powder, sugar, salt, water, and mix well. Make sure to scrape any spice if sticking to the pot.
Close the Instant Pot with pressure valve to Sealing. Cook on High Pressure for 1 minute.
When the instant pot beeps, Do a QUICK RELEASE(QR).
Sprinkle garam masala and lemon juice, Mix well. If there is any water, change the setting to SAUTE mode and get it to your desired consistency.
Instant Pot Pressure cooker Cabbage Peas Stir fry is ready, serve with hot with chapatis, roti & parathas.
Stovetop Pot Method
- Heat a pan/kadai on medium heat. Add oil into the pan. Once hot, add cumin seeds, let them splutter. Next add minced ginger, green chili. Saute for 20 secs.
- Add shredded cabbage, green peas, turmeric powder, coriander powder, sugar, salt, water and mix everything well. Close lid and cook on medium low flame for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Once done, sprinkle garam masala and lemon juice, Mix well. Switch off the flame when there is still some crunch to the cabbage. You dont want them to be too mushy or overcooked. Cabbage Peas Stir Fry are ready, serve with hot with chapatis, roti & parathas.
Tips & Variations
- If you want cabbage sabji to be spicier, add more red chili powder or ½ teaspoon of garam masala.
- If you don't have lemon juice then replace it with ¼ teaspoon of dry mango powder (amchur powder) for this patta gobi recipe.
- You can also add onions and tomatoes to this cabbage curry recipe, but I like it without these.
- I like cabbage to be a little crunchy and not mushy, so I do a Quick Pressure Release (QR) as soon as the instant pot beeps. If you want the cabbage peas to be softer then wait for 5 minutes after instant pot beeps and then release the pressure manually.
- You can skip peas to make this low carb/keto-friendly recipe.
- I have successfully doubled this recipe in my 6 quarts by doubling all ingredients and keeping the cooking time the same.
More Cabbage Recipes
More Curry Recipes
- Aloo beans – Potato Beans stir fry with few spices
- Carrot Beans Stirfry - stir fry recipe prepared with carrots, beans, fresh coconut and tempered with few spices in Indian style
- Rajma Masala - Kidney beans cooked in onion-tomato base
- Chickpea Masala - Chickpeas/Garbanzo cooked in onion-tomato base
Cabbage Peas Stir Fry (Patta Gobi Matar)
Equipment
Ingredients
Measuring cup used 1 cup = 250 ml
- 4 cups cabbage slice into fine long shreds (discard the stalk and thick stems)
- ½ cup peas (fresh/frozen)
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 2 green chilies finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ginger minced
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric (haldi)
- ¼ teaspoon red chilli powder or cayenne pepper (lal mirch)
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon sugar (optional)
- 2-3 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice or [¼ teaspoon amchur powder (dry mango powder)]
- 2 tablespoon chopped cilantro/coriander leaves (hara dhania) (optional)
- salt to taste
Instructions
Instant Pot Method:
- Press SAUTE on Instant Pot. Add oil to the POT. Once hot, add cumin seeds, let them splutter. Next, add minced ginger, green chili. Saute for 20 secs.
- Add shredded cabbage, green peas, turmeric powder, coriander powder, sugar, salt, water, and mix well. Make sure to scrape any spice if sticking to the pot.
- Close the Instant Pot with pressure valve to Sealing. Cook on High Pressure for 1 minute.When the instant pot beeps, Do a QUICK RELEASE(QR).
- Sprinkle garam masala and lemon juice, Mix well. If there is any water, change the setting to SAUTE mode and get it to your desired consistency.Cabbage Peas Stir Fry are ready, serve with hot with chapatis, roti & parathas.
Stovetop Pot Method:
- Heat a pan/kadai on medium heat. Add oil in to the pan. Once hot, add cumin seeds, let them splutter. Next add minced ginger, green chili. Saute for 20 secs.
- Add shredded cabbage, green peas, turmeric powder, coriander powder, sugar, salt, water and mix everything well. Close lid and cook on medium low flame for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Once done, sprinkle garam masala and lemon juice, Mix well. Switch off the flame when there is still some crunch to the cabbage. You dont want them to be too mushy or overcooked. Cabbage Peas Stir Fry are ready, serve with hot with chapatis, roti & parathas.
Notes
- If you want cabbage sabji to be spicier, add more red chili powder or ½ teaspoon of garam masala.
- If you don't have lemon juice then replace it with ¼ teaspoon of dry mango powder (amchur powder) for this patta gobi recipe.
- You can also add onions and tomatoes to this cabbage curry recipe, but I like it without these.
- I like cabbage to be a little crunchy and not mushy, so I do a Quick Pressure Release (QR) as soon as the instant pot beeps. If you want the cabbage peas to be softer then wait for 5 minutes after instant pot beeps and then release the pressure manually.
- You can skip peas to make this low-carb/keto-friendly recipe.
- I have successfully doubled this recipe in my 6 quarts by doubling all ingredients and keeping the cooking time the same.
Nutrition
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