Cabbage poriyal

Ingredients

• 2 green chillies, slit sideways (optional)
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 500g green or savoy cabbage, finely shredded
• 100g frozen peas
• 2 tbsp freshly grated coconut, plus extra to garnish (you can buy fresh coconut pieces in most supermarkets)
• Squeeze lemon juice to serve

For the tempering

• 2 tbsp cold-pressed rapeseed oil or sunflower oil
• 1 tsp black mustard seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 dried red chilli
• ¼ tsp ground asafoetida (available from larger supermarkets and specialist shops)
• 10-12 curry leaves (available dried in the spice section of large supermarkets or fresh from Asian grocers or Ocado)