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Kenyan Curried Cabbage
It’s Africa week at Kayotic Kitchen! Or at least it seems so.
This is one of my son’s favorites. Which is probably due to the really laid back flavors of this dish. The recipe is derived from an old Kenyan recipe that relied on heavy cream for a sauce. I toned it somewhat down and replaced the cream with a less caloric sauce. It’s your typical Monday night (or Tuesday, Wednesday etc), dinner and that is not something I want to add lots of cream to, sorry. When I splurge, I want it to be really special. Feel free to replace the sauce with heavy cream, though!
This is a simple, fragrant side dish that works wonders when served with steamed rice and grilled poultry or meat!
Ingredients:
1 small to medium cabbage head
1 large onion
2 medium carrots
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp flour
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp curry powder
2 tsp salt
pepper
Directions:
Remove unpretty outer leaves and slice the cabbage in 1 inch thick strips.
Peel and slice a large onion.
Peel and grate 2 medium carrots.
Pretty easy so far, isn’t it? It’ll stay that way, trust me.
Heat 2 tbsp butter and sauté the onion for 3 minutes before adding the shredded carrot and cabbage. Cook everything, over low heat, until the cabbage softens. This should take about 10 minutes. Stir now and then.
Combine 2 tbsp flour with 1 tsp curry power and 3 tbsp milk. Stir until it’s a lump-free paste.
Once the cabbage has softened, make room in the center and pour in the paste. Cook for a minute before pouring in 1/2 cup of milk, 1 1/2 to 2 tsp salt and lots of pepper. Stir well, pop the lid on and simmer for another 10 minutes.
This is how to serve cabbage to people who don’t like cabbage, take my word for it. It’s a really laid back dish with a wonderful flavor.
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Woohoo, you’re back. I can’t tell you how many times I clicked on the link to the Kenyan Cabbage only to get an “under construction” note. I was so excited that I didn’t even read the recipe yet. However, I had the enormous pleasure of making Ugandan Cabbage with beautiful ladies over a fire in a gigantic pot in the country outside of Gulu Uganda. These beauties, with babies at their ankles or hanging on their backs were trying to teach me how to stir fry it using a giant stick made soft and smooth by decades of smooth black hands. I shot it out of the pot with my citified stirring technique–to their great amusement
Absolutely beautiful new look for your site, Kay! And that cabbage – so different and delicious looking!
@Kim:
Sorry ’bout that! I had just posted the cabbage recipe when the new site arrived! I am so envious … dying to go to Africa.
Thank heavens your back Kay! Love the new site. It’s beautiful and so colorful. My husband loves cabbage, just made cabbage,noodles, and bacon for him last night. I’ll give this one a go & see how he likes it.
I’m with Kim — kept trying to get to this recipe! Looks yummy!
finally!! i probably clicked a couple of million times before i actually got to the new site!! i love the new design :) its so clean and simple!! :) and i have a big piece of cabbage lying in the fridge!! that takes care of dinner :)
Dit lijkt me erg lekker! Ik ga het een keer proberen..
Je nieuwe site ziet er super uit!
Groetjes,
Marije
Je nieuwe site ziet er geweldig uit! Heel mooi.
En je recepten én foto’s zijn zó goed.
Groetjes,
Monica.
I have been following your lovely blog for some time now. I almost had a stroke when I came upon “under construction” earlier. Thank goodness you are back!
Great looking site Kay. Heel mooi :)
New look is lovely and worth the wait!
Oh, Kay, great new site. Congratulations.
And you?! You look great, really gorgeous.
Yum! I love cooked cabbage. Mine usually just gets a splash of apple cider vinegar though. I love the new website. So pretty!
This looks good and easy. Would you eat this as a side or as the main dish? You mentioned that you son loves it, so its probably a main dish for kiddos.
Your site looks great!
@Michelle:
We eat this as a side dish. My son loves it when I mix a few spoons of the cabbage with rice. Somehow I always serve this with grilled chicken.
Hola Kay, errug mooi de nieuwe lay-out! Ga het koolrecept zeker uitproberen op mijn grote en kleine man.
OMG… they are just DELICIOUS!!! Absolutely agree with “this is how to serve cabbage to people who don’t like cabbage”. I love them, no problem, but taste is very different and GOOD!
Thanks Kay!!!
this makes a great veggie meal when you add raisins and cashew nuts and serve it with rise! Great idea for later this week, maybe I’m going to use coconut milk instead of the cream for some extra flavoury goodness!
I tried this cabbage today and i must say it is so gooooood!! I would recommend it to anyone. I almost ate the whole thing, but i stopped! its very tasty and full of flavor. I love all your recipes.
I like my cabbage this way. I usually do cabbage, carrot and that curry powder (and some turmeric) thingy but without the flour. Turns out good too :D
Oh.. at first I thought it was pasta. Luckily cabbage is my favorite. Thanks for this recipe. I got another option for making cabbage dish. :-)
Wonderful simple recipe. I made a vegan version by sauteeing the onion in Earth Balance vegan margarine (you could also use oil) and using unsweetened Silk brand soymilk (in the green box) for dairy milk. Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely love this recipe. Will definitely be repeating this recipe over and over
Wow! I just made this and it is glorious! Normally I hate cabbage but this – wow! Thank you so much for this recipe! :D
I’m eating this right now with some egg noodles, and it’s delicious! I started off frying some black mustard seed and whole cumin before adding the onion, and I also subbed some coconut milk that I needed to use up.