Cabbage & Red Pepper Stir fry And a glimpse down the Blueberry hill

Come Autumn, the leaves are starting to yellow, the temperature falling to 60's -70's, the apples are plump and red, and so we went Apple picking. We drove to a farm 20 minutes from where we live  with a beautiful hill view; and as usual i wanna own a house there :).I have this fancy of owning houses in all the beautiful places i visit ..i know its a passing fancy till i see the next place. So coming back to the farm, for the first time i decided to give a part of my heart in admiring the wild flowers and other vegetables there, along with fleshy apples. Though I was tempted to bag some of the flowers , i overcame that desire and simply admired the natures majesty and enjoyed the view down the Blueberry hill. Since this year was a bit awkward with dry spring, wet and dewy trying summer, we got to see some berries, before they are down.We ate a lot of apple, packed  quite a lot too, and bought all fresh cheese, duck eggs, apple sauces, and apple doughnuts. We were on an apple Diet the weekend; An apple a day keeps the doctor away, Apples on  weekend ....??

Recipe for Cabbage & Red Pepper Stir fry- thoran

Ingredients:-

Cabbage shredded- 2 cups

Red bell pepper chopped - 1

Small onion chopped - 1/4 cup

Garlic crushed - 2 cloves

Ginger crushed - a small piece

Green chili chopped - 2

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves

Salt to taste

Oil

Method:-

In a bowl combine shredded cabbage,chopped red bell pepper, Grated coocnut, crushed ginger and garlic , green chiles , turmeric powder an salt and mix well with your hands.Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, when they pop up addcumin seeds, curry leaves and chopped small onion.Saute for 3-4 minutes and add the cabbage-coconut mixture and combine it well. Keep everything to the centre of the pan ad cook it covered on a low flame for 7-8  minutes.Uncover and saute for 4-5minutes and remove from heat.Serve warm

And finally for you all, A view down the Blueberry Hill

Cheers

Sarah