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All About Gujarati Thali + Recipes (Cabbage Shaak + More)

Learn all about making a delicious Gujarati thali and explore authentic Gujarati recipes to make your own thali at home. Plus, cabbage shaak recipe and more.
Prep Time5 minutes
20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: dinner, lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Gujarati, Indian
Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword: cabbage bateta shaak
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 129kcal
Author: Shilpa Joshi

Equipment

  • 1 pan

Ingredients

  • 5 cups cabbage chopped, 290g
  • 1-2 small potatoes chopped, 290g
  • ¼ cup crushed tomatoes
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp red chili powder lal mirch
  • 1 tsp dhana jeeru powder cumin coriander powder
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • 2-3 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ¼ tsp asafetida (hing) skip to make it gluten-free

Instructions

  • Add oil to pan and turn gas on to medium-high heat. Once oil is heated add mustard seeds. After they stop popping, add asafetida.
    Heated oil in a pan with mustard seeds.
  • Add chopped potatoes to the pan.
    Potatoes added to pan.
  • Add chopped cabbage to the pan.
    Chopped cabbage added to pan.
  • Add all spices except sugar.
    Spices addes to cabbage and potatoes.
  • Mix well, lower gas to low-medium and cover to cook.
    Cabbage and potatoes mixed with spices.
  • Cook about 10-12 minutes (stirring and checking in between to make sure it does not burn) until potatoes are fork tender and cooked.
    Cooked cabbage sabzi.
  • Add crushed tomatoes and sugar and mix well. Let cook further 3 minutes.
    Crushed tomatoes added to cabbage shaak in pan.
  • Optionally top sabzi with chopped cilantro and serve.
    Cabbage shaak in a blue bowl with cilantro garnish.

Notes

How do you know the shaak is ready?

It usually takes about 12-15 minutes to cook through.  When you can easily cut the potato with a knife you will know it is ready!

Nutrition

Calories: 129kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 628mg | Potassium: 391mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 267IU | Vitamin C: 42mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1mg