lazy cooks cabbage vadas

There are days when for some reason my refrigertor seems to be bursting out o its seams with cabbage.......I close my eyes and see cabbage...and this when we're not too fond of this leafy veg.Anyway..I made thoran one day,another day there was coleslaw..then bubble and squeak..momos.....and I still had cabbage in the refrigerator!!!!!!!!Now I made these vadas after years(good ol' sis-in laws version)These are the konkan version..I know of them as cabbage vadas..if there is another name..please educate me.

INGRDS

1 cup cabbage chopped fine

1/2 cup onion chopped fine

1 cup grated coconut

2 tablespoons soaked arhar dal(soaked for at least 20 mins)

1 tsp urad dal

3dry  red chillies

1 tsp corriander seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp blackpeppercorn

salt to taste

3 tblspoons of sooji(semolina)

METHOD
1.In one tsp of coconut oil...fry the cumin seeds,urad dal,corriander seeds and red chillies for a min or two.
2.Put the fried spice,along with the dal and coconut in a grinder ,grind till a fairly smooth mixture is obtained,add as little water as possible.do add the salt at this stage.
3.Now toss this mixture onto the chopped cabbage and onion,mix well..shape into vadas(patties),coat with the semolina..and shallow fry.
4.Serve hot..it can be had as a snack..I served it at lunch with some rice and chicken curry.
NOTE:The original recipe also called for a bit of jaggery.I am not too crazy about adding sweet to savoury items so i didn't add it....but you please do..if you want the authentic taste of the vadas.

lazy cooks manglorean fish fry

They say the ultimate female fantasy is to have two men at once!.........one washing the dishes and the other cooking!(what on earth were you thinking??????)Sunday night ,hubby dear decided to fry the fish ..his style. It's called the manglorean fish fry..but don't take my word for it....I'm sure there's another name for it..one that i'm not aware of..and one that my husband is not aware of either.......his reasoning was simple enough.".this is the only fish fry done in my house...we're manglorean's.....so manglorean fish fry!"Anyway...I never argue with the man who's making dinner!
INGRDS
1 kg fish ,cut into fillets
20 whole dried red chillis
4 tablespoons of whole coriander seeds
salt to taste
oil for deep frying.
METHOD
1.Grind the red chilli and coriander together,first dry grind then once it becomes a powder,add the water(about 3-4 tablespoons)and grind again till you have a paste.Add the salt.
2.Marinate the fish in the paste for at least 2 hours...then coat with rice flour and deep fry(I know that this is a bad word...but you have no choice..deep fry!)
3.Serve hot. My hubby normally has this with plain boiled rice and dalitoy.........and I have this as a snack with pickled onions(onions sprinkled with red chilli pdr and salt..then drenched with lemon juice)...the punjabi in me again!.I like my combination and hubby dear sticks to his....enjoy!