Purple cabbage poriyal is a south Indian fusion recipe with pasta added to it. This purple cabbage poriyal is really tasty and looks attractive too with macaroni in it.

This is a recipe, I learnt from my mother-in-law and she learnt it from a TV show.
This is a favorite dish 💖for all our family members. If I want to impress the guest coming for lunch, I will surely make this and they too have liked this so far👍.
Purple cabbage and macaroni gives a nice volume,so really helps you out if you are cooking for more people! Give it a try and you all too will sure like it.
Method
- Chop cabbage, boil it adding salt and once get cooked strain and keep a side.(or steam cook)
2. Boil macaroni in water with a teaspoon of oil added to it and cook for 8 minutes(or till done).
Strain the macaroni once done and keep aside. You can also soak the macaroni for an hour in water (hot or plain water)
And just drain it and add it to the poriyal lastly.
3. Chop onion, green chilli, grate coconut and keep aside.
4. Heat oil in kadai and add mustard,urad dal followed by curry leaves.
Add onion,green chillies fry till onion turns transparent.Then add cabbage and fry for 2 minutes.
5. Lastly add macaroni,mix well and then coconut and fry for a minute.
6. Transfer to the serving dish,enjoy as an accompaniment for rice!!
Check out my cabbage vada recipe.
Recipe card
Purple cabbage poriyal recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Purple Cabbage Chopped finely
- β cup Macaroni tiny, easy cook works well
- 3 Green chillies
- 1 Onion
- ΒΌ cup Grated coconut
- Salt
To temper:
- Β½ teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon Oil
Instructions
- Chop cabbage, boil it adding salt and once get cooked strain and keep a side.(or steam cook)
- Boil macaroni in water with a teaspoon of oil added to it and cook for 8 minutes(or till done).
- Strain the macaroni once done and keep aside.
- If using easy cook, you can also soak the macaroni for an hour in water (hot or plain water) and just drain it and add it to the poriyal lastly.
- Chop onion,green chilli, grate coconut and keep aside.
- Heat oil in kadai and add mustard, urad dal followed by curry leaves.
- Add onion, green chillies fry till onion turns transparent. Then add cabbage and fry for 2 minutes.
- Lastly add macaroni,mix well and then coconut and fry for a minute.
- Transfer to the serving dish,enjoy as an accompaniment for rice!!
Notes
- Easy cook macaroni are desi brands, thickness of which is less and gets cooked fast. If using those, you can soak for an hour and add as such while your stir fry. It gets cooked.
LG
cabbage and macaroni poriyal..is a creative dish indeed. I never thought of it! Congratulations on all those well deserved awards and thank you soo much for thinking of me π
jeyashrisuresh
wow nice colour .i once made this purple cabbage. it tastes very different.Will try with macroni.i know the purple one is very good for health.congrats on ur awards
Malar Gandhi
Macaroni and purple cabbage poryal sounds very innovative. Bet it tasted good. Love the combination, a must try one.
Thanks for thinking my name dear, I am honoured to have it from you, the great chef! Congrats on all the awards. You deserve more and more...
jayasri
hi, raji, thank u so much for the award, I do not really deserve it, with such wonderful bloggers around the world, with awesome photographs & delectable cooking....make me try each & every recipe in everybody's blog...oh! Thank u again...don't laugh i do not know how to collect it u have to teach me...& the cabbage god!! i just like eating it like that, photography as usually maathodsohangilla!!!, must try this..
Asha
OMG!! That is a gorgeous color and dish. Making me buy a purple cabbage now! :))
Vicky Xavier.
This is very innovative. May be I can make a lot and have it for dinner itself. Your poriyal looks yummy.
congrats on all your awards dear.
Sujatha
thanks so much raji for passing me the award!
Cabbage and Macaroni sounds so interesting and unique!
vidhas
Raji, purple cabbage and macaroni receipe is awesome. Nice idea for stuffing the veg to my kids. very creative, Step by step procedure is super. great clicks.the emoticons are super. Congrats on the awards, you deserve it. Thanks for thinking me too π
Varsha Vipins
woww..wat a color da..looks so attractive n yummy..:)
Thanks so much for the award..:)
Superchef
congrats on all those awards, dear!! π n this poriyal with purple cabbage and macaroni is simply superb..ive been thinking of what to do with some purple cabbage that i have in my fridge (other than slaw!! )thanks for the recipe! π
Archy
Cabbage an macaroni.. looks so colorful !! Hey, congrats on ur award.. enjoy !!
Premyscakes
I will not consider this as poriyal, will take it as a full meal. I really enjoy your step by step instructions, very helpful to follow it.
By the way Thank you soo.......... much for your wonderful award to my blog. Feeling good.
Cheers.
Vibaas
Congrats on all your well deserved awards, dear! Thanks for thinking of me, i feel honored.
This recipe is quite interesting. I gotto try this. The pic of the purple cabbage looks soooo beautiful π
Rathna
Cabbage with Macoroni is something new to me. I guess we can just eat it of a bowl π
Priya
Cant believe, macaroni n cabbage togther as poriyal, quite interesting never ever thought of this combination!!
Priya
BTW congrats on ur awards Dear, wish u more n more in future!!
Ashwini
Wow very creative and colorful looking dish..Congratulations on all your awards..
Maya
Cabbage and macaroni subji?? That is soo cool and looks very good too..Thanx to your MIL.
easycrafts
Congrats dear..your blog is featured in times of india delhi edition supplement Whats hot today (you could check out the e-paper online)
Vij
Cabbage n macroni-interesting combo!!! looks gorgeous.lovely pic too.
Thanks a lot for the award dear! Really sweet of u to think abou me. Congrats to u as well for the awards.
Daily Meals
Colourful and innovative recipe...
Sia
Raks, that looks gorgeous. what a contasting colours!
Jaishree
Purple cabbage and macaroni receipe is awesome. Congrats on all your awards, Thanks for thinking my name dear, I am honoured to have it from you.
Ramya Bala
This is very innovative...I just now couple of recipes with this red cabbage..COngrats on ur awards Raji
A_and_N
Very creative! Truly a unique combination. I loved the pic of the purple cabbage. Lovely one π
Nithya Praveen
This is something never heard of,wow worth trying this.A very unique combo,lovely idea.Looks wonderful and colorful too:)
Laavanya
I typically make a poriyal too with this purple cabbage (which my daughter thought was a giant raisin when she was younger :D) The macaroni must add an interesting texture.. do you typically serve this with rice?
Laavanya
Sorry, i just saw that you've mentioned that you serve with rice... so pls ignore my qn.
Chandrashekar R. Gaajula
Great looking poriyal. I can't believe I am salivating while leaving this comment.
I also have to commend you on the wonderful photographs you have taken with great attention to lighting and composing. May I know what lens you use?
DEESHA
wow such a different recipe .. must be filling
Sushma
very innovative dish, macaroni + coconut is very interesting part here. Congratulations on all those awards.
TBC
Oh my! That's very very clever of you to combine cabbage and pasta!
And the chutney (from the earlier post) is such a brilliant shade of green.:)
Bharathy
Tantataaang..idho vanthuttomla ;)!!
Romba pudhumayana dish :)!..
Interesting combo!..
P.S-orkutle pathen..add panna mudiyale..nalla pootti vechinga ;)..e mail ID kekkuthu, poottu thorakka....kedakkuma madam?? π
Bharathy
BTW...enjoy your Lovely Awards :)!!
Madhu's cooking gallery
macaroni poriya Wow! totally new to me..nice color with the purple cabbage!
Great presentation! too good!
Cham
Wowow What a color combination. Sounds like a meal for me! I am impressed too...Congrats on ur awards.
Bhawna
Different Recipe and nice color combination. I'm sure it comes out really tasty.
Jaishree
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SriLekha
looks too good!
congrats on ur wards!
Adlak's tiny world
very innovative and colorful kalakal raji... congrats for those lovely awards.
priar's,
Hi,
new combination of gabbage and macroni...sounds new to me...congrats dear ...u deserve it
Cynthia
Congrats on all your awards!
Anonymous
I would never have thought of combining cabbage with macaroni - what an innovative idea!
Will definitely try this out soon - thanks for the recipe and Congrats on your awards!
Gita's Kitchen
Wow macaroni with an Indian twist..love it...a healthy one too with purple cabbage and cocnut..I should try this recipe soon. Please trail back to my blog. I have something waiting for you π
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rekhas kitchen
that a different recipe looks so beautiful nice color
Vini
tried this and liked it very much π I've never bought purple cabbage so far reason being not knowing how to cook it..hereafter it is going to be a staple in my fridge π
Sangeetha
Interesting....What does this dish go with? The usual sambar/rasam/thogaiyal? I'm not sure...very confused! Will it taste like sundal? (I'm a visitor from chennai and just going through your recipes)
Raks anand
As the name says its just like poriyal, so serve as accompaniment for sambar rice or any kuzhambu or rasam π
Imrah
Very creative indeed.. Thanks for all ur recipes..i dont know why but whenever i search for any recipes,i usually type raks kitchen after that..i think your description before the recipes is what i love most,,and ofcourse those clear stepwise pictures too..
Raks anand
Thanks a lot π