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Spiced Carrots, Cabbage, and Potatoes (GF & Vegan)

Pan-fried carrots, cabbage and potatoes
Pan-fried carrots, cabbage and potatoes

Looking for a quick and delicious side dish? Spiced carrots, cabbage, and potatoes are flavored with cumin, mustard, and turmeric. It’s an easy dish that adds a lot of flavor to all sorts of meals!

Mildly spiced carrots, cabbage and potatoes.

This simple spiced carrots, cabbage, and potatoes side dish is one of Brad’s go-to recipes. So he gets credit for creating this particular dish.

It was designed with our kids in mind. They love fried potatoes so much, that they don’t mind a few vegetables mixed in. The spices are mild, though it includes the option to add a bit of heat if you aren’t serving it to kids!

Best of all, it’s the sort of side dish that will work all year round. At least in my part of the world, where cabbage, carrots, potatoes, and onions are pretty much pantry staples. 

Serving suggestions

Wondering how to serve spiced carrots, cabbage, and potatoes? It goes with all sorts of meals.

Here are a few serving suggestions:

  • The flavors are mild enough that it goes with pretty much everything. Perfect for a meat (or tempeh) and potatoes meal. Combining the veg and potatoes into a single dish cuts down on the number of pots required!
  • The recipe is very similar to the traditional Ethiopian filling for injera flatbread. It’s a perfect compliment to shiro wat.
  • Brad loves cooking Indian food, so he most often serves this dish as part of an Indian meal. It is perfect with dahl or dosas.
Indian style carrots, cabbage and potatoes.
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Looking for a quick and easy side dish? Spiced carrots, cabbage, and potatoes is simple and delicious. The warm flavors compliment most meals. See the section above for different serving options!

  • Author: Emillie
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: Serves 6
  • Category: Side Dish
  • Diet: Vegan

Ingredients

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  • 5 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch (2 cm) cubes
  • 1/2 cup light vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seed
  • 4 medium carrots, thinly sliced
  • 1 medium-sized onion, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 head cabbage, shredded
  • 1 tsp sea salt, to taste
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp ground turmeric

Instructions

  1. Place the potato cubes in a pot, cover them with water, and bring to a boil. When they boil, turn off the heat and leave the potatoes in the water until you are ready to saute them. They will only be just starting to cook in the residual heat, but won’t be fully cooked. This makes them perfect for pan-frying.
  2. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a heavy frying pan on medium-high heat. Add in the mustard and cumin seeds and cook until fragrant (about 2 minutes).
  3. Then add the carrots and onion and saute for 5 minutes.
  4. Stir in the cabbage, salt, pepper, and turmeric. Cook another 10 minutes until spices are fragrant and the cabbage is wilted.
  5. Drain the potatoes. Add them to the hot frying pan and reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook until potatoes is soft, but not mushy, about 15 minutes. 

Notes

  • Add up to 1 tsp of cayenne pepper with the spices for a hot and spicy side dish.
  • Floury, Russet-style potatoes will end up mashing when you fry them. Waxy potatoes will keep their form. I like to use a mix of both, but feel free to use whatever you have on hand.
  • Want to add a dose of probiotics? Serve this dish with a forkful of turmeric-spiced sauerkraut!

Keywords: Ethiopian, Indian, gluten free, nut free, egg free, fall, winter, spring, injera, dosa, kid-friendly

Filed Under: Sides & SaladsTagged With: African, Indian, Potatoes

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Comments

  1. Oliver

    October 17, 2022 at 6:23 pm

    This is my comfort food!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Emillie Parrish

      October 18, 2022 at 1:17 pm

      Glad you enjoy it!

      Reply

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