RecipesApicius

Cabbage with Onion

Apicius 3.9.2 · 4th century AD

Latin

aliter: culiculos elixatos mediabiis; summa foliarum teres cum coriandro cepa cumino piper passo uel careno et oleo modico.

English

Another way: boil cabbage sprouts halfway; grind the tips of the leaves with coriander, onion, cumin, pepper, passum or caroenum, and a little oil.

Curiously, this recipe calls for no salt. I suggest adding fish sauce, as appears in essentially every other recipe in the book.

Ingredients

  • 300g cabbage, chopped into thin strips
  • 1 brown onion, diced
  • Pepper
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp coriander seed
  • 2 Tb passum
  • 1 Tb fish sauce
  • 2 Tb olive oil

Method

  1. Add the cabbage and onion to a large frying pan or wok along with about 100 ml of water. Cook for 5 or so minutes, until the cabbage is tender and the water has evaporated.
  2. Add the remaining ingredients to the frying pan, toss everything together, then serve.