Showing posts with label Cauliflower varieties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cauliflower varieties. Show all posts

Friday, December 24, 2010

Aloo Gobi sabzi

Aloo gobi is a mixture of cauli flower and potato,cooked with masala.This goes very well with rotis,pulkas and pooris.I had little cauli flower and 1 cooked potato as left over.So planned to combine them both and served as a sabzi for rotis.It has a mixed flavours . To give it a nice color,added frozen peas.I like a bowl of sabzi for rotis.This sabzi bowl,vanished withing seconds.....ha ha .Healthy tooo...



Ingredients:
1.gobi                    -      1 cup
2.potato                 -       1
3.Peas                    -       1/4 cup
4.Onion                  -       1
5.Tomato                -       1
6.Ginger                  -       1 tsp (minced)
7.Garlic                  -        1 tsp (minced)
8.Chilli pwdr         -         1 tbsp
9.Turmeric pwdr    -          1/4 tsp
10.Garam masala   -          1/2 tsp
11.Cilantro

Method:
* wash and cut the cauli flower into separate florets.
* Boil potato ,peas and cube the potato.
* Chop onion,tomato finely.
* Take a microwave safe bowl and cook cauli flower florets with a dash of salt for 5 mins.
*  Take a wide pan ,add oil and splutter with mustard seeds,cumin seeds .
* Saute onion,ginger,garlic.Sprinkle salt to the  sautee.
* Dump in the tomatoes and saute till it gets mashed up.
* Add turmeric pwdr,chilli pwdr and give it a toss.
* When the raw smell, dissintergrates,add the cooked cauli flower to the mixture.
* Let it mix well with the masala.
* Finally dump in the boiled peas and potato to the mix and mix it well.
* Sprinkle garam masala.
* Adjust salt to the mixture  and garnish with cilantro.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Cauliflower Stir Fry

Cauliflower is low in fat and high in dietary fibre,vitamin c and high nutritional density.A high intake of cauliflower will reduce cancer.I basically love cauliflower a lot.I still remember the days in my grandma's house , where during cauliflower season, a vendor wud bring that in a moving stall.And that night in our house, we ll have cauliflower fry seasoned with fennel seeds.Wow i still remember those beautiful days....



Ingredients:
1.Cauliflower                   -    1/2 floret head
2.Onion                            -     1/2
3.Green chillies               -    1
3 (a),G&G paste              -    1 tbsp
4.Chilli pwdr                   -    1 tbsp
5.Turmeric pwdr              -   1 tsp
6.Curry leaves
7.Cilantro
Method:
* Cook the cauliflower florets in microwave for 5 mins with a tsp of salt.



* In a pan, pour 1 tbsp of oil and splutter with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
* Saute onion and green chillies with some salt.
* When the onion oozes out oil, add the cauliflower and toss it.
* Now add the ginger garlic paste and mix it well.



* Add chilli pwdr and saute till,it looses its raw smell.
* Garnish with cilantro and serve with steamed rice.

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