Cauliflower Curry

Masala Powder:

1. Oil - 1 tsp
2. Urad Dal - 4 tsp
3. Black Pepper - 3 tsp
4. Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp
5. Red Chillies - 3

• Roast the above said items in a tsp of oil, cool it and then grind it to a coarse powder. Keep it aside.

Chop list I:

1. Garlic - 4 Pods
2. Green Chili - 6
3. Coconut - 3  tablespoon
4. Cilantro - some
5. Curry Leaves - some

• Chop the above said items and add it to the coarsely ground powder, and grind it to a smooth paste consistency. Do not add even a single drop of water. This reduces the taste of the curry.

Chop list II:

1. Onion Chopped - Small onions or preferably Red Onion - 1 no.
2. Cauliflower Chopped - 1

Seasoning ingredients:

1. Oil - 4 tablespoon
2. Mustard Seeds - 2 teaspoon
3. Asafoetida - a pinch
4. Turmeric powder - a pinch

Procedure:

1. Heat a wok, add 4 tablespoon of oil.
2. When it is hot enough. add mustard seeds.
3. After it starts to splutter, reduce flame, add asafoetida and turmeric powder.
4. Immediately add chopped onions, fry them very well, mix in between.
5. Then add the ground smooth paste, at this point if needed add another tsp of oil, fry the paste very well until the raw smell of the garlic goes off.
6. Reduce flame, then add the cauliflower and salt, mix it very well, close the lid, increase the flame, mix it now and then until cauliflower is cooked well.

Cauliflower - Black Pepper Curry

Ingredients

To chop:

1. Onion chopped - 1/4 cup
2. Cauliflower chopped - 3/4 cup

To dry grind:

1. Black pepper whole - 1 tsp
2. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
3. Garlic pods - 2

To temper:

1. Oil - 3 tbsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
3. Red chillies - 1
4. Channa dhal - 1/2 tsp
5. Urad dhal - 1 tsp
6. Curry leaves - 1 sprig
7. Asafoetida - 3 pinches

Method

1. Cook chopped cauliflower with salt and as little water as possible.
2. First way is to heat a pan with water and salt, when it start to boil add chopped cauliflower and immediately switch of the stove and close the lid and leave it until it is soft and firm. Do not keep the lid closed for a long time, there is chance of getting mushy. Cool it on a plate.
3. Second way is to cook in microwave.
4. Keep it aside.
5. Heat a wide pan. Do tempering, to this add the dry ground mixture and fry for a minute and immediately add the chopped onions and fry until it is translucent. No need to fry the onions until it changes to dark brown in color.
6. To this add the cooked cauliflower, give a nice stir.
7. Yes! you are done. Enjoy with hot white rice or chapathi.

Cauliflower-Potato-Green peas Curry

Ingredients

1. Cauliflower florets - 3 cups
2. Potato chopped - 1 and 1/2 cups
3. Green peas - 3 tbsp
4. Garlic - 3 pods
5. Ginger - 1/4 Inch piece
6. Green chillies - 7
7. Grated coconut- 3 tbsp
8. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
9. Oil - 3 tbsp
10. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
11. Curry leaves - 1 sprig
12. Asafoetida - 3 pinches
13. Cilantro chopped - 3 tbsp
14. Salt - to taste
15. Turmeric powder - a pinch

Method

1. Heat a wide pan, add oil, when oil is hot enough to crackle mustard seeds, add mustard seeds,

curry leaves and asafoetida.

2. Immediately add potatoes, salt and turmeric powder.

3. Fry for 3 minutes, close it with a lid, put the flame to the medium.

4. After 3 more minutes stir it, check whether the potatoes are cooked 3/4th.

5. Now add the chopped cauliflower and green peas, close the lid, cook for another 3 minutes.

6. Make sure that the cauliflower will not get mushy.

7. Meanwhile grind garlic pods, ginger, green chillies, coconut and cumin seeds.

8. Add this ground paste and salt and stir altogether once.

9. Switch of the stove and add the chopped cilantro.

10. This goes well with plain hot white rice with ghee, chapathi, poori, salted oats, raagi ganji, wheat ravva ganji, curd rice and curd semiya.