Posted on 26 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 230 ml – coconut milk
- 3 – baby potatoes, unpeeled and quartered
- 2 – tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 2 – medium onions, sliced
- 1 1/2 tsp – black peppercorns
- 1 tsp – fennel seeds
- 3 – large dried red chillies
- 3 tbsp – ghee
- 1 1/2 tbsp – grated ginger
- 1/2 tsp – hot red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp – grated nutmeg
- 1/2 cup – tomato paste
- 5 – curry leaves
- 1 1/2 tbsp – lime juice
- 1 – medium cauliflower washed, stems removed and cut into medium florets
Method:
- Coarsely grind the peppercorns, fennel seeds, red chillies and poppy seeds.
- Heat ghee in a large work. Saute onions until light brown.
- Add ginger, chill powder, nutmeg and ground spices, stir and cook until it releases its aroma.
- Add cauliflower florets and stir fry for 3-4 mins.
- Add all the remaining ingredients except cauliflower.
- Add the cauliflower when the potato is half cooked.
- Simmer and cook until the sauce thickens and the cauliflower is cooked crisp-tender.
- Do not overcook the cauliflower.
Posted on 11 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Cauliflower – 1/4 portion of a large Cauliflower
- Green chili – 1 or 2
- Garlic – 2 to 3 cloves of large size
- Onion – 1/4
- Soy sauce – 3 tspn
- Tomato sauce – 2 tspn
- Chili sauce – 1½ tspn
- Oil – 1 or 2 tspn
- For batter:
- All purpose flour (Maida) or Corn flour – 3 spoons
- Rice flour – 2 spoons
- Ginger garlic paste – 1/2 tspn
- Chili powder – 1/2 tspn
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – to deep fry
Method:
- Cut Cauliflower into small florets. Boil water in a pan with little Turmeric powder and Salt. Add Cauliflower florets and leave that in hot water for 5 minutes. Cut Onion into big chunks. Chop garlic into small pieces. Keep all this aside.
- Prepare the batter by mixing All purpose flour, Rice flour, Ginger garlic paste, Chili powder, Salt and Water in a bowl. The batter should not be too thick or too thin.
- Heat enough Oil in a pan to deep fry. Once the Oil is hot enough, reduce the heat to medium. Dip the cauliflower florets in batter, drop gently into the hot Oil, turning once in a while, deep fry them till they are golden brown and crispy. Deep fry all the cauliflower florets like this.
- Remove them and drain on paper towels.
- Then heat 1 or 2 tspns of Oil in another pan. Add Green chilies and Garlic, fry them for a minute.
- Add Onion and fry them for 2 minutes.
- Add Soy sauce, Tomato sauce, Chili Sauce and saute it for 1 or 2 minutes.
- Add 1/4 cup of water and cook this for 2 minutes in medium heat. If you want gravy add some more water.
- Finally add deep fried Cauliflower florets and mix it with the sauce for 1 or 2 minutes. Then remove from heat.
Posted on 16 April 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Dosai Batter – 4 Cups
- Cauli flower – 1 cup finely cut into small pieces
- Green Chillies – 2
- cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
- onion – 1 finely chopped
- Tomato – 1 finely chopped
- Red Chilli powder – 1 teaspoon
- Salt – to taste
- Oil for frying
Method:
- Heat a little oil in a pan, then add cumin sedds, when it splutters add onion and green chillies and saute.
- When it turns golden brown add tomato, red chilli powder, Cauli flower – (finely cut into small pieces) salt and saute for a few minutes till it gets cooked.Keep this sepeartely.
- Dilute the dosai batter with water, if necessary.Pour like ‘dosa’ and when it gets cooked well one side and add little more oil and turn and cook well.
Posted on 11 February 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Potato – 2 (small sized)
- Cauliflower – 3/4 of medium size flower
- Onion – 1
- Mustard seeds and Urad dal – 1/2 tspn
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tspn
- Curry leaves – a sprig
- Coriander powder – 2 tspns
- Chili powder – 1/2 tspn
- Salt – to taste
- Oil
- Coriander leaves – few (optional)
Method:
- Cut Potato into small cubes. Cut cauliflower into small florets and clean this in hot water. Slice onion length-wise. Keep all this aside.
- Cook Potato cubes with little salt till they are tender. Don’t over cook them.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add Mustard seeds, Urad dal and Cumin seeds. Once the seeds splutters, add Onion and Curry leaves, fry till it turns into golden brown.
- Add Cauliflower florets and fry till it turns into light brown.
- Add Coriander powder and Chili powder, fry till the smell of masala goes off.
- Add very little water and Salt to it. Cover and cook the cauliflower florets.
- Once the cauliflower florets are almost cooked, add cooked Potato cubes and mix with the masala, stir this for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Finally garnish with coriander leaves if you like.