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Cauliflower Masala/ Gobi Masala

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This is a simple and quick recipe that can be made in one pot with the least amount of cooking time. The delicious flavors from the cauliflower, when combined with spice powders along the onions brings out a rich texture and flavors to the curry.
There are many variants to this recipe where it can be made with thick gravy, but this recipe is a dry version of it. 

This week I went to work after a long long vacation from work. Staying home, eating, sleeping, working out and repeating was not that bad. I made this yesterday for a quick lunch for myself. To be honest, not a great fan of cauliflower but I liked it with roti. Cauliflower has many nutrients and high in fiber. I am trying to take lots of fiber and iron intake and this helps if it is tastes good.Obviously I love fried gobi but tedious and unhealthy.

Other cauliflower recipes: Cauliflower 65 Biryani, Cauliflower pav bhaji

Serving Size:
2
Time:
30 mins
Difficulty:
easy

Ingredients

  • Oil – 1.5 Tbsp
  • Spices like cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, Bay leaf-  each 1
  • Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
  • Dried Red chillies – 2, Broken.
  • Hing – 1/4 tsp.
  • Salt – 1 tsp
  • Onions – 3/4 cup, chopped roughly
  • Garlic – 4-5
  • Ginger – 1 inch
  • Tomatoes – 3/4 cup, chopped roughly
  • Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tsp
  • Garam masala – 1 tsp
  • Cauliflower  florets- 3 cups,
  • Kasuri Methi / Dried fenugreek leaves- 1 tbsp
  • Sesame seeds 
  • Water – 1/2 cup.

Directions

  1. Add onions, garlic, and ginger to a blender and blend to a smooth paste and keep it aside.
  2. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan.
  3. Add cumin seeds, bay leaf, black cardamom, cloves, dried red chilies, and star anise. Sauté them for a few seconds or until whole spices are fragrant.
  4. Add onion, ginger-garlic paste and mix well. Sauté for 5-7 minutes or until onion paste turns golden.
  5. Now, add tomato puree and mix well. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
  6. Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, and mix well.
  7. Let them cook for 2-3 minutes or till the oil starts to separate from the sides of the masala.
  8. Add water and mix well.
  9. Add cauliflower and close the lid for 5 minutes.
  10. Open the lid and let the water steam out.
  11. garnish with Kasuri methi/dried fenugreek leaves and sesame seeds.
  12. Add salt if needed according to taste.

Dhaba Style Paneer Peas Masala

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North Indian style one pot soft paneer and peas curry recipe packed full of spices and flavor. Pair it with hot steamed cumin rice or butter naan.

Sometimes I find it hard to be a vegetarian in a foreign country like here (Canada). In India, Being a vegetarian is easy and we have so many options. It’s like you can have delicious food and still be  a vegetarian. Here, I can be a vegan and may be will have options or I should eat meat. I am a vegetarian and not a vegan. I don’t eat eggs and I need my cheese and curd and honey! So when I eat out, its hard to explain this and they find it complicated to understand. I end up saying

Anything with paneer is a definite win. The texture of paneer is similar to Greek feta/cottage cheese, which is prepared in a similar manner. I used the tin baby corn instead of boiling some. I have seen that paneer a part of most Indian restaurants menu. This goes well with steamed rice, Pulao, naan or roti. Paneer can be replaced with tofu also. Don’t add lots of cashews to make it rich, it will spoil the originality of the taste. I cut my paneer in this manner, but you can always cut in the way you fancy. This is a spicy curry. If you want it dry, leave it for another five to ten minutes to make it a roast.

This recipe taste great with veg fried rice, ghee rice or kerala parotta, restaurant style vegetable biryani or butter naan.

Vegan note: Replace paneer with tofu. Use coconut milk instead of cream and yogurt.

I have collection of paneer & tofu recipes collection with all my paneer tofu recipes that you should look at.

Other favorite Paneer Recipes: Paneer Makhanwala, Paneer peas masala, Palak Paneer, Paneer sandwich.

 

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Dhaba Style Paneer Peas Masala
Author: 
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Prep time: 
Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 35 mins
 
Ingredients
  • • • Butter – 1 tbsp
  • • • Paneer - 250gm, cut into cubes (or any shape you fancy
  • • • Oil – 3 tbsp
  • • • Onion - 1 cup, sliced thinly
  • • • Tomato - 1 cup, roughly sliced
  • • • Ginger – 2 inches, chopped finely
  • • • Garlic - 6, chopped finely
  • • • Green Chillies – 3, finely chopped
  • • • Turmeric powder - 2 tsp
  • • • Chili powder - 1 tbsp
  • • • Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
  • • • Pepper powder – 1 tsp
  • • • Peas (used cooked and frozen) – 1 cup
  • • • Salt - as needed
  • • • Dry fenugreek leaves (methi dry leaves) – 2 tsp
  • • • Sugar – ½ tsp
  • • • Yogurt - 1 tbsp
  • • • cooking cream - 1 tbsp
  • • • Amchur powder/ Mango powder – ½ tsp
  • • • Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp, finely chopped
Instructions
  1. Heat the butter in a pan, add the cubed paneer, wait till gets brown remove and set aside. Take some cold water in a cup; add the fried paneer cubes to it. Set aside, this way it will help the paneer not to get chewy or hard.
  2. In a pan, heat oil, add cumin seeds, add onion, salt and sauté till golden brown. Then add ginger, garlic and sauté for a minute.

  3. Now add tomato and fry till its mushy and raw smell leaves. Add the turmeric, red chili powder, coriander powder, anchor powder, dry fenugreek leaves and sauté well. Keep it to low medium and wait till the oil oozes out.

  4. Add yogurt , peas and ½ cup of water. Mix well, Close the lid and wait for 2 mins till it gets mixed up.
  5. Now add paneer and stir well till the paneer is well blended with the spices.
  6. It will take around ten minutes for it to cook and blend well. Don’t add more water, it may make it rubbery.

  7. Now add the cream, sugar, amchur powder, powdered pepper fennel powder and sauté for two minutes.

  8. Add chopped coriander leaves, squeeze some lime and switch it off.
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Mirchi Ka Salan / Green Chilli Curry

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Mirchikasalan1fnameIt’s a popular dish made with fried chillies, peanut, sesame seeds and coconut. The curry goes well with biryani.  Mirchi ka salan is similar to bhagara baigan except that you add chillies instead of eggplant and you add yogurt to it. The mirchis used are longer ones; they are called finger hots here. You can even use banana peppers or any kind of green chillies for this preparation. I guess the only curry I know with chilly is the mirchi ka salan. They are made from healthy ingredients – sesame seeds, peanuts, yogurt and coconut. These ingredients help to tone down the heat of the green chillies in the curry.

I came to know about this dish when I stayed in Hyderabad for few months. This dish really stood out to me, I say that because it’s been 6 years but I still remember this dish very much with other beautiful memories. It goes really well with hyderabadi biryani. Its light spiced, creamy and tangy. It looks really simple and normal dish but it is bursting with flavors. Baigan ka salan is also good with biryani. I will post the recipe soon. This goes well with jeera rice, roti,naan or phulka.

This dish involves a lot more of ingredients than an average dish. But its worth doing and tasting it. Making a Mirchi ka Salan is not the quickest thing you can do and it does involve a lot more ingredients than the average dish. But trust me when I say it’s worth it. I have made many a times and it has never failed. The very first time when I heard this dish, I was like” should I go with it”. Back then I was hungry so I just ordered it. But it was VERY TASTY not just because I was hungry ;). It tasted palatable every time I had it.

Vegan note: replace yogurt with coconut milk.

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MIRCHI KA SALAN/ GREEN CHILLI CURRY
Author: 
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian, Hyderabad
Prep time: 
Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • To roast & grind:
  • Peanuts –2 tbsp
  • Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Coconut – 1 tbsp
    For gravy:
  • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • Red chillies – 2 broken roughly
  • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
  • Fenugreek – 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves – 6-8 leaves
  • Hing - a pinch
  • Onions – 1 large, sliced, 1 cup
  • Salt – as needed
  • Turmeric – 1 tsp
  • Ginger garlic paste – ½ tbsp
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
  • Cumin powder – 1 tsp
  • Mint – 1 tbsp, chopped finely
  • Coriander – 1 tbsp, chopped finely
  • Yogurt – ½ cup beaten
  • Green Chillies - 8- 10
Instructions
  1. Slit the green chillies in the middle and remove the seeds. When they are dry add them to oil and fry till they look little lighter shade.
  2. Dry roasts the peanuts in a medium flame. When the peanuts are roasted, add the sesame seeds. When the sesame seeds are golden brown, Add coconut. Keep an eye on this. It gets brunt easily. Add this mixture to the blender and blend it with some water to a fine paste.
  3. , Now add the oil in the pan and when the oil is hot, add the whole red chillies, and then add mustard seeds. And when the mustard seeds crackle, add fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds.
  4. Now add the curry leaves, onions, hing and little salt. Cook the onions till they are golden brown, Add turmeric and ginger garlic paste and cook to remove the raw smell.
  5. Add the blended mixture, cumin powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder to the mixture. Fry for two minute and add some water to it. Cook for fifteen minutes. Stir in between till the oil oozes out nicely. Add the chopped mint and coriander leaves. Boil for two minutes.
  6. add the beaten yogurt and simmer for another ten minutes. When it oozes out oil again add the fried green chillies and jaggery to the gravy and let it cook for 5 mins so that the juices of the gravy het absorbed by the chilies.
Notes
1. Roast the peanuts in medium flame as it gets roasted quickly.
2. You can also add tamarind juice in this recipe.
3. Any kind of chillies , seeds removed is good.
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This goes well with jeera rice, roti,naan or phulka.

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