Cauliflower Curry

Cauliflower curry is made with very healthy vegetables like beans, carrot, cauliflower, etc. This is a very good main course recipe for both rice and chapati. Today lets see the process involved in preparing this recipe. 

Cauliflower Curry

 Ingredients: Serve- 4

• Cauliflower – 1/2 cup
• Peas – ½ cup
• Potato – 2 (small)
• Beans – 5
• Carrot – 1 (small)
• Salt - 1 & 1/2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Turmeric powder – a pinch
• Red chilly powder – 2tspn
• Coriander powder – 1tspn
• Onion – 2 (big)
• Tomato – 2 (small)
• Curry leafs – as required
• Coriander leaves -as required
• Oil – 6tspn
• Mustard seeds – ½tspn
• Urad dhal – 1/2tspn
• Cinnamon – 2 small inch
• Cloves -6
• Fennel seeds – 1tspn 
• Coconut  - Half
  
• Green chillies – 3   
  
• Ginger - 1 small piece 
• Garlic – 7 pieces  
• Water - 3/4 glass

The following picture shows the step by step process for Cauliflower Curry: 

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 Method:

1. In a mixer jar add 3 cloves, 1 small inch cinnamon, 1/2tpsn fennel seeds, ginger, garlic, coconut, green chillies and make a fine paste. (figure 1 & 2)
2. Cut all vegetables and keep aside.
3. Cook cauliflower with pinch of turmeric powder in water for 5 minutes in medium flame. (figure 3)
4. Take a cooker, heat oil in medium flame add mustard seeds and wait for crackle and then add urad dhal, 3 cloves, 1 cinnamon, 1/2tspn fennel seeds, continue sauteing for 1 minutes. (figure 4)
5. Add grind paste which has been prepared in step 1, curry leaf, onions and continue sauteing  for 2 more minutes. Then add tomatoes & saute until tomatoes become soft. (figure 5)
6. Add all vegetables & saute for 1 minute and then add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt, coriander powder, continue sauteing for 1 more minute. (figure 6, 7 & 8)
7. Now add 3/4 glass of water, mix well and taste the water. If you feel like taste is not as expected then add necessary ingredients to suit your taste & mix well. (figure 9)
8. Close the lid with weight and cook for 3 vessels in medium flame. (figure 10)
9. Garnish with coriander leaves & cook for 2 more seconds.(figure 11)
10. Serve in a bowl (figure 12)

Healthy Cauliflower Curry is ready serve !

Additional Tips:-

• Cook the Cauliflower for at least 5 minutes. So that incase if any insects were present in it, will die while cooking.