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Monday, August 2, 2010

Aloo Gobhi!


Ingredients

Cauliflower(Phool gobhi)-1
Tomato-1
Onion-1-2
Potato-1
Cumin seeds(jeera)-1/2
Black seeds(Kalonji)-1/4 tsp
Green chilly-1-2
Red chilly powder-1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Salt-1/2 tsp
Oil- 1 cooking spoon
Hing- a pinch(optional)
Water-1-2 tbsp
Fresh coriander leaves

Recipe

1. Wash gobhi and keep it in cold water with salt for 10-15 minutes so that any germ can be removed and then wash it again and cut it into small flower parts. Also cut potatoes into thin pieces.

2. Add oil in a pan and heat it. Then add jeera and kalonji to it and hing and let it saute. Then add onions, potato, green chilly, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix it nicely for 1-2 minutes.

3. Add some water(2 tsp) and close lid so that potatoes gets done.

4. Once potatoes are soft done, Add tomatoes and gobhi to it and let it cook for some time till its done and all water is dried up.

5. Once gobhi is almost done, sprinkle garam masala over gobhi and mix it nicely and cook for another minute.

6. If there is some water in pan, make sure to open pan and drain off excess water .

7. Once done don't open lid for some minutes, so gobhi and aloo softens i.e. dum it for 5 minutes or till u eat.

7. Sprinkle coriander leaves and serve.

Note: If you want to make gobhi pakoras then put gobhi in warm water with salt but not for normal gobhi or else it will start dissolving too much.

Variations

Add jeera, rai and kalonji in chonk and don't add garam masala. It tastes amazing

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