Broccoli stir fry cooked in Indian style to suit our taste buds. Goes well with phulkas and as accompaniment for rice.
This is the first time I cooked broccoli at home, but I have had twice before in form of kofta and in sizzlers.
Both me and my hubby are not big fan of this vegetable, in fact Vj hates this veggie. So never thought of buying and cooking at home.
Because of its nutritional value I wanted to make my kid eat this one. He loves cauliflower, so I had a confidence that he might like as its looks resemble cauliflower.
And so I made along with fried rice one day and he just loved the combo. Now I am happy that I tried!
What I love
The ginger is the main factor that removes the broccoli's typical flavor and along with sambar powder, it just turns the whole stir fry to Indian style.
It's all about the ingredients we use and it's flavor that decides the recipe right.
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Recipe card
Broccoli stir fry | Indian style
Ingredients
- 1 Broccoli Medium
- 1 Onion finely chopped
- ¾ teaspoon Ginger grated
- 1 teaspoon Sambar powder if not, replace with red chilli powder or curry powder
- Salt
To temper
- 1 teaspoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
Instructions
- Cut broccoli into small bite size pieces as we do for cauliflower. Parboiled the broccoli that is boil water and cook in high for 1 minute, drain immediately.
- Heat a pan with oil (I used olive oil) and temper with the items given under the ‘to temper’ table.
- Add ginger, onion and fry for a minute. Add sambar powder, salt and just give it a stir. Add the broccoli florets and mix well.
- Keep in low flame and cook covered for 3-5 minutes, without changing its crunchiness.
Notes
- Do not over cook the broccoli.
Step by step method
1. Cut broccoli into small bite size pieces as we do for cauliflower. I parboiled the broccoli
2. Heat a pan with oil(I used olive oil) and temper with the items given under the ‘to temper’ table.
Add ginger, onion and fry for a minute, add the sambar powder (curry powder) and salt and just give it a stir and add the broccoli florets and mix well.
3. Keep in low flame and cook covered for 3-5 minutes, without changing its crunchiness.
Cooked Broccoli looks like this, switch off the flame.
You can have this as such too.
P.s. I took the step wise pictures with mobile, some came quite good, some are blurred. so you may notice differences in every picture quality.
SE
ha ha...same pinch..I had just got it only one in the 5 yrs that i'm here !! may be i should try u r version !
Home Cooked Oriya Food
pictures look good, though from mobile.
Very healthy too...
Sushma Mallya
beautiful pics raks,i love the way u present the dish...simple yet a very nice stir fry..
Devi Meyyappan
hey, I tried this recipe once :).. it was long back:)... nice descriptive pictures!!.. looks good :).. healthy too!
Sailaja Damodaran
I love this veggi.I make parathas with this.Nice simple one
Preeti Kashyap
Looks awesome raks! I shd try it! Healthy too!
Anonymous
wonderful pics!
Asha
Just looking at it makes me happy, love Broccoli.
A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine
Looks too good.
Soma
We love brocooli, esp. my kids. but not overccoked.. just this way.. light stir fried or raw or steamed. Love this dish.
Soma (www.ecurry.com)
shanthi
I love this, This is too good and simple.
Sharmilee! :)
For mobile, the pics are way too great...luv this veggie!
Rachana Kothari
Beautiful pics and delicious stir fry raks:)
Nithya
This looks really healthy and yummy 🙂
Cham
Tasty stir fry- I do pretty much this way!
Faiza Ali
i love broccoli,but my husband and kid refuse to eat this veggie...will try this version next time.
Cilantro
I use them with a combination with other veggies.Looks like a easy recipe.
Anu
Healthy and simple recipe...
Happy Cook
I love brocoli and stir fried like this i will eat a whole plate.
Pavithra
We love this stir fry always.. and have like a snack.. one of our fav veggie. though from mobile its very good raks. loved adding sambar powder... yummy dish.
Vanamala Hebbar
cool yummy....will try simple na
Priya
Such a healthy stir fry...looks fantastic..
Priya
wow..i luv brocolli..very tempting stir fry..yum..appadiye sapuduven..
Priya Narasimhan
pictures look awesome....i have never had brocolli..your stir fry is tempting me to makeit.
Gita
Very different and healthy fry Raks....looks tasty 🙂
sowmya.s
healthy stir fry...looks yumm..
jeyashrisuresh
never tried brocolli stir fry.always make soup out of this.Have one in hand will give a try tomorrow.
nice click raji.
Mangala Bhat
Hey nice one very healthy dish ..pics r superb!
kothiyavunu
Healthy and delicious stir fry!!nice presentation!
AdukalaVishesham
this is one veggie which is not a fav at our house... but this recipe makes me rethink that... will definitely give it a try
Sush
great click, will try this for sure 🙂
Valarmathi
Healthy one, looks delicious.
Preethi Rajeev
yummy, i love broccoli. What a coincidence, i have also posted broccoli stir fry today pls check it out. following u
dreamydelights.blogspot.com
Chitra
Never tried broccoli as u said.. This looks simple & good !!
Kitchen Flavours
Tasted this veggie recently.....hmm yet to try something with this...stir fry sounds yum....
Deepa Raman
brocolli with sambarpowder:)..never thought this combination at all..but looking at the pics it seem to be very nice...
Ramya Vijaykumar
A very healthy and comforting food... Love the way you cooked it without loosing the green color...
Malar Gandhi
Sir-fried broccoli looks perfect, so healthy:)
RV
love broccoli.. stir fry looks really delicious...
Akal's Saappadu
broccoli fry looks simple and delicious; my husband loves broccoli in all forms, and now, the whole family does :):)
have a nice wek end!!
Ruchikacooks
Very bright photos Raks! Thoran looks yummy. Your photos and step by step guide are always useful and eye catching.
Thanks for visiting ruchikacooks. We love your version of idiyappams and it is a regular at home now.
http://www.ruchikacooks.com
Jagruti
i love the broccoli...you made a nice dish out of it...loooks mouthwatering and very colourful..first time here..
cheers visit if you can
Joy Of Cooking
AdukalaVishesham
i tried this recipe at home and it came out perfect... me and my husband enjoyed every bit of it... broccoli is now moved from "we don't like" to "we love" veggie list...
lissie
Raks, a beautiful gift is waiting for you in my blog... plz collect it.
very healthy and tasty Broccoli stir fry! next time I should try adding sambar powder...
Lissie
http://saltandspice.org/
Yasmeen
This is my quick-fix side dish,lovely 😀
Bharathy
I make Cauliflower stir fry similarly..tastes good even without onions ginger and jeera powder..even today I made this one..
Broccoli is not so common here..yet I badly want to try, your method :)...
Bharathy
was about to wonder abt the pic quality ...the step by step ones are perfect...the last one would have been better with your cam! :)...yet too good for a mobile phone eye 🙂
..vallavanukku pullum ayudham 🙂
Dershana
lovely pictures. i love broccoli:-)
A Homemakers Diary
Hi raks, Broccoli is a wonderful veggie and the dish is very good too. love the way you mingled the spices. great pic.
Simi Mathew
I love Broccoli...this is such a cool recipe
Simi
itsallaboutfood.wordpress.com
Radhika
Looks yummy. what beautiful clicks. keep going and happy blogging.
Laavanya
My daughter and I are a big fan of broccoli cooked this way... looks bright and fresh - nice pics Raks.
Rohini
Wow... Lovely stir fry.. Even I am a bit partial to Cauliflower as to Broccoli.. Will have to try this soon 🙂
jayasri
Love broccoli, I just love to eat just cooked, you must try making more kozmbhu, I try to use it in all the dishes possible, lovely clicks, lovely stir fry never tried this way, I will certainly try this...
Anonymous
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shahana
Healthy stir fry!!!!
Prathibha
How come I missed this post??
I love broccoli dear...I try put it in all stir fry's////looks yummy
Anisheetu
hey just two days back i made brocolli but some other way... next time will try this... nice one...
Animisha
Wow what a simple and tempting dish.
A simple dish for a lazy day like today.
Its snowing very bad and am lazy here to go shopping groceries.
I just have brocoli and u gave me a good one.
Happy to become ur follower.
Yum yum
Mishu
http://www.uniqueanimisha.blogspot.com
Supriya
Nice broccoli stir fry Raks. I'll give this a try. My daughter (& most kids I know) love broccoli - since the flowerets look like trees to them!
rev
hi raks
v hv lot of similarities u know va my name is revathi rajeswari and i too stay in Singapore...
RAKS KITCHEN
HI priya thanks so much for letting me know about this,I just read ur comment, I dont have aval vikatan subscription, but now I think its too late...
Malai R
Looks good. I usually make this with red chillies instead of the sambar powder. A different variation. I should try this recipe out.
malai
Anonymous
This recipe was perfect. I have a broccoli inside my kitchen and I don't know what kind of recipe will be the best to cook on it since I found your recipe. Thanks for sharing it here and I hope that you will also share some recipe for stir fry sauce on your blog.
Prabha Sivaram
Very nice recipe. Tried this today with my own variation. Added 2 cloves garlic chopped and some red, yellow and orange bell peppers. Was awesome. Thanks
Peter
We were given a large head of broccoli and I was looking for ideas about cooking it when I came across your recipe. I followed your recipe carefully apart from adding a few chilli flakes, and served it with a little rice and a poppadum. It went down really well, so many thanks for the idea. Will definitely repeat!
Nithya MA
I hate broccoli. But, I tried this stir fry recipe and it was amazing. I had second helping too. Thanks a lot.
Raks Anand
Thank you for your feedback 🙂
RB
Sorry, some of us Americans don't know what you mean by "temper" - does this mean just cook it some?
Raks Anand
Oh I am sorry for short of details. Temper means usually heat oil and splutter with spices mentioned like mustard, cumin seeds or curry leaves in super hot oil without burning them.
Sharon
Hi - do you mean mustard or mustard seed? It is not clear to me.
Raks Anand
Mustard seeds.