Cauliflower peas kurma is a great side dish for chapati or poori. A curry with south Indian spices and coconut base.
Goes well with chapati or poori and even mild rice varieties. Breakfast, Lunch or dinner any time of the day.
Check out my aloo gobi masala in this website. This kurma goes well with ghee rice or thengai paal sadam.
About
This recipe is in my hand written cookbook, which I had written before my marriage. So I don't know the source of this recipe.
But when I tried the recipe for first time in my initial days of cooking, it turned out really nice.
While you cook this, your family and even neighbors will ask you what you are cooking! That much flavourful, spicy kurma recipe.
Over time, I have made few changes to the recipe and make it to suit our taste buds.
Ingredients
- Cauliflower - I used Indian variety so it has firm texture. It takes a while to cook and retains the texture. If it is the other variety I get here in Singapore form China or Australia, it gets soft and over cooked easily, so cooking time is less.
- Green peas - I used frozen peas that I froze from fresh peas I got earlier. You can use store bought package as well.
- Onion
- Tomato
- Ingredients for paste - Coconut, fried gram dal (pottukadalai), cashew are for thickening. Coriander, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, garlic for flavor. Green chilli for spice.
See the recipe card for full list and quantities.
Instructions
Prep
1. Before using cauliflower in this recipe, cut into small florets. Wash and keep immersed in hot water with salt and turmeric.
2. Slice onion lengthwise and finely chop tomatoes.
3. Place all the ingredients needed for masala paste in mixie. ½ cup Coconut,5 cashews,½ onion,1 tablespoon Fried gram dal,4 cloves Garlic,1 Cardamom,½ inch Cinnamon,1 Clove,3 Green chillies,1 teaspoon Dry coriander seeds
Make kurma
1. Heat a kadai with oil and add items to temper. Give it a roast.
2. Add sliced onion and saute until soft and turns pink here and there.
3. After that, add tomatoes. In goes salt, turmeric, red chilli powder.
4. Saute furthermore until it turns mushy and oil oozes out.
5. Now, add the ground paste. Saute well for 2-3 minutes or until oil oozes out.
6. Keep scraping the bottom in between to avoid stuck bottom.
7. Then add cauliflower and green peas along with 2 & ½ cups to 3 cups water.
8. Mix well and bring it to boil. Lower the flame and cook covered for 5 minutes.
9. After that, boil in open pot for 10 minutes or until the kurma gets thick. Refer notes for thickening tip.
10. It gets slightly thicker as it cools, so switch off accordingly.
11. Finally garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
12. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves
Serve with roti or poori or parotta. I had with chapatis and poori for my kid.
Recipe card
Cauliflower peas kurma recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups Cauliflower florets, 1 large flower
- 1 Onion sliced
- 2 Tomato finely chopped
- ¼ cup Green Peas I used Frozen
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
- Salt
For Grinding
- ½ cup Coconut
- 5 cashews large
- ½ onion cubed
- 1 tablespoon Fried gram dal pottukadalai
- 4 cloves Garlic small variety
- 1 Cardamom
- ½ inch Cinnamon thin
- 1 Clove
- 3 Green chillies
- 1 teaspoon Dry coriander seeds
To temper
- 3 tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- Few Stone flowers Kalpasi (optional)
- 1 Biryani leaf
Instructions
Prep
- Before using cauliflower in this recipe, cut into small florets. Wash and keep immersed in hot water with salt and turmeric.3 cups Cauliflower
- Slice onion lengthwise and finely chop tomatoes.1 Onion
- Place all the ingredients needed for masala paste in mixie.½ cup Coconut , 5 cashews, ½ onion , 1 tbsp Fried gram dal , 4 cloves Garlic, 1 Cardamom, ½ inch Cinnamon , 1 Clove, 3 Green chillies, 1 tsp Dry coriander seeds
Make kurma
- Heat a kadai with oil and add items to temper. Give it a roast.3 tbsp Oil, 1 tsp Cumin seeds, Few Stone flowers, 1 Biryani leaf
- Add sliced onion and saute until soft and turns pink here and there.1 Onion
- After that, add tomatoes. In goes salt, turmeric, red chilli powder.2 Tomato , ¼ tsp Turmeric powder , Salt, 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- Saute furthermore until it turns mushy and oil oozes out.
- Now, add the ground paste. Saute well for 2-3 minutes or until oil oozes out.
- Keep scraping the bottom in between to avoid stuck bottom.
- Then add cauliflower and green peas along with 2 & ½ cups to 3 cups water.¼ cup Green Peas
- Mix well and bring it to boil. Lower the flame and cook covered for 5 minutes.
- After that, boil in open pot for 10 minutes or until the kurma gets thick. Refer notes for thickening tip.
- It gets slightly thicker as it cools, so switch off accordingly.
- Finally garnish with fresh coriander leaves
Video
Notes
- You can increase the coconut as per the consistency you want. I like it less so adding less. More coconut will give you more thicker gravy.
- I used to add red chillies initially while griding but later started using chilli powder for better color. Adding red chilli while grinding will give your more spicier results but you may see small flakes in the gravy.
- If in case the gravy is not thickened and homogenous, you can add 1 teaspoon of corn flour (white corn starch) dissolved in a tablespoon of water towards the end. This will ensure thickened gravy.
Purnima says
Bookmarked..loved the looks of thedish, the step wise pics n final dish..oooh am longing to have it right now! 😀 tks a ton for sharing this!
RAKS KITCHEN says
Thanx for the fast response Purnima:))
Nags says
i make it exactly the same except for the pottukadalai 🙂
Sireesha says
Happy Dusshera to You and your family !!!
Lovely and fabulous Korma
Shreya says
amazing pic the last one with the chapathis.. wish I could grab the plate and eat that for dinner:-) awesome recipe..
Jaishree says
Nice ,awesome recipe...amazing pic..looks yum.
Happy Dusshera to You and your family !!
anudivya says
The first thing that drew me to your recipe was those rotis! They look sooooo soft! Of course the kurma is the highlight, but can't seem to take my eyes off the rotis!
Daily Meals says
Lovely koorma...
Mandira says
the pictorial looks great, happy dassera to you and your family!
Happy cook says
Wiw this looks creamy and delicious.
My hubby and daughter don't like cauliflower so i think i will just make it with peas alone
Uma says
wow, korma is just fabulous. I love the ingredients used for the masala. Never tried masala with this combo. Bookmarked to try. Stunning pics too.
Reg. my Goli Baje recipe, yes you may use ginger paste too. I used powder as I don't have paste or fresh ginger on hand. Or you can totally omit ginger and make these. It won't make any difference. Hope this clarifies your doubt?
n33ma says
Looks delicious.I have all the ingredient on hand will try and let you knw.
RAKS KITCHEN says
Thank you so much Uma:)
SweetBites says
hi Rajes, enjoyed looking at ur recipes.ur kurma certainly looks yummy the the step-by-step pics looks great. like shreya & anudivya mentioned, those chapatis r to die for.
Dershana says
lovely looking kurma. nice pics.
Laavanya says
That looks perfect.. I've made this too and we love it.
Bhawna says
Nice korma, ur chapatis look extra soft and welcoming.... Thanks for the nice picture. Its yummy !!!
Uma says
thanks for trying out Goli Baje! glad you liked it.
Kitchen Flavours says
Never tried out this combo. Looks simply awesome.
vandana rajesh says
Hmmm yummy korma. Can't wait to try it. the pic with the korma and chapatis has made me hungry already.
DEESHA says
looks just yummy
Sujatha says
Korma looks awesome.. I make it similarly and I just love the fact that its such a universal dish that can pair up with rotis, idlis and rice too! good one..
Priti says
Korma looking delicious and nice step by step recipe..gud one dear
ANJALI J. says
Korma looks delicious Raks! Im making this very soon when i get cauliflower from the grocery:)
raaji says
the pic looks so fantastic....loved it at first look....read ur MEME raji....
Sharmi says
nice delicious looking korma. pics make it even more clear. will try making when I buy cauli:)
Nidhi says
Korma has come out very well. My mom makes it in a very similar fashion.
n33ma says
Hi,I tried this korma and it was very nice.Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Sagari says
woww korma looks deleciousssss
raaji says
Have sth for u in my blog........
Do check it out......
Prema Sundar says
korma looks great... the color looks lovely. The chillies i use doesnt add much color and so now i add chilli powder instead.
Manju says
Hi recently visited your blog,you have good collection of recipes.
Tried your Cauliflower Peas Korma came out well. Shared the recipe with my friends too..Planning to try your parupu urundai kuzhambu.
Thanks for sharing the recipe
Manju
RAKS KITCHEN says
Thanks so much Manju 🙂
Unknown says
Hi,
I tried this receipe of yours..it was very tasty..thanks..:)
Vidhya Rohit says
hey...every morning i read ur blog to dig out recipes....and I made the peas cauli korma today.....AWESOME.....it has turned out really well....THANKS..BIG THANKS....btw ur blog is already bookmarked ;)...VIDHYA
Priya Sreeram says
loved the pic with puris- must have tasted swell
rita singh says
Nyc recipe.. Are u a south indian????? Plz reply
Niveditha Sridhar says
I tried this recipe last week,hmmm yummy..taste was very good.. excellent website. Pls post how to make pudhina rice?
JanuSanthosh says
hi raks am a bjg fan of ur blog.. have tried many recipes. I tred this one today. but had a prob wit the raw onion smell. it never went off completely even after fryin for more than 20 min. let me know wat shud be done. tanq in advance
Raks anand says
Add more oil while frying. Or if u are skeptical use fried onion for grinding.
JanuSanthosh says
tanq so much. maybe its because I used yellow onions and not red ? I'll try again with red onions sometime
Priya Mahesh says
Tried yesterday, came out really good.
Manju Janarthanan says
It came out very well.. Simple yet beautiful recipe.. I cudnt post a query in ur pizza recipe., is there any way to make pizza without oven.. im yet to purchase one
shoba mathi says
Hi raks tried today it come out well my hubby liked very Much even I liked taste is gud
Jyotsna Praharsha Bhattiprolu says
I have a doubt. Can v make this in a pressure cooker like u did ur potato kurma? Will it make the curry more mushy?
Thanks in advance 🙂
Raks anand says
Chances are there to turn out mushy as cauliflower these days gets easily mashed up.
Unknown says
Hey Raks I made this kurma today. Hubby and son loved it.
Thanks
Shobana
susi ammu says
tried this today...awesome taste..chance ae ila..tanQQ
Vedika says
Awesome recepie...it turned yummmilicious.... every one at home loved it.
Aishwarya says
Hi Raks, thanks for this wonderful recipe. Hubby who hates cauliflower had second helpings...
Raks Anand says
Thanks for the feedback
Mansi says
Hi, can I skip the friend chana dal? It does not work too well for my digestive system. Or can it be replaced with something else? Thanks!
Raks Anand says
Hi, yes the fried gram dal can be replaced with Khus Khus (poppy seeds)