I usually make cauliflower curry for Aj who loves cauliflower a lot, that he would even eat it every day as accompaniment for his lunch. He is that much crazy about cauliflower. Even I like cauliflower, there is a fair reason behind it. My mom never buys cauliflower or cooks cauliflower at home. That’s coz, they hate the small worms inside the cauliflower,which is used to be a common thing those days. So she treats that veggie as ‘Non-veg’. So only very few times I had tasted cauliflower in restaurants, when I am with my friends.
Then after marriage, things changed, thankfully they do buy and cook cauliflower. And when I started cooking, I enjoyed cooking cauliflower in different forms : gobi paratha, aloo gobi, cauliflower kurma, curry, fries, gobi 65 or add it in briyani orkurma. Hope this is enough to prove😏. But the only thing what I don’t like is the cauliflower we get here is so very different from the ones we get in India. Here it gets cooked so quick and becomes very soft and turns mushy easily. I like it more on firm and crunchy side. Still nothing stops. This gobi masala recipe is one of Aj’s recent favourite cauliflower recipe. Once when we ordered lunch, this one came as an accompaniment and I was wondering, why I have not tried this way so far. And very soon I tried and it came out even better than what we tasted. My kid just loved it and I too loved it. It goes very well with roti or naan, even kara kuzhambu too or mild pulaos too. With all these masalas, it tastes awesome..!won’t it?
Gobi masala restaurant style recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Serves: 3
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Serves: 3
Ingredients
Cauliflower – 1 medium flower
Onion – 2 , finely chopped
Tomato – 2 , Finely chopped
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
Garam masala – ½ tsp
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander seeds powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric – ⅛ tsp
Tandoori or biryani masala
powder (optional) – ½ tsp
Coriander leaves, chopped – 2 tbsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Salt – As needed
Onion – 2 , finely chopped
Tomato – 2 , Finely chopped
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
Garam masala – ½ tsp
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander seeds powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric – ⅛ tsp
Tandoori or biryani masala
powder (optional) – ½ tsp
Coriander leaves, chopped – 2 tbsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Salt – As needed
To Temper
Oil – 2 tbsp
Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
cardamom – 1
Clove – 1
Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
cardamom – 1
Clove – 1
Method
- Take a heavy bottomed pan, heat it with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Add curry leaves,chopped onions and fry till transparent. Add Ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame. Add the chopped tomatoes, salt and fry till it becomes soft and mushy.
- Add all the masala powders and fry in medium flame for 3 minutes or until raw smell goes off.
- Add the cleaned cauliflower florets, cut into bite sized pieces and add ¼ cup water and mix well.
- Cook covered in medium flame until cauliflower is done. Add coriander leaves and fry for 3-5 more minutes. Add more oil if needed.
Notes
- Clean cauliflower properly before cooking it by immersing it in hot water with salt for 10 minutes.
- Do not over cook as it will turn the cauliflower mushy.
- Add more oil while frying at the last if it gets stuck to the kadai.
Transfer to the serving bowl. Serve with roti or any other rice, as accompaniment for it.
Wow its very inviting.I really love ur recipes and also the pics.Keep going dear.
thats an inviting recipe with gobi.as u said the cauliflower we get here is very different from the one we get from india. gorgeous pics.
That definitely looks great! I like that you have used biryani masala here, I also try to use different masalas for the same curries I make, sometimes just to get a different taste. It works sometimes, and sometimes it does not work too.
Looks soo spicy and yummy:-) Wud make a perfect combo with Roti!
Yummy! Cauliflower is my favorite veggie too!
this looks better than restaurant stuff!! i think my gobi dishes always turn out drier than this.
I luv gobi in any form…ur version looks simple n tasty book marked dear!!
yummy Gobi..Looks so rich and colorful..Very inviting..
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OMG ! Simply yummy and delicious looking gobi masala.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Lovely gobi masala raji.Now itself want to grab from the screen.
I ve always wanted to try this but never quite got it right. Now i ll make it your style
Looks so good! We love cauliflower too!
Love this too and do same …looks very good
This is really great accompaniment for everything and almost I make the same way but at the end add kasoori methi.. otherwise almost same.. looks absolutely yumm 🙂
But never tried adding Briyani masala for this..will surely try next time 🙂
Gobi masala looks perfect. Use of briyani masala is really unique
wonderful recipe….will try this sure….looks tempting and yummy.
i love cauliflower…Awesome love to have it with roti
super inviting dish..
Raks that looks so crunchy, juicy and yummy..feel lke emptying entire plate 🙂
I hope u are able to leave the comment in my place
Nice recipe with lovely presentation..
Hehe, even my mom hates cauliflower for the worm, though we are Non veg, she says it is disgusting! But she cooked for us :)The Gobi simply looks fiery!
Gobi masala looks very tempting, apt with rotis and rice
Looks perfect …
My fav cauliflower dish…Wonderful click,raks.
Superb and looks inviting.
This looks fab Raks. Love ur presentation!!!
We never make cailiflower dishes and how i wish i had this, looks delish.
another style of gobi masala.. looks tempting.. and your clicks are awesome
looks perfect n inviting!!
Woww.. looks super yummy and delicious.. awesome pictures too !!
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Looks perfect and delicious dear…
that just happened to me yesterday 5 big worms in one cauliflower. threw it away.
this recipe looks awesome. love the spices.
Super inviting …Its my lunch time now.. and wish I could have them right away .
Yummy looking cauliflower masala.
I love cauliflower too.. make a similar masala often and add some greens too like spinach or kale.. so good!
Even the gobi we gets here gets cooked quickly and easily,gobi masala looks super yummy..
wow !!!!!!!truely delicious gobi masala…as u said will go well with rice and roti's…
All time favorite.. perfect with roti…YUM!
Tomorrow I have cauliflower was wondering how to make it without everyone telling me we had it yesterday. This one is perfect. Thanks.
Nice and delicious looking..very tempting..
Delicious gobi and very inviting pictures………….
Very inviting masala Raks. Am very choosy when it comes to cauliflower and eat only few items like this. :p
Perfect and tempting..makes me drool..
Looks delicious Raji and lovely recipe:)
That looks yummmm……youve got a lovely space here….enjoyed going through your recipes 🙂
Gobi masala looks red hot & delicious!
Gobi masala looks simple and easy to make!
The colour and thickness is just perfect. Me and cauliflower are only sometimes lucky.
looks like the restaurant one too…
wow…gobi masala looks so delicious n yummy 🙂
A wonderful combo for roti's!!! yummy!!!!!
very delicious curry..even I m a big fan of gobi..cleaning it was a mess in earlier days….me n mom used 2 clean it 2gether..but its a very tasty veggie..
luks so delicious….superb dear
Nirupama, Thank you for your input 🙂 I do that every time to cauliflower, I have mentioned in the notes section 🙂 But soaking the veggies in boondhi kottai is a great tip and info, thanks a lot for sharing and dropping by 🙂
An absolute favorite with my family. This sure looks better than the restaurant ones!
Rajeshwari
it looks so colorful…but is it imp to soak cauliflower in warm tumeric water…..
Raks…i tried this today…came out good and yummy…liked it a lot. yummy.
Thank you i tried it yesterday it came out very nice..i prepared mixed veg kootu with it for rice great combination !
I generally like my veggies crunchy but I loved this cauliflower veggie a lot.( i had cooked it a bit more than usual) The taste was great. I have been asked to make it again. Thanks.
I just prepared this with above recipe, I must say it is very good and thank you very much for making it available. 4& 1/8th STARS!
Tried it today and luved it. Me and hubby. This is gonna be my cauliflower receipe from now on. Do u have any receipe to make dry gobi for snack but not deep fry. . .
i tried it…………its good
Hello!
I've been referring to your recipes for some time now. Made this yesterday with some sweet potato and it was delicious. Have blogged about it and hope you don't mind me linking to this post to credit you. Thanks 😀
Hi Raks
This week i tried this one and it came out super !! I generally complain that cauliflower in US are not so great compared to the one in INdia. I feel that the flower does not get the masala properly ; but this one did came out well. i felt the masala got in the flower and tasty. thanks !! 🙂
i hav jst tried it….i dont know y it didnt cum out well…its my first dish wid gobi…its more oiley…wit tomato do i hav to add salt for gobi also…wont the salt fm water get into it
Keeping immersed in hot water with salt will not infuse salt inside the gobi. May be you used very less cauliflower.
The receipe and the pictures you post is awesome. Tired your onion pakoda. It was awesome. Thanks
The receipe and the pictures you post is awesome. Tired your onion pakoda. It was awesome. Thanks
Hi raKs thank you for sharing such a wonderful recipe i tried making it right now it turned out so beautiful and i Yummyit was so easy to cook and gave such a good taste in no time thank you for sharing it
Hai. .today I tried out this for lunch. .It came out well. .its yummy. …bt I didn't get it exactly which shows in picture…
Awesome recipe….
Tried it today and came out very wellll….thankx fr sharing it …
excellent it simply rocks. devi chandrika
Tried it today! I made tomato puree and added 1/4 c water also, so iam guessing thats not right as it became very watery instead of dry! Will try again with chopped tomatoes 🙂
I tried and it came out really nice. Thanks for the recipe
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i tried it today…came out very well. good side dish for chapati. Thxs
Adding a spoon of curd to it gives a nice moist texture. Loved the dish
I tried it n came out yummy.Thnq very much for d recipe.