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cauliflower fry curry recipe /gobi poriyal/stir fry

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Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • Cauliflower florets - 1 cup remove florets from the vegetable
  • Salt to taste
  • Fine chopped small onions - 2-3 tbsp
  • Some curry leaves
  • Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp for poriyal and 1/4 tsp when cleaning flower
  • Oil - 3 tsp

To grind:

  • Grated coconut - 2-3 tbsp
  • Roasted bengal gram/pottukadalai - 1 tsp
  • Sombu/fennel - 1/2 tsp
  • Garlic cloves - 2-3
  • Dry red chillies - 1-2

Instructions
 

  • First remove florets from the vegetable add this to boiling water with some turmeric and salt.
  • Wait for 2-3 minutes and remove florets from the water and keep drained.
  • In-between grind the “to grind”ingredients by adding water to a paste,keep ready.
  • Keep a kadai with oil add mustard to splutter.
  • Add small onions with some curry leaves.
  • Saute for few minutes.
  • Add the florets with needed salt and turmeric powder.
  • Close the lid on medium flame to cook it in its own juices.
  • If you want you can sprinkle some water and cook.
  • Now the veggie will be cooked with little crunch.
  • Add the masala and keep on stirring till the rawness from the masala goes off and coats the veggie.
  • Switch off the stove when done or again close the lid in low flame for some time then switch off.

Notes

This is a different type of poriyal from the usual.
Its a best side dish with some sambar rice,rasam or curd rice.
The veggie tastes delicious with little crunch other wise it becomes soggy and tasteless.