Cauliflower 65

Cauliflower 65 would be every one's favourite..handsdown..Its easy to make and taste so good. One of the favourite party foods as well as kids pleaser.

Ingredients:

1 whole Cauliflower floret

1 tbsp red chili powder

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 egg

1 tbsp g& g paste

1 tbsp garam masala

2 tbsp corn flour

1 tsp rice flour

1 tsp besan

1 tbsp Chicken 65 powder ( optional)

food color

salt to taste

oil for deep frying

Preparation:

Separate cauliflower florets and clean. Marinate it with corn flour, besan, rice flour, red chilli powder, lemon juice, g& g paste, garam masala , food color and egg. Leave it for 30mts to 1hr.

Heat oil for deep frying. Once hot, add cauliflower one by one. Fry till golden brown. Remove from heat. Remove excess oil with paper towel. Serve hot!!!!

Gobi masala (Cauliflower Curry)

Cauliflower is one of my favourite vegetable. Cauliflower is low in fat, high in dietary fibre and vitamin c. I love to make cauliflower fry and gravies, especially this gravy came out very well and tasted heavenly!!!!. My hubby told me that, this cauliflower gravy reminded him of Annapoorna ( A famous restaurant in Coimbatore) kurma!!!

Ingredients:

1 large cauliflower (florets)

3 tbsp cashew nut broken into pieces

6 flakes garlic

2" ginger piece(~10gms)

3 green chillies

1 large onion finely chopped

2 tomatoes chopped

2 tsp garam masala powder

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tbsp coriander powder

2 tbsp redchilli powder

1 tsp fennel seeds

1/2 cup beaten curd (yogurt)

41/2 cups water

salt to taste

Preparation:

In a bowl add 2 cups of water with 2 tsp of salt. Immerse cauliflower for about half an hour and drain.

Grind cashew nuts into paste adding little water from time to time. Separately grind ginger, garlic and green chillies into a paste.

Heat oil in a sauce pan for about 2 mts. Add fennel seeds and onions, fry till golden brown. Add ginger garlic paste, tomatoes, turmeric, coriander, cumin and chilli powders, 1/2 cup water and salt. cool till tomatoes are pulpy, stirring occasionally. Add curd and mix thoroughly. Fry till oil shows separately. Add cauliflower and 3 cups of water, cover and cook for 10 mts. Add cashew nut paste to the cauliflower mixture. Cover cook for 15 mts in medium heat. Garnish with coriander!!!

Serve hot with chappathi, naan or rice!!!

Note: U can reduce amount of redchilli powder and green chillies according to Ur taste.

Cauliflower Poriyal

Ingredients:

cauliflower 1 Grated

1 onion(medium size)

6 green chillies

¼ tsp turmeric powder

2 egg¼ tsp mustard seeds

¼ tsp cumin seeds

½ tsp ginger garlic paste

2 dry red chillies

salt to taste

3 tbsp oil

1 tsp Garam masala

1tsp redchilli power ( to taste)

Preparation:Grate cauliflower. chop onions and green chillies finely. In a pan pour oil and season it with mustard seeds and cumin. Add the redchillies, ginger garlic paste, turmeric greenchillies and onion saute' for few minutes. Add the grated cauliflower and saute for few mts. Add salt, garam masala and red chili powder, sprinkle little bit of water so that it doesnot stick to the pan. Close the pan and cook for 10 mts until the raw smell vanishes. Finally add the egg and mix well. Leave for 5 mts until egg burji consistency is reached.

Garnish with cilantro(optional) and serve hot with rice!!!!

Thanks to Viji's online diary, got the recipe from viji's website and modified according to my taste and came out very well!!!. Hope u enjoy it.