Cauliflower Curry is a flavorful side dish made with just few ingredients that is available in your kitchen. Cauliflower Curry is a healthy side for rice meal, chapati & roti and could be made quickly. Learn to make Cauliflower Curry with step by step pictures.
Cauliflower Curry is very simple and flavorful dish that pairs well with rotis and rice too. So next to gobi manchurian this is my favorite with cauliflower. This can be made gravy kind or dry as per your preference.
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About Cauliflower Curry
Cauliflower Curry is made using cauliflower, onion, tomato puree along with spice powders including turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder and garam masala powders. It is a quick and easy curry that can be made instantly.
This cauliflower curry can be made quickly and easily with just few ingredients. This takes just 30 minutes from start to finish. You can use this recipe for other vegetables like baby corn, corn, mushroom etc.
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Cauliflower Ingredients
- Cauliflower – Choose fresh cauliflower. Clean it well and cut into small florets.
- Tempering – A simple tempering is made using oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves
- Onion, Tomato – Onion is sautéed and tomato is pureed and added.
- Spice powders – Turmeric powder, Red chili powder, Coriander powder and Garam masala powders are added
- Ginger garlic paste – Ginger garlic paste adds flavor to this dish.
How to make Cauliflower Curry Step by Step
1.Cut cauliflower florets into bite size pieces and boil it in water with salt and turmeric powder until soft but still firm enough. Drain it and keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai – add the ingredients listed under ‘to temper’ let it splutter. Then add onion and ginger garlic paste, sauté till slightly browned.
2.Then add tomato puree along with red chili, coriander and garam masala powders and salt. Allow it to boil well till raw smell of tomatoes leave. Then add parboiled cauliflower.
3.Mix well with the gravy. Keeping in low flame sprinkle little water less than 1/4 cup and cook covered for 5 minutes in low flame. Turn over in between to avoid burning. After few mins the water must have dried up. Mix once, Garnish with coriander leaves and switch off.
Serve with any parathas or variety rice.
Expert Tips
- You can add tomatoes while frying onions instead of the puree. You can add 2 tomatoes to make it more with gravy.
- Garam masala powder is purely optional, but I like the flavor so added it.
- You can temper whole spices and skip garam masala powder.
- Add kasoori methi at the final stage for a unique flavor.
Serving and Storage
Cauliflower Curry pairs up well with roti, rice, pulao etc. It keeps well in fridge for 2 days, you can reheat and serve it.
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Cauliflower Curry Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 medium sized cauliflower
- 1 big onion
- 1 tomato pureed
- a generous pinch turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garam masala powder
- 2 teaspoon coriander leaves chopped finely
- salt to taste
To temper:
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon jeera
- 1 small sprig curry leaves
Instructions
- Cut cauliflower florets into bite size pieces and boil it in water with salt and turmeric powder until soft but still firm enough. Drain it and keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai – add the ingredients listed under ‘to temper’ let it splutter. Then add onion and ginger garlic paste, sauté till slightly browned.
- Then add tomato puree along with red chili, coriander and garam masala powders and salt. Allow it to boil well till raw smell of tomatoes leave. Then add parboiled cauliflower.
- Mix well with the gravy. Keeping in low flame sprinkle little water less than 1/4 cup and cook covered for 5 minutes in low flame. Turn over in between to avoid burning. After few mins the water must have dried up. Mix once, Garnish with coriander leaves and switch off.
- Serve with any parathas or variety rice.
Priti
I like this one too..simple n delicious ….nice pics
Premalatha Aravindhan
Love this version of curry,luks very nice…Ur Props presentations are always too gud…
Sharmilee! :)
@Prema : Thank u Prema! These days , I go crazy after collecting food props………:)
Divya Kudua
Such a simple recipe..looks delicious.Mom's recipes are always special,right?
Sharmilee! :)
@Divya : Exactly right!! 🙂
RAKS KITCHEN
Love the curry with the addition of GG paste and garam masala,lovely clicks,am drooling!!
Priya
A fantastic curry to enjoy with some rotis, simply inviting..
Rekha shoban
yummy curry!perfect roti!nice click dear!
Happy Cook / Finla
Looks so so good. I love that watch too 🙂
Nithya
simple and delicious curry 🙂 The bright yellow background is making the pics look so good 🙂
Suja
Lovely and delicious curry..perfect for chapatis.
Prathibha
Even I love gobi when done this way..are those masala crackers khara biscuits..just love dem..:)
Priya Sreeram
hey my mom adds sambhar powder too, this looks good and the clicks rock !
Sarah Naveen
Beautiful presented, nicely captured..yumm!!
MiniBinoy
looks simple and delicious!!
Torviewtoronto
delicious haven't added sambar powder before looks wonderful
Sobha Shyam
absolutely delicious..wonderful clicks..
divya
Looks delicious and spicy.Mouthwatering recipe
Swathi
Cauliflower dry curry looks awesome. Nice clicks.
jeyashrisuresh
wonderful clicks and delicious curry. love the way u made it
Reva
This looks awesome… Your presentation is just so amazing:) A yummy side dish to fill the hungry tummy..
Reva
Shobha Kamath
Nice & simple recipe and very good presentation!
Arundhuti
lovely….simple too..
Ananda Rajashekar
I'm never good with cauliflower so pretty it is!
Suhaina
wow..looks so yummy. perfect clicks too.
miri goes phishing!
that looks so simple yet i know for sure must have tasted yum….:)
Plateful
Cauliflower is not my favorite, but the pictures make me wanna try your dish!
Maha
Hey nice recipes you have got here. Btw, have you tried cauliflower gravy with pepper powder? It is one of my favourites!
Shanthini Laksmanan
Can we add capsicum along with this curry?
SHARMILEE J
Yes you can..