Ready to start putting the excess of the holiday season behind you? Stir fried vegetables are a quick and easy part of every day healthy Indian cooking. Here’s mom’s recipe for Cauliflower and Peas. You can use the same basic technique with a variety of vegetables–potatoes, cabbage, etc.
Cauliflower and Peas Stir Fried Gobhi Mutter Ki Subzi
Recipe Type: Vegetable
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 green chili sliced (jalapeño or serrano)
- 1 onion
- 4 cloves garlic sliced
- 1 inch of ginger grated
- 1 tablespoon mustard seed
- A pinch of chili powder
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/8 teaspoon of mango powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cauliflower (about 1 pound), cut into large florets (about 4 cups)
- 1 cup peas
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Add oil to a deep non-stick pot.
- Fry onions until clear and lightly browned over medium-high heat.
- Add ginger and garlic; only fry for about 1 minute as the ginger will start to stick.
- Fry mustard seeds. Stir for a minute over medium heat or until mustard splatters. Stir in the rest of the spices (cumin, turmeric, mango powder, salt)
- Add cauliflower florets
- Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15-20 minutes
- Add peas and cover, and cook for about 3 minutes or until peas are bright green.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro