Saturday, April 28, 2007

Aloo Gobi..

Prep Time: 10 min.
Total time:
45 min.

Ingredients:
1. Oil - Canola, sunflower, Olive.
2. Onions - 1 medium sized.
3. cumin seeds - 1tea spoon.
4. Tomato - 2 small sized.
5. Green Chilli's - 4 nice and fresh one.
6. Potato's - 4 medium sized. (diced well and square shaped)
7. Cauliflower - 1 medium sized. (cut in small florets)
8. Turmeric power - 1 tea spoon.
9. Salt and Paprika to taste.
10. Ginger - a small stem.
11. Garlic - 2 small cloves.
12. Garam malasa and cumin malasa.

Procedure:

a) Heat the oil and add cumin seeds to it till it becomes golden brown.
b) Add onions and cook till translucent.
c) Add the chili's and the turmeric powder and salt and Paprika. (salt and paprike can be added later to adjust the taste)
d) Add nicely diced, fresh tomato's and allow it to become well mashed and almost puree like.
e) Add mashed ginger and garlic to this and mix well.
f) Add the diced potato's to the puree and mix well. Add a cup of water, enough to cover the potato's. Cover the lid and let it Boil for 10 minutes and then add the florets of cauliflower to it. Mix well. Allow it to boil for an additional 10 minutes after covering the lid again.
g) Mix well again and add garam masala and cumin power to season. Adjust salt and paprika level. And keep the vessel on low flame till you get the consistency you need.
h) Garnish with fresh Cilantro sprigs.

Comes out real good.
Try it out some time.



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