March 10, 2011

Aaloo Gobi Fry / Potato Cauliflower Stir Fry

My mother-in-law makes a lot of fried food like fish fry, pakode etc. One of her famous pakodas is Cauliflower pakoda. My husband loves it (or anything fried for that matter). So recently I made the pakodas and got this idea of making the sabzi using the pakodas.
Its potato sabzi with the gobi pakodas mixed in. I was amazed myself with the result and couldn't help but take 3 helpings of the sabzi.

Ingredients:
Cauliflower Pakodas
Potatoes, cubed - 2 medium sized
Onions, chopped - 1
Tomato, chopped - 1
Green Chillies, chopped - 2
Red Chilli Powder - 1 tspn
Garam Masala - 1/2 tspn
Dhaniya/Coriander Powder - 1/2 tspn
Besan - 2 tbspn
Rava/Suji - 1 tbspn
Haldi/Turmeric - one pinchful
Hing/asafoetida - 1/4 tspn
Rai/Mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn
Jeera/Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tspn
Kadipatta/Curry Leaves - 5-6 leaves
Salt
Oil

Procedure: 
  1. Follow the instructions for Gobi or Cauliflower Pakoda.
  2. In the meantime, heat some oil and add hing, rai and jeera to it and wait till they crackle. 
  3. Then add kadipatta, green chillies, potatoes and onions.
  4. When onions become translucent, add tomotoes and cook till potatoes and tomatoes are cooked.
  5. Then add 1 tspn Red Chilli Powder, 1/2 tspn Dhaniya Powder and 1/2 tspn Garam Masala it and cook for 2 mins.
  6. Now add the fried cauliflowers to it and mix well and turn off the heat.
Variations: 
If you fall in the weightwatcher's category and you want to make it low calorie food, then instead of frying the cauliflower, you can either bake it in oven (350F) for 20mins and then follow the rest of the procedure.
You can shallow fry or sautee the cauliflower as well.

Conclusion:
I had made this sabzi for 3+ people and me and my husband finished it in one go. We both overate :).

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