Enjoyable Recipes - Simple everyday cooking (Bengali style)

An all-time favorite with almost all North-Indian households is Aloo Gobi which simply means a Potato Cauliflower preparation There are various methods of preparation for this and the below is a sample. Sumi always tries so many varieties for this. We felt this was tasty enough to be a starter recipe for our site LOL.

Ingredients

• 1 Medium Sized Cauliflower cut into small florets
• 3 medium sized potatoes peeled and cut into cubes
• 10 curry leaves
• 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
• 1 tsp Cumin-Coriander seeds paste
• 1 tbsp Onion Paste
• 1/4 tsp Asafoetida
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 green chillies cut diagonally
• 1 red chilli
• 1 medium sized tomato cut into small pieces
• 1 tsp tomato chilli sauce
• 1 tbs tomato ketchup
• Salt to taste
• 4tbs oil
• 1/2 cup water

Method

Heat oil in a wok, add the whole red chilli, cumin seeds and the asafoetida, green chillies, curry leaves and saute till 10 seconds.

Add the ginger-garlic paste, onion paste, cumin-coriander paste, garam masala, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and cut tomato. Saute for 1minute

Now add cauliflower, cut potatoes, tomato-chilli sauce, tomato ketchup and fry on high flame by continuously stirring. Add salt and Fry for 3-4 minutes.

Add the water and cook on low flame covered

Serve hot