CauliflowerMasala Curry

I made this curry last week along with drumstick sambar. It came out pretty good. My girls felt it was little bit spicy. Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Cauliflower Florets - 2 cups 
2. Onion - 1 medium sized chopped
3. Tomato - 1 medium sized chopped
4. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
5. Rasam Powder - 1/2 tsp
6. Red chillies - 1/4 tsp
7. Salt to taste
8. Oil - 1 tbsp
9. mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
10. urad dhall - 1/2 tsp
11. curry leaves - for garnishing
12. Hing - few pinches

Take the cauliflower florets in a microwave safe bowl, add required amount of salt & turmeric powder and microwave it adding required amount of water, for about 5 to 7 minutes. In the mean time, pre heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, fry urad dhall to golden brown. Add chopped onion along with curry leaves and saute till it becomes transparent. Now add the chopped tomato to it. Add required amount of salt it along with turmeric powder to it and saute for couple of minutes. Now add the cooked cauliflower to it along with rasam powder, red chilli powder to it and let it cook till the excess water evaporates. Cauliflower curry is ready to serve with hot steaming rice.

Cauliflower Curry

Cauliflower is rich in Folate, Vitamin C and Dietary Fibre. The main ingredients for this curry are as follow..
Ingredients

1. Cauliflower - 1
2. Tomato -1
3. Onion - 1/2
4. Oil - 1 tbsp
5. Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
6. Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
7. Red chillies -1
8. Urid dhal - 1/2 tsp
9. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
10. Salt to taste
11. Curry Powder - 3/4 tsp (or acc to taste) ***
12. Garam Masala Powder - 1/4 tsp
    
13. Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

First, remove the florets from the cauliflower and put it in hot water for 2 mts. It will clean up the florets. In the mean time, chop the tomato and onion and keep it aside. Now take a microwave safe vessel, put the cauliflower in it, add 1/2 cup of water, also add salt and keep it in the microwave for 5 to 7 mts. Cauliflower is cooked now.

Now take a pan, pre heat the oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add urAd dhal, cumin seeds, red chillies and asafoetida powder to it and fry it for a minute. Now add onion and tomato one by one and saute for a minute. Now add the turmeric powder and curry powder to it and stir it for another 2 mts. Now add the cooked cauliflower to it and mix everything thoroughly. Close the pan for 2 mts and let everything cook. Now turn off the stove and garnish it with the coriander leaves.

*** - I usually make curry powder and use it for making side dishes like this. Instead we can always replace curry powder with coriander powder + Red chillies powder