A rather delicious and simple thing I made which worked well recently was using our family aloo dum recipe on phoolkopi( cauliflower)
Cauliflower is one of my favourite veggies but I rarely buy it because it often turns out insect infested. my mother is a better judge and when my parents were here, the best thing she did for me was to leave a lot of raw veggies cut up and ready to cook in my fridge.
This was the best gift Ma could give me because I love cooking but have a pathological dislike for buying groceries, and have sometimes starved on occasion as a result :-(, coupled with weird work hours and another pathological dislike of going to the ATM. Which combined with weird work hours makes ordering in also impossible. I have recently discoevered restaurants in my locality where you pay online and am totally having a party now :)
Cutting veggies takes up a lot of time and energy so since these were already pre-cut I really felt I could work well with them. I love the sight of clean fresh veggies and was quite decided about inviting ma back soon :P
But ultimately I kept it simple. This combination of masalas is used at home for making a very favourite phaataphaati aloor dom. Is often made when we invite a number of guests as it is tasty and easy to cook I suppose.
The recipe calls for shit loads of tomatoes , the more the merrier. I used at least six for an average head of cauliflower.
Heat some oil and drop some jeera and let it crack. Then come the green chillies,as many as you like. then drop in the tomatoes and let them turn into mush. (this is a magic moment) , I usually drop the tomato pieces in, turn the heat to medium high cover the pan and let it cook by itself for 2 mins, after which I violently attack and mash the pieces in the pan. So then once they are pulpy, put in some ginger paste and turmeric (if using turmeric) Once the oil separates, put in the gobhis, saute for two minutes, till they are nicely coated, turn the heat to medium and cover it and leave it to cook Keep checking from time to time and sprinkle with water till done. I also took a tablespoon of curd, mixed it with besan and added it. Not really sure if it added anything but the dish was nice and tangy sour from all the tomato, maybe the curd also helped. Before removing I added sugar and some of my aunts muri masala (bhaja masala).
Coriander leaves cut and chopped would complete this dish nicely, but I find them difficult to manage so I dont.
The original aloor dom is usually had in our home with those lovely soft triangular Porotas that only bengalis know how to make :)). I had the kopir dom with rice though.
Cauliflower is one of my favourite veggies but I rarely buy it because it often turns out insect infested. my mother is a better judge and when my parents were here, the best thing she did for me was to leave a lot of raw veggies cut up and ready to cook in my fridge.
This was the best gift Ma could give me because I love cooking but have a pathological dislike for buying groceries, and have sometimes starved on occasion as a result :-(, coupled with weird work hours and another pathological dislike of going to the ATM. Which combined with weird work hours makes ordering in also impossible. I have recently discoevered restaurants in my locality where you pay online and am totally having a party now :)
Cutting veggies takes up a lot of time and energy so since these were already pre-cut I really felt I could work well with them. I love the sight of clean fresh veggies and was quite decided about inviting ma back soon :P
But ultimately I kept it simple. This combination of masalas is used at home for making a very favourite phaataphaati aloor dom. Is often made when we invite a number of guests as it is tasty and easy to cook I suppose.
The recipe calls for shit loads of tomatoes , the more the merrier. I used at least six for an average head of cauliflower.
Heat some oil and drop some jeera and let it crack. Then come the green chillies,as many as you like. then drop in the tomatoes and let them turn into mush. (this is a magic moment) , I usually drop the tomato pieces in, turn the heat to medium high cover the pan and let it cook by itself for 2 mins, after which I violently attack and mash the pieces in the pan. So then once they are pulpy, put in some ginger paste and turmeric (if using turmeric) Once the oil separates, put in the gobhis, saute for two minutes, till they are nicely coated, turn the heat to medium and cover it and leave it to cook Keep checking from time to time and sprinkle with water till done. I also took a tablespoon of curd, mixed it with besan and added it. Not really sure if it added anything but the dish was nice and tangy sour from all the tomato, maybe the curd also helped. Before removing I added sugar and some of my aunts muri masala (bhaja masala).
Coriander leaves cut and chopped would complete this dish nicely, but I find them difficult to manage so I dont.
The original aloor dom is usually had in our home with those lovely soft triangular Porotas that only bengalis know how to make :)). I had the kopir dom with rice though.
