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Cauliflower Kurma – Cauliflower Korma -Cauliflower recipe Indian

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Cauliflower kurma is very simple to prepare and goes well with chapati, parathas, poori and other rice dishes like peas pulao, jeera pulao, vegetable pulao, vegetable rice etc. We had it with rotis and my family loved it very much. Today let us learn how to make South Indian style cauliflower kurma following this easy recipe.

Cauliflower Kurma

Cauliflower Kurma Recipe


Cauliflower Kurma

 Prep Time : 15 mins

 Cook Time : 30 mins
 Serves: 3-4
 Recipe Category: Side dish for chapati-idiyappam-appam
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

   Ingredients needed

   Cauliflower- 1 medium size
   Onion chopped -1 cup
   Tomato -3/4 cup chopped
   Ginger -1 inch piece
   Garlic – 4 cloves
   Green chillies -2-3

   Spice powder

   Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
   Chilli powder – 1 tsp
   Coriander powder -2 tsp
   Cumin Powder -1 tsp

  For grinding (masala paste)

   Coconut grated – 1/3 cup
   Cashew nuts-5-6
   Poppy seeds -1 tsp

  For the seasoning

   Oil -2 tbsp
   Jeera seeds /cumin seeds -1 tsp
   Salt needed

Preparation


Cut cauliflower into small florets. Wash it and put it in boiling water with a little salt for 5 minutes. Drain the water completely, cut it into bite size florets and keep it aside.

Soak cashew nuts and poppy seed in a little hot water for 15 minutes. Grind it to a fine paste along with grated coconut. Our masala paste for the kurma is ready.

Grind ginger, garlic and green chillies to a coarse paste. Keep it aside.

Method

Heat oil, add cumin seeds, when it sizzles, add finely chopped onion and fry until onions turn transparent. Add little salt to the onions to speed up the process.

frying onions for cauliflower kurma

Add ginger-garlic-green chilli paste. Saute for a few more minutes.

Add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, salt needed and cook until the tomato becomes mushy. If it becomes dry, you can add a tbsp of water.

frying tomatoes for cauliflower kurma

Once the tomatoes are cooked well, add cauliflower florets and mix well so that it is well coated with the masala.

How to make cauliflower kurma

Then add a cup of water and cook covered on medium flame until cauliflowers are tender.

cauliflower-kurma-South Indian style

Then add the ground coconut paste, needed water and cook on medium heat until everything gets blended well.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot. It is a fantastic side dish for chapati, parathas, ghee rice, idiyappam, appam and poori.

Note – the consistency of the gravy can be adjusted as per individual preferences.

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  34. Priya

    Hi Paddhu,

    Kurumas I make has a different taste like less flavour ..what can I do for that ? I add chilly powder that we grind at our home.will that cause difference in taste :-(…

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  39. Sadhana Santhosh

    Dear padhu… Tried the recipe for last Nite dinner. Came out so yummy. I had omitted tomatoes though, since I was running out of it. So the slight tangy taste was missing. Other than that kurma was so tasty. My husband tasted this for first time n he loved it. u know Wat, I was left out only with a small cup of kurma at last. I’m trying each recipe from ur site each day. Thanks a bunch once again for ur delicious recipes.

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