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Cauliflower Rice-Cauliflower Pulao Recipe-Gobi rice

December 7, 2010 by PadhuSankar 52 Comments

Cauliflower is loaded with nutrients. It is a very good source of vitamin C and manganese. It has cancer fighting properties. It is low in fat, high in fiber and has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It strengthens the immune system and protects against cardiovascular diseases.So let us try to include this vegetable in our diet. Here is a simple Cauliflower rice recipe/Gobi rice. This is also ideal for lunch box, both kids and elders will love this rice. This is one of our family’s favourite rice.

Cauliflower rice-Gobi Rice (pulao)

Cauliflower Rice Recipe-Gobi Rice-Cauliflower Pulao (Indian style)


Cauliflower Rice-Gobi Rice-Cauliflower Pulao

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves:1
 Recipe Category: 
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Basmati rice – 1 cup
   Cauliflower – 1 medium sized
   Onion – 1 big
   Tomato – 3 big and juicy ones
   Peas (fresh /frozen) – handful (optional)
   Ginger – 1 inch piece finely chopped/minced
   Garlic – 3 cloves minced or finely chopped
   Green chilli – 1 finely chopped
   Salt as required

  Spice Powder

   Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
   Chilli powder – 1 tsp
   Coriander powder – 2 tsp
   Biryani masala powder- 3/4 tsp (available ready made)

   For the seasoning

   Oil – 2 tbsp
   Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
   Cloves – 2
   Cardamom – 1
   Bay leaf – 1

Preparation

Wash and soak basmati rice in water for 20 minutes. Drain the water completely, add 2 cups of hot water and pressure cook for 3 whistles or use the rice cooker for cooking rice.

Finely chop onions, green chilli, ginger and garlic.

Puree the tomatoes in a blender.

Blanch the cauliflower florets. i.e.- Cut the cauliflower into florets and put them in boiling water to which a little salt and a pinch of turmeric powder is added. Let it remain in the water for 5 minutes. Then drain the water completely.

If using fresh peas, par boil it with a little salt and keep it ready. If using frozen peas, just rinse it and use it.

Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan and cook the cauliflowers adding half of the chilli powder. Do not overcook, as we want the cauliflower to retain its crunchiness. Keep it aside.

Gobi rice-Cauliflower pulao recipe
Method

Heat oil in a pan and add the ingredients mentioned under seasoning.

Then add finely chopped onions and saute until it turns golden brown.

Then add ginger, garlic, green chilli and saute for a few more minutes.

Then add tomato puree, peas, turmeric powder, salt needed, remaining chilli powder, coriander powder, biryani masala powder and cook until the raw flavor goes and oil separates.

Now add the cooked cauliflowers, cooked rice to the tomato gravy. Mix everything well and simmer for a few more seconds until everything gets blended well.

Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve with chips or mixed vegetable raita or papads.

Delicious and simple Cauliflower Pulao is ready.

Tips

While buying cauliflowers, see to it that the florets are clean and white with bright green leaves. Looks for heavy and solid ones.

Add a little lemon juice while blanching cauliflower to retain the white color.

More Gobi /Cauliflower recipes from Padhuskitchen

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Comments

  1. Kairali sisters

    December 8, 2010 at 2:59 pm

    Cauliflower rice sounds yummy Padhu and i loved the doggie 😀

    Reply
  2. Nisa Homey

    December 8, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    Delicious rice….yum

    Reply
  3. Suja Sugathan

    December 8, 2010 at 3:39 pm

    Delicious pulao..yummy and colorful,cute presentation:)

    Reply
  4. Swathi

    December 8, 2010 at 3:45 pm

    Cauliflower pulao sounds delicious.

    Reply
  5. Pari

    December 8, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    Love the doggie, very well presented dear.
    FOODELICIOUS

    Reply
  6. Priya

    December 8, 2010 at 4:18 pm

    Catchy and delicious rice..

    Reply
  7. Priya Sreeram

    December 8, 2010 at 5:19 pm

    good one !the floret lamb is soooooo cute !

    Reply
  8. புவனேஸ்வரி ராமநாதன்

    December 8, 2010 at 5:31 pm

    Very colourful.

    Reply
  9. Paaka Shaale

    December 8, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    Oh I love cauliflower any day. Just loved the rice 🙂

    Reply
  10. Vidhya

    December 8, 2010 at 6:01 pm

    Yummy and delicious dish…cute cauliflower doggie.

    Reply
  11. Pushpa

    December 8, 2010 at 6:55 pm

    Yummy cauliflower rice.

    Reply
  12. Krishnaveni

    December 8, 2010 at 8:20 pm

    yummy rice, cauliflower dog or sheep:)???? looks beautiful

    Reply
  13. Jisha

    December 8, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    delicious and nicely presented..

    Reply
  14. savitha ramesh

    December 8, 2010 at 9:33 pm

    ur presentation is awsome dear

    Reply
  15. Gayu

    December 8, 2010 at 11:06 pm

    Love the cutie doggie..Gobi rice is delicious!!

    Gayu
    http://ensamayalarangam.blogspot.com

    Reply
  16. R

    December 8, 2010 at 11:14 pm

    looks delicious, looks like cauliflower doggie is watching out for u 🙂

    Reply
  17. Fathima

    December 9, 2010 at 1:09 am

    nice rice preparation.. love the cauliflower dog!

    Reply
  18. Sowmya

    December 9, 2010 at 3:54 am

    doggie looks so cute..n rice looks yummy 🙂

    Reply
  19. GEETHA ACHAL

    December 9, 2010 at 4:17 am

    மிகவும் அருமையாக இருக்கின்றது…அழகாக இருக்கின்றது..

    Reply
  20. Gayathri's Cook Spot

    December 9, 2010 at 5:33 am

    So yummy and nice presentation..

    Reply
  21. Jaisy James

    December 9, 2010 at 6:57 am

    looks delicious n colorful n loved the presentation so cute the puppy

    Reply
  22. jeyashrisuresh

    December 9, 2010 at 7:17 am

    very yummy rice love the colour of the rice

    Reply
  23. சாருஸ்ரீராஜ்

    December 9, 2010 at 12:15 pm

    presentation super

    Reply
  24. Kanchana Radhakrishnan

    December 10, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    presentation is good.

    Reply
  25. Ushnish Ghosh

    December 10, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    Dear padhu
    How are you? Very nice recipe indeed. I will try soon.
    Have a nice weekend

    Reply
  26. Saras

    January 24, 2011 at 7:08 am

    Love your version, very inviting colour & texture..

    Reply
  27. RENU

    August 24, 2011 at 5:12 am

    hi padhu
    it looks yummy…but ur creativity with vegetables fruits is awesome………….

    Reply
  28. Adarsh

    January 4, 2012 at 10:41 pm

    Hi Padhu,

    Having just returned from a vacation, we had an rather empty looking fridge except for a lone cauliflower and some tomatoes. So I went looking on the internet for something new that I could make with those basic ingredients. That's when I stumbled across your site, and I followed your recipe to the letter. I must tell you that it came out perfectly delicious! Many thanks for sharing it. My wife and I are going to try some of your other recipes 🙂

    Thanks!!
    Adarsh

    Reply
  29. malai

    September 27, 2012 at 11:05 am

    super recepie……

    Reply
  30. Priya Gurusamy

    November 12, 2012 at 12:20 pm

    i just love this spicy gobi rice.easy to make for lunch. awesome click and nice presentation.keep going…… looking forward for more creative receipes.

    Reply
  31. Janani

    January 24, 2013 at 3:16 pm

    Love that puppy u have made out of cauliflower so cute.

    Reply
  32. Lisa Emms

    March 11, 2013 at 5:37 pm

    I made this for my lunch box tomorrow, it will be the envy of the office

    Reply
  33. Ramya Rahul

    May 31, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    what is tat pulav masala made of??or wat type of brand yu used for tat pulav masala??is it okay if it is done widout tat masala??any alternative is there for tat as i couldnt get tat masala

    Reply
  34. PadhuSankar

    June 1, 2013 at 7:13 am

    You can add biryani masala .I use Everest or even local brand like Shakti here. You can do that without that masala also but the taste will differ. I like this pulao with and without biryani masala.

    Reply
  35. Anonymous

    June 8, 2013 at 1:09 pm

    Hi Padhu,
    The cauliflower pulao looks soo lovely … yumm

    Anisha

    Reply
  36. Grace Baby

    October 16, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    Your presentation is extraordinary.

    Reply
  37. Aarthee Sudharsan

    December 1, 2013 at 1:43 am

    Wowwwwwwwww. …..it was yummy padhu…Thanks a lot. …

    Reply
  38. Meri Rasoi

    March 20, 2014 at 6:26 pm

    hi, tried this recipe and it turned out amazing.

    Reply
  39. Gowri Nair

    May 9, 2014 at 8:20 am

    Thank you padhu mam. Sure i'll try this..

    Reply
  40. rashmitha smiles

    June 17, 2015 at 6:08 pm

    I just tried this recipe, it came out well but somewhere i feel like eating a tomato rice with a cauliflower in it 🙂 Thanx for the recipe though.

    Reply
  41. Srilakshmi Ch

    August 5, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    what time we need to add peas

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      August 7, 2015 at 11:01 am

      If you are using frozen peas, you can add after adding tomato puree. If using fresh peas, par boil peas a little and add after adding tomato paste.

      Reply
  42. Jags Krishnamurthy

    August 30, 2015 at 6:47 pm

    Thanks for this wonderful recipe. I have made this recipe many times for my family and they enjoy it immensely

    Reply
  43. Suresh Jayaraman

    November 7, 2015 at 12:24 am

    Awesome recipe. Thanks

    Reply
  44. Unknown

    November 14, 2015 at 12:20 pm

    Tried this recipe. Came out very well. Thanks 🙂

    Reply
  45. Unknown

    November 23, 2015 at 5:47 pm

    I will be thankless if I don't post this comment.. I tried this for dinner and it tasted yummmmy…thank u so much.. Ramya

    Reply
  46. Eliteguy

    March 12, 2017 at 8:42 am

    Hi Padhu

    Thanks for the recipe…
    I have a question:
    To cook the gobi, should I cover and cook? Kindly explain clearly at what stage should I switch off the flame whether it retain the crunchiness..

    Thanks and regards

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      March 13, 2017 at 11:51 am

      You can cook uncovered or covered.Cook on medium heat. Taste the cauliflower and check it. I have written it clearly as below "Cut the cauliflower into florets and put them in boiling water to which a little salt and a pinch of turmeric powder is added. Let it remain in the water for 5 minutes. Then drain the water completely."

      Reply
  47. sangeetha narasimhan

    March 29, 2017 at 4:08 pm

    How many minutes does it take to cook brown rice in rice cooker padhu?

    Reply
  48. Padhu Sankar

    March 31, 2017 at 7:41 am

    Brown rice will take a longer time to get cooker. Timings differs according to the quality of rice. You can dry roast slightly, soak it and then cook. It will turn soft.

    Reply
    • sangeetha narasimhan

      March 31, 2017 at 7:43 am

      Thank you for the reply

      Reply
  49. Meena (d/o of T N S)

    June 2, 2018 at 3:28 am

    Tried cauliflower rice, it came out very well

    Reply

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