Cauliflower potato kurma recipe with step by step photos and short video. Kurma is a South Indian style spicy fragrant masala made with fresh coconut and spices.
Aloo gobi is one of the most popular combination worldwide and making it in our preferred cuisine will add more taste on its own.
This cauliflower potato kurma is our family favorite to pair with hot puri /poori or set dosa. Similar recipes like Bombay Saagu and Mixed Vegetable Saagu are already shared on my blog.
There are many variations to make this cauliflower potato kurma . Few add potatoes and then saute in oil but I prefer to add boiled potatoes to make this more tastier . But it just about one's preferences.
Since my childhood I loved this curry and I really don't know what had stopped me posting this recipe. Recently I saw few searches on my blog looking for Mysore style Cauliflower potato kurma , hence thought I would make justice to one of my favorite dish by posting on my blog....!
If intrested , do check one of the most popular fool proof cauliflower recipe from my blog Tandoori Gobi.
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How to make Cauliflower Potato Kurma
Preparations
Boil potatoes, peel skin , cut and set side.
Cut cauliflower into medium size florets .
Bring 2 -3 cups of water to boil . Add cauliflower florets , ½ teaspoon of turmeric powder and ½ teaspoon of salt . Turn off the stove . Cover and keep it aside for 10 minutes. Before use , drain water completely from cauliflower , rinse with cold water and use.
Blanch green peas and set aside, optional. You can use either frozen or fresh green peas. If using fresh green peas , blanching is must. If frozen peas are used then , you can skip this step .
To blend masala
Whilst grind masala ,take a mixer jar and fresh cococnut , ginger , garlic , green chillies , cardamom , fennel seeds , cinnamon , clove , turmeric powder , red chilli powder , coriander powder , poppy seeds ,fried gram and coriander leaves .
Initially without adding water , blend spices to as smooth as possible.
Then add ¼ cup of water and ground to a very fine paste. Poppy seeds doesn't get blended well enough if water is added before grinding. Hence its necessary to blend masala paste twice , without water and later with water.
To make cauliflower Potato Kurma
Take a pan / kadai , heat 2 tablespoon of oil .
Add chopped mint leaves and chopped onions.
Saute onions till translucent .
Add chopped tomatoes .
Saute for about 3-4 minutes on medium heat or till tomatoes turns mushy.
Add blanched green peas . As I have used frozen green peas , I have not blanched the peas here. Saute for 2-3 minutes.
Now add ground masala paste
Saute and cook for about 4-5 minutes on low heat.
Add mixer / blender rinsed water about 1 cup and stir into the masala.
Cook untill masala starts to bubble and boil.
Now add in blanched cauliflower and continue to cook for 3-4 minutes on medium heat .
Add boiled potatoes .
Add salt
Mix well everything gently.
Add about 1 cup of water .
Close lid and cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes or untill it comes to boil.
Open lid , mix well everything , simmer and cook for 2 minutes.
Turn off the stove and garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
Mix well everything and serve with hot poori's or with set dosa.
Cauliflower Potato Kurma | Aloo Gobi Kurma
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup Cauliflower florets
- 2 no's Potato , boiled , medium size
- ½ cup Green peas, fresh / frozen
- ½ cup Onion , chopped
- 1 no Tomato , chopped
- 1 tablespoon Mint leaves
- 2 tablespoon Oil
- 1 ½ teaspoon Salt or as required
- 2 cups Water or as required
- 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves , garnishing
For grinding masala paste
- ⅓ cup Fresh coconut , grated
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 ½ " inch Cinnamon Stick
- 1 no Clove
- 6 no's Garlic cloves
- 1 inch Ginger
- 1 no Green Cardamom
- 2 no's Green Chilies
- ½ teaspoon Saunf /Fennel Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Poppy Seeds / Khus khus
- 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves
- ½ teaspoon Red Chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
- 1 tablespoon Fried Gram / Roasted gram
Instructions
Preparations
- Boil potatoes, peel skin , cut and set side.
- Cut cauliflower into medium size florets .
- Bring 2 -3 cups of water to boil . Add cauliflower florets , ½ teaspoon of turmeric powder and ½ teaspoon of salt . Turn off the stove . Cover and keep it aside for 10 minutes. Before use , drain water completely from cauliflower , rinse with cold water and use.
- Blanch green peas and set aside, optional. You can use either frozen or fresh green peas. If using fresh green peas , blanching is must. If frozen peas are used then , you can skip this step .
To blend masala
- Whilst grind masala ,take a mixer jar and fresh cococnut , ginger , garlic , green chillies , cardamom , fennel seeds , cinnamon , clove , turmeric powder , red chilli powder , coriander powder , poppy seeds ,fried gram and coriander leaves .
- Initially without adding water , blend spices to as smooth as possible. Then add ¼ cup of water and ground to a very fine paste. Poppy seeds doesn't get blended well enough if water is added before grinding. Hence its necessary to blend masala paste twice , without water and later with water.
To make cauliflower Potato Kurma
- Take a pan / kadai , heat 2 tablespoon of oil .
- Add chopped mint leaves and chopped onions.
- Saute onions till translucent .
- Add chopped tomatoes and saute for about 3-4 minutes on medium heat or till tomatoes turns mushy.
- Add blanched green peas . As I have used frozen green peas , I have not blanched the peas here.
- Saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Now add ground masala paste , saute and cook for about 4-5 minutes.
- Add mixer / blender rinsed water about ½ cup and stir into the masala and cook untill masala starts to bubble and boil.
- Now add in blanched cauliflower and continue to cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Add boiled potatoes.
- Add salt and mix well everything gently.
- Add about 1 cup of water .
- Close lid and cook for about 5 minutes or untill it comes to boil.
- Open lid , mix well everything , simmer and cook for 2 minutes.
- Turn off the stove. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
- Mix well everything and serve with hot poori's
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Notes
- Blanching cauliflower in hot water , turmeric and salt is optional , but I recommend as cauliflower has worms in it and has high amount of pesticides. If you are going for organic cauliflower than you can skip blanching ,cauliflower.
- If poppy seeds are not available , alternatively you can use 3-4 whole cashews . In such case either increase red chili powder by ½ teaspoon or add 1 more green chili , less spice variant.
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