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Ingredients for Phulkopi-Alur Dalna:
Ingredients:
Fresh cauliflower 1 medium size (washed and cut into big florets)
Potato 2 medium (cut into big cubes)
Green peas + carrot+beans 3/4 cup (fresh or frozen..I used frozen)
Tomato 1 large (chopped)
Ginger 1 and 1/2 inches
Green chilli 2-3 pieces
Cumin pwd 1 table spoon
Coriander pwd 1 teable spoon
Panchforon 1 tea spoon
Bay leaf 1 piece
Dry red chilli 1piece
Salt according to taste
Sugar 1 tea spoon (or according to taste)
Turmeric powder (as required)
Chilli powder 1/2 tea spoon
Mustard oil/ vegetable oil
Ghee/clarified butter 1 tea spoon
Procedure:
Marinate cauliflower and potato separately with salt, turmeric powder and chilli powder for 10-15 minutes.
Make a smooth paste together with ginger, green chilli, coriander seed & cumin seed. Use water to make paste.
Heat oil in a pan. Fry Cauliflower till they get nice golden colour n also tender. Strain and keep separately.
Fry potato cubes until tender and golden in colour. Keep aside.
Temper remaining (add little more if required) oil with panchforon, bay leaf and dry red chilli. Fry until nicely fragrant. Now add pasted spices (add cumin & coriander powder, if using), 1/4 tea spoon turmeric powder. Cook till raw smell is totally gone and oil is separated from spices.
Add tomato at this point. Add salt & sugar. Cook till tomato is soft & smashed.
Add fried potato and mix with spices. Cook covered over lowest heat for 3-4 minutes. Add green peas+carrot+beans. Give it few nice stirs.
Add water. Bring it to boil. Shimmer covered for 5-6 minutes or till potato and peas are cooked. Add fried cauliflower. Cook covered for another 2-3 minutes over low flame. Adjust gravy and turn off the gas.
Add ghee.
Enjoy with plain rice/ misti polao/ phulko luchi.
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