How to prepare the pickling sauce for the Achari Gobi?
Dry red chili - Use kashmiri red chili as it will give the gorgeous red hue instead of making it super spicy.Fenugreek SeedsNigella seedsMustard SeedsCumin Seeds
All these spices are dry roasted and then blend into spice powder. This spice blend is then mixed with fresh lemon juice to prepare the pickling sauce that is added while preparing the curry.
How to prepare this Achari Gobi Recipe?
It’s a very simple curry to prepare which takes about 30 minutes to prepare.
Prepare the spice powder and mix fresh lemon juice to it.The bite size cauliflower florets are first stir fried in little oil and taken off the pan.Then in the same pan, few whole spices (mustard seeds, nigella seeds and cinnamon sticks) are added. Followed by garlic, ginger and onion.Then goest the pickling sauce and tomato puree. I like to use tomato puree (preferably canned) instead of fresh chopped tomato only because the canned tomato puree always gives the more gorgeous red hue to the curry.Finally stir fried cauliflower florets are added and simmered for a while.Because it’s achari gobi which means you want the curry to have a refreshing tangy taste, I like to end it with little amount of plain yogurt. Finally few green chili and finely chopped cilantro leaves goes in.
The pickling spice used here is similar to what is normally used in every Indian home during summer to make multiple batches of pickles. It has a robust flavor, absolutely lip-smacking and helps elevating the palate. The mixture of the sauce with tomato puree gives a vibrant color to the curry, which I must say is very appealing. So, on a dull weekday, when Friday seems far from reach, try this famous North Indian curry and let me know what you think of it.
Here are few other cauliflower recipes that you will love to try!
Yogurt Cauliflower Stir Fried
Mushroom Chicken Spiced Cauliflower Fried Rice
Phulkopir Aloo Dalna
