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- Newsgroups: rec.food.veg.cooking,rec.food.veg,rec.food.recipes
- From: prem@prem.lbl.gov (Prem!)
- Subject: LACTO: Indian: (Pressure Cooker): Dum Gobi
- Message-ID: <2nsv46$fb5.a@overload.lbl.gov>
- Keywords: pressure cooker, indian
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 00:37:55 GMT
- Archive-Name: lacto/indian-dum-gobi
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- Dum Gobi
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- Dum Gobi's main ingredient is a cauliflower. "Gobi" means cauliflower
- in Hindi, dunno what the "dum" is all about. :-) It goes well with
- parathas or naan or plain-wheat tortillas, and is pretty good with rice.
-
- Ingredients:
- Vegetables:
- 1 large cauliflower, separated into florets
- 1 cup fresh or frozen petite green peas, the smaller the better
- 6 medium sized tomatoes
- 6 medium sized onions
-
- Others:
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1 cup water
-
- Spices & Flavourings:
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 4 cardamom (elaichi), crushed
- 4 cloves (lavang), powdered
-
- Masala Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 2 teaspoons garam masala powder
- 2 teaspoons mild cayenne pepper powder (* see note at the end!!)
- 2 green chili peppers
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 small piece ginger
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- salt
-
- Optional "touches"
- some blanched, slivered almonds, cashews.
-
- Serves:
- 6 as a side dish
- 3 as a main dish
-
- Procedure:
-
- 1. Toss cauliflower and peas in one of the inner bowls of the
- pressure cooker. Wash with water and drain. Sprinkle with
- some salt. Steam this in the pressure cooker. (you can cook
- rice in the other bowl of the pressure cooker simultaneously).
-
- 2. Meanwhile, chop the tomatoes; dice the onions.
-
- 3. Grind into paste:
- half the onions, together with the other ingredients for the masala.
-
- 4. Heat a little oil, add cinnamon, cloves, and remaining onions.
- Fry until onions are turning golden. (if you're going for the
- pretentious touch, you can add the almonds/cashews now.)
-
- 5. Add the masala paste and mix/fry well, stirring continuously.
-
- 6. Beat the yogurt with the tomatoes. Stir into the frying pan.
-
- 7. Turn off the heat and cover, (but keep stirring frequently).
- Wait for the pressure cooker to release pressure gradually
- until it is safe to open.
-
- 8. Add cauliflower and peas to the frying pan, turn the heat back on
- and add a cup of water with salt according to taste. Cook until
- gravy thickens.
-
- 9 The ideal appearance is a chunks of cauliflower in thick saffron
- coloured gravy (color comes from the turmeric).
-
- 9. Garnish with your choice of
- o freshly chopped cilantro, mint and any other
- unidentifiable :-) herbs
- o shredded green chili peppers,
- o finely chopped green and red bell peppers,
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