Cauliflower Matar Bhurji Recipe
Cauliflower Bhurji with Matar is prepared by cooking grated cauliflower with peas and spices. They serve as great accompaniment for rice and is a modern twist to the traditional cauliflower fry. Ensure grated cauliflower are not over fried to avoid them from becoming soggy. This bhurji can be used as stuffing for roti/chapatti and can be packed for travel. They are a perfect recipe to be packed for kids lunch box.
Serve Cauliflower Bhurji with Matar along with Boondi Raita and Phulkas for a weekday lunch.
If you like this recipe, you can also try other Dry Vegetable recipes such as
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3 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 Cauliflower (gobi)
- 1 cup Green peas (Matar)
- 1 Onion , chopped finely
- 1 Tomato , chopped finely
- 3 Green Chillies
- 1 teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Garam masala powder
- 1-1/2 tablespoon Cooking oil
- Salt , as required
- Coriander (Dhania) Leaves , for garnish
How to make Cauliflower Matar Bhurji Recipe
To begin with the Cauliflower Matar Bhurji Recipe first, bring water to boil in a pot. Add cauliflower florets in boiling water and keep aside for 10 minutes
Drain the water from the florets and grate them into fine pieces. Else process them in a food processor to get finely grated pieces
Heat half tablespoon oil in a kadai over medium heat
Add grated cauliflower and fry them for about 5 minutes, until water is absorbed from the florets. Set them aside
In a Kadai, add oil and finely chopped onions.
Cook them until they become transparent; Add ginger garlic paste and mix them well with the onions
Add tomato pieces and cook until they become mushy
Add peas, turmeric powder, red chili powder and required amount of salt
Cook them for about 5 minutes until spice powders are mixed well with peas
Add cauliflower with peas mixture and combine them well
Close the lid and cook for about until the grated florets are cooked
Don’t overcook cauliflower as they become soggy.
Sprinkle garam masala powder over the bhurji and toss them well.
Switch off the flame and allow them to cool down
Serve Cauliflower Bhurji with Matar along with Boondi Raita and Phulkas for a weekday lunch.
Karthika Gopalakrishnan
Karthika Gopalakrishnan is a software Engineer by Profession. Being a foodie from childhood, she loves to immerse herself in the aroma of spices and their delicacies. According to her, cooking is a therapy which unwinds the hassles and bustles of a day. As said, the easiest way to enter into the heart of a person is through his food, she loves to bring a unique flavor of every recipe with right composition of spices and love.
