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Simple cauliflower mash - Gobhi bharta

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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups cauliflower florets (broken into medium size).
  • 1 potato medium , peeled and cubed .
  • 1 tsp salt .
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder .
  • 2 tsps rice bran cooking oil or any other .
  • Pinch asafoetida .
  • 1 green chilli , finely minced .
  • 1 tsp ginger finely minced .
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds .
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds .

Method
 

  1. Soak the cauliflower florets in salted water for 10-15 minutes while you cut the potatoes, chillies, ginger and get the ingredients ready.
  2. In a pan with a lid, place 2 cups water with the salt and turmeric powder. Bring it to a boil. Drain the cauliflower and add this to the boiling water with the cubed potato.
  3. This will take around 8 minutes to be fork tender. Drain the boiled vegetables, transfer to a bowl and mash with a fork to a rough puree. Do not throw away the residual water. Use it in soup, rasam or dal.
  4. In a small wok, heat the oil. Add the asafoetida,splutter the cumin and mustard seeds. Saute the chilli and ginger for a few seconds and transfer the tempering to the boiled, mashed vegetables.
  5. Lightly mix around with a fork to flavour the vegetables evenly. Check for salt and adjust if required.

Notes

This tasted divine to my taste buds and the pure tastes of the vegetables came shining through, with the ginger giving the right spice hit.
Try this for your toddlers to go with rotis or soft bread, I'm sure they will like it too.
A lot of my bachelor friends on Twitter have been asking me to post bachelor-friendly recipes and this one is the first of many to come.