Cauliflower Curry (Maharashtrian way) (फ्लॉवरचा रस्सा)

Ingredients -

Cauliflower – 1 medium

Green Peas – 1 bowl

Potatoes – 2 medium, cut into big chunks and fried

Tomato – 2 finely chopped

Jaggery – 1 tb-spoon

Red chili powder – 1 t-spoon or to taste

Salt to taste

Masala –

sesame seeds - 1 tb-spoon

Chana dal – 1 tb-spoon, roasted

Cinnamon – 2” piece

Cloves – 7-8

Onion – 2

Garlic pods – 7

Cumin seeds – 1 t-spoon

Dry grated coconut – ½ bowl

Freshly grated coconut -  1/4^th bowl

Chopped green coriander – 1/4^th bowl

Oil – 2 tb-spoons

Mustard seeds – ½ T-spoon

Asafetida – 1/4^th T- spoon

Turmeric Powder- ½ T-spoon

Procedure –

1. Grind roasted chana dal and sesame seeds in a mixer grinder and keep aside. Add tomatoes in mixer grinder and make a paste and keep aside.

2.  Add 1 tb-spoon oil in a pan and heat the oil. Add chopped onions and garlic and sauté for  5 minutes until onions turn golden brown.

3. Add freshly grated coconut, chopped coriander and sauté for 2-3 minutes more. Let it cool down completely. Add in a mixer grinder and grind into fine paste.

4. Heat 1 tb-spoon oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add asafetida. Then add cauliflower, potatoes and green peas. Sauté for a while. Then add ground masala, sesame seeds and chana dal powder and tomato paste.  Add some water as per consistency you want and cook the curry for 10 minutes.

5. Add jaggery, salt, grated coconut and chopped coriander and turn of the heat.  If you like more sourly taste, you can add little tamarind pulp.

6. Serve it hot with roti or puri.