Hi!
Being a vegetarian I look forward to cooking exotic vegetables in more innovative ways in this season. One such vegetable that I fondly cook surely is broccoli. In other seasons this vegetable is most of the times so heavily priced that a small head can cost a few hundreds. Gladly, it is not so in winter and I cook it a lot surely in all possible ways as it is not only tasty but very nutritious too.
I had some broccoli and a few mushrooms left so thought of combining the two to make a curry using fresh whole spices. I also added a few peas to increase the volume but in case you have more broccoli and mushrooms they can be completely avoided.
Ingredients
broccoli half head separated into florets and blanched
a handful of blanched peas
5-6 mushrooms sliced
2 large onions sliced
5-6 garlic pods
1-1/2 inch piece ginger
2 tomatoes chopped
1 inch piece cinnamon
3-4 green cardamom
2-3 bay leaves
2 tbsp coriander pwd
1/2 tsp turmeric pwd
1 tsp degi mirch
2 green chillies finely chopped
a pinch of garam masala
oil for cooking
Method
Grind together onion, tomato, ginger-garlic, cinnamon and cardamom to a paste.
Heat oil and add bay leaves followed by the paste and roast it till it leaves the oil. Add the chopped chillies, the turmeric, chilli powder and coriander powder and saute. Add a table spoon of fresh home made cream and saute again.
Now add the sliced mushrooms and cook for about 2-3 mins and add salt to taste.
Add the broccoli and peas and adjust the consistency of the curry by adding about a cup of water. Bring the curry to a boil, cover and cook till done. Sprinkle garam masala and mix.
Garnish with some fresh cream and serve hot with rice or roti.
OMG, what a droolworthy curry that is!
ReplyDeleteThe curry looks absolutely delicious pari. Slurp:)
ReplyDeleteLove your creativity dear..a delicious n nice combo!
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Hi pari, how have u been...never touched broccoli till date.....after seeing this....am planning to try....looks fab...
ReplyDeleteLavanya
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Looks super delicious..lovely color of d gravy....broccoli n mushrooms,both r my favorite
ReplyDeleteThat looks really yumm..and spicy..
ReplyDeletelovely curry--good combo !
ReplyDeletePari, this curry looks great and worth getting a share...ha ha...
ReplyDeleteWill try it.
new combination make curry so tempting
ReplyDeleteHealthy and beautiful combo,inviting curry goes prefect with anything..
ReplyDeleteWOW...A superb curry...I love the consistency of the gravy too..
ReplyDeleteinteresting and healthy combo!!!perfect with chapathi!
ReplyDeleteVery inviting and yummy combination..
ReplyDeleteI use broccoli as an excellent salad ingredient. But your gravy is tempting me a lot :-)
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Nice combination and loved the recipe pari :)
ReplyDeleteMouthwatering and delicious curry,lovely combo
ReplyDeletewow pari very very temptign curry...very innovative combo...hwz u pari?
ReplyDeleteTempting and delicious gravy!!! ;)
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ReplyDeleteAwesome combo, Pari :-)Another lovely recipe from you..
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful and healthy and nutritious combo.
ReplyDeletemouthwatering n yummy rich curry..
ReplyDeletePari, thanks for visiting my blog and your lovely comments- and your broccoli dish really looks divine :)
ReplyDeletedroolworthy curry...goes well with hot phulka !
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious!!
ReplyDeleteNice combination! Great way to get kids to eat broccoli...happy to follow your posts :)
ReplyDeletelooks delicious, Pari and novel use of broccoli and mushrooms here. i wasnt aware broccoli is so costly in Delhi!
ReplyDeleteThis looks sooo sooo yummy! MMM
ReplyDeleteLooks Great and yummy. Keep Posting !!!
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ReplyDeletedeliciously prepared!!
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