Achari Gobi is a unique North Indian cauliflower curry prepared in pickled sauce. The taste is tangy, spice filled with robust flavor. Achari meaning pickled and Gobi meaning cauliflower, is a quick 30 minutes meal. It goes very well with rice or Indian flat bread. I find cauliflower not only easy to cook but also one of those veggies which can help you get creative and stay healthy.
How to prepare the pickling sauce for the Achari Gobi?
- Dry red chili - Use kashmiri red chili as it will give the gorgeous red hue instead of making it super spicy.
- Fenugreek Seeds
- Nigella seeds
- Mustard Seeds
- Cumin Seeds
All these spices are dry roasted and then blend into spice powder. This spice blend is then mixed with fresh lemon juice to prepare the pickling sauce that is added while preparing the curry.
How to prepare this Achari Gobi Recipe?
It's a very simple curry to prepare which takes about 30 minutes to prepare.
- Prepare the spice powder and mix fresh lemon juice to it.
- The bite size cauliflower florets are first stir fried in little oil and taken off the pan.
- Then in the same pan, few whole spices (mustard seeds, nigella seeds and cinnamon sticks) are added. Followed by garlic, ginger and onion.
- Then goest the pickling sauce and tomato puree. I like to use tomato puree (preferably canned) instead of fresh chopped tomato only because the canned tomato puree always gives the more gorgeous red hue to the curry.
- Finally stir fried cauliflower florets are added and simmered for a while.
- Because it's achari gobi which means you want the curry to have a refreshing tangy taste, I like to end it with little amount of plain yogurt. Finally few green chili and finely chopped cilantro leaves goes in.
The pickling spice used here is similar to what is normally used in every Indian home during summer to make multiple batches of pickles. It has a robust flavor, absolutely lip-smacking and helps elevating the palate. The mixture of the sauce with tomato puree gives a vibrant color to the curry, which I must say is very appealing.
So, on a dull weekday, when Friday seems far from reach, try this famous North Indian curry and let me know what you think of it.
Here are few other cauliflower recipes that you will love to try!
Yogurt Cauliflower Stir Fried
Mushroom Chicken Spiced Cauliflower Fried Rice
Phulkopir Aloo Dalna
Achari Gobi – Cauliflower In Pickled Sauce
Ingredients
for the pickling sauce
- 3 dry red chili
- ½ teaspoon fenugreek
- ½ teaspoon nigella
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
rest of the ingredients
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon nigella seeds
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- bite size florets of 1 cauliflower
- 1 medium onion (thinly sliced)
- ½ cup tomato puree or 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated garlic and ginger
- 2 tablespoons plain yogurt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- few green chili
- ½ cup cilantro leaves (finely chopped)
- oil
- salt
Instructions
for the pickling sauce
- Dry roast the spices and then, grind it to dust.
- Pour spice dust in a bowl and add lemon juice to it. Give a mix and keep it aside to be used later.
for achari gobi
- In a pan, heat 2 tablespoons oil and sauté cauliflower florets with some salt, until they’re half cooked. It should take about 10 minutes. Once done, take it out of the pan and keep it aside to be used later.
- In the same pan, add 1 more tablespoon of oil. Heat oil and then add cinnamon stick, nigella seeds and mustard seeds. Let it sizzle for a couple of seconds to release the aroma.
- Next, add garlic, ginger and sliced onions. Season with salt and give it a toss. Continue cooking until the onion gets softened.
- Add the pickling spice that was kept aside and the tomato (puree or paste). Sprinkle the sugar. Let it cook in medium heat for 5 minutes or until the spices are cooked through. Once done you should see oil separating from the sides.
- Pour 1 ½ cup water, add the florets cover the pan and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Switch off the heat, and add the yogurt, fresh chili and cilantro leaves. Toss everything and check for salt. Add any if needed.
- Serve warm.
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Yummy Morsel
Abslutely mouth-watering and delicious!
Angie@Angiesrecipes
This is beyond delicious!
kale
personally I find cauliflower totally appealing! especially the way you've prepared it!
Abbe@This is How I C
If this is half as good as it looks than I am in for a real treat! And I love cauliflower!
Archana
Absolutely drool-worthy! I had this a couple of yrs ago at my cousin's place ...ever since I have been wanting to make this but never got around to it. These gorgeous shots have reminded me again to try out this delicious dish soon!
Reem
Beautiful! !!!
Absolutely loving this deliciousness....
Colette from JFF!
My mouth is watering!
I'm putting this on my to-do list.
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
I love cauliflower, what wonderful flavors!
Chitrangada
Awesome and chatakdar pics just like the achari gobi, I'm loving it, will try it soon.
nipponnin
I'm not familiar with some ingredients but I will look for them. Cuz, my husband love cauliflower! Photos are very very nice! You're so good!
Hari Chandana
Wowwwwww.. Looks fantastic and delicious.. love it 🙂
CrunchyCreamySweet
Love the photos! This cauliflower dish sounds fabulous!
Nandita
Awesome!!! Just love cauliflower in any form. Would love to try this recipe 🙂
Sarvani
ooo.. this looks lovely.. and the fact that its almost lunch time while I read this post.. makes this look even more appealing.. me guessing that the cauliflower can be substituted with chicken???
Rosa
A beautiful, healthy and mouthwatering dish! Exactly the kind of food I eat on a daily basis.
Gorgeous shots, once again!
Cheers,
Rosa
nags
love the spices used. my husband picks cauliflower any time i tell him to buy some vegetables. his first choice, actually.
Lail | With A Spin
Simply lip-smacking!
Kiran @ KiranTarun.c
Love the moody shots! So mouth-watering! Happy Holi my dear 🙂
indugetscooking
Cauliflower is one of my favourite vegetarian options. Love the colour on this dish, quite promising. Beautiful pics, as always.
Sneh | Cook Republic
Absolutely mouthwatering! Love the look of this K. I adore cauliflower and could happily eat it everyday!