Gobi Paratha is Sendhil’s most favorite Paratha recipe. After marriage he took me to In-swing restaurant in BDA complex, Banashankari and got this cauliflower paratha for me as he loves it very much. That’s the first time I tasted a stuffed paratha in my life. He told me to try the same at home. As I was a beginner in cooking, I did not have any idea about the stuffing part, how to roll paratha etc.
When I tried it, all the stuffing came out while rolling and the paratha became a disaster. Still he appreciated me for my attempt and ate well. And that’s my man. Now after so many years of cooking, I can make a good gobi paratha for him. So I wanted to share this recipe in my blog with step by step photos and a detailed video recipe to help beginners.
You can try this yummy paratha recipe for dinner or lunch box. Even Kids would love this paratha if you cook it adding ghee or butter. It comes out soft and stays good for hours. Lets see how to make Gobi paratha/Cauliflower paratha at home easily !
Gobi paratha recipe/ Cauliflower paratha recipe
How to make gobi paratha/Cauliflower paratha at home with step by step photos and video !
Cauliflower - 1 no or Grated cauliflower - 1.5 cups
Cooking oil - 2 tbsp
Green chilli - 1 no ( finely chopped)
Grated ginger - 1 tsp
Ajwain/Carom seeds – 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Dhania powder/coriander seeds powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds powder - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Aamchur powder - 1/4 tsp ( optional)
Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp. ( to garnish)
Salt - as needed
METHOD
In a wide bowl, take the wheat flour, add required salt and 1/2 tbsp. of cooking oil. Mix well. Add water little by little and make a smooth, non-sticky dough.Knead well, apply a tsp of oil and cover the dough with a dry cloth, leave it for 20 minutes. In the mean time, lets prepare the stuffing.
Take the cauliflower and remove the leaves, cut into 4. Remove the stem part and separate the florets in a plate. In a wide bowl, boil water and add the florets. Boil for few minutes, parboil and drain the excess water. Remove the half cooked cauliflower florets to a dry kitchen towel/cloth. Pat it dry.
Grind the florets in a dry mixer jar without water. Wipe the sides of jar and grind in batches. You can also grate it. But grinding is easy. Take in a plate.
Heat oil in a kadai and when it gets heated , add the finely chopped green chilli, grated ginger (If u wish u can add very finely chopped onions at this stage) and saute well. Add the grated cauliflower, salt, red chilli powder, dhania powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder,aamchur powder and ajwain. Mix well till all the moisture is absorbed. Let the mixture cool down.Divide the stuffing into lemon sized balls.
Take the chapathi dough and make lemon sized balls. The size of dough ball & stuffing ball should be equal.
Take one dough ball, dust it in wheat flour and roll into small poori size.Make the corners thinner than center. Keep the stuffing ball in the center and seal it. Again dust in the flour and roll to a thick or thin paratha as u wish. Sendhil likes it medium thick.So I do it accordingly.
Heat a dosa tawa, cook the paratha on both the sides till half cooked in medium flame. Brush one side of paratha with ghee or cooking oil and cook for few seconds till brown spot appear.Flip the paratha and brush the other side of paratha.Cook for a minute. Keep flipping and cooking till brown spots appear all over the paratha. Brush with ghee and remove in a plate. Serve hot immediately with raita or pickle OR stack the paratha in a clean kitchen towel or thermal foil for later use. (Remember the more you brush with ghee, softer the paratha would be.)
Enjoy !
Note
Do not make the chapathi dough very sticky. Rolling will be difficult. You may have to dust the paratha with more flour which leads to dry paratha.
You should grease the paratha with cooking oil or ghee for best taste.
Cauliflower stuffing should be free from moisture so that paratha won’t become sticky while rolling.
Adding aamchur powder gives a mild tangy taste. Skip if you don’t have it.
Enjoy this yummy, flavorful gobi paratha with your favorite side dish or simple masala raita.
I am a big big fan of South Indian tomato rice (Thakkali sadam in Tamil). So I keep trying varieties of tomato rice recipes. Earlier I had posted my version ofthakkali sadam in which the spicy tomato paste is mixed with cooked rice. Then I shared my friend Shalini’s tomato rice recipe using electric rice cooker.
Today I have shared about how to make tomato rice directly in a pressure cooker. I learnt this recipe from my Thangam Athai ( My dad’s sister). Its a very simple, quick and easy to make rice variety that is ideal for lunch box preparation.
Bachelors and working women would love this recipe. This tomato rice recipe is prepared with very less whole garam masala ingredients and had a slight spicy taste.So it has become our family favorite.I loved it very much and had the same for my lunch & dinner as well. Simple onion raita and a papad or vadagam would be the best side dish for this tomato rice.
Friends, Do try this yummy South Indian style Tomato rice recipe for your lunch box. I am sure you will love its taste. Now lets see how to make Thakkali sadam using a pressure cooker easily with step by step photos. I have updated this recipe with a full video, Please check it !
Green chilli - 1 no ( Long one, Finely chopped, use 3 slit chillies for spicy rice)
Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp ( add 1.5 tsp for spicy rice)
Cooking oil - 3 tbsp
Cinnamon - 2 inch piece
Cloves - 2 nos
Garlic cloves - 5 nos
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - a fistful ( finely chopped)
Salt – as needed
Water – 2 cups
HOW TO MAKE TOMATO RICE IN COOKER - METHOD
Wash and chop the onion, tomato, green chilli, garlic cloves, curry leaves and coriander leaves very finely. Wash and soak the rice adding 2 cups of water for 30 minutes. ( If using basmati rice, add 1.75 cups of water)
Heat oil in a pressure cooker base, add cinnamon and cloves. Add finely chopped garlic cloves and saute for a second. Then add the chopped onion and sauté till transparent. Add finely chopped green chilli and curry leaves. Saute for few seconds.
Add finely chopped tomato pieces and the required salt for rice. Saute until tomato turns pulpy and mushy. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and mix well for few seconds. Lastly add the soaked rice along with water. Mix well and check for taste. Add more salt & red chilli powder based on it. Pressure cook in very low flame for one whistle. It takes 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the lid after the steam is released.
Mix the cooked rice with a fork. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves, mix well and serve hot with raita & papad.
Enjoy !
Note
Add more chilli powder if you want spicy tomato rice.
Adding coriander leaves gives a nice flavor to this rice. So do not skip it
You can also add mint leaves along with curry leaves if you like the flavor of mint leaves.
I have used steamed rice/ puzhungal arisi. You can use basmati rice or raw rice. But soak the rice in water for minimum 30 minutes to get fluffy, soft and grainy rice.
Enjoy this delicious South Indian style tomato rice recipe and have a quick lunch !
Grilled Cheese Sandwich is one of the sandwich recipes I make often for my daughter’s breakfast, mostly on Sunday mornings. She loves it a lot. For my daughter I use milk bread and mozzarella cheese whereas I make the same for myself and Sendhil using cheddar cheese & whole wheat bread. My family likes this sandwich in Indian style adding chopped green chillies, coriander leaves and chat masala powder. Sometimes I add tomato ketchup and mayonaise too. This sandwich can be prepared with many variations as per our family’s preference. Whatever be the stuffing, it’s finally the cheese that make the kids love this sandwich.
Before going to the recipe, I would like to mention a few lines about online grocery shopping. Recent days I have been purchasing groceries Online Via Bigbasket. Mostly I buy the ingredients which are not found near my house. Recently I bought cheddar cheese , blueberries, Flax seeds, millets , millet flour and some organic foods. I am very much satisfied with their customer service. You too give a try.
Lets see how to make this yummy Indian style perfectly grilled Cheese Sandwich recipe. Also check out this comprehensive article on how to choose the grill in Globo surf. If you don’t own a grill sandwich maker, you can try the same in oven or tawa.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe
How to make grilled sandwich recipe using sandwich maker
Cuisine:Indian
Category:Breakfast
Serves:Serves 3
Prep time:10 Minutes
Cook time:5 Minutes
Total time:15 Minutes
INGREDIENTS
Wheat bread or milk bread- 16 nos (Makes 8 pairs)
Grated Cheddar cheese or mozarella cheese-2 cups (200gms)
Finely chopped Green chillies - 2 nos
Chat masala powder - 2 tsp (Adjust as per the taste)
Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
Tomato sauce & Mayonnaise - as needed(optional topping)
Salt - as needed
Butter - to brush the bread
HOW TO MAKE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH - METHOD
Grate the cheese and mix the chopped chillies, coriander leaves , salt and chat masala powder. Replace green chillies by pepper powder or red chilli powder as per your taste. Add as per your taste.
Take 2 bread slices and brush one side of the bread with butter at room temperature.Spread the cheese mixture on the other side of one bread slice.Cover it with another slice.Make sure the buttered side is facing up.
Take the grill sandwich maker and place the sandwich with buttered side touching the hot plate.
Toast the slices till its done.Serve hot !
Note
You can add an additional topping of tomato sauce or mayonnaise.
You can skip chillies or pepper powder and use chat masala alone if making for kids.
Enjoy this yummy,cheesy grilled sandwich for your breakfast !
In this week’s Sunday lunch recipe series, I am sharing an easy yet interesting biryani recipe using coriander leaves. Generally we all make Green rice/Pulao using mint and coriander leaves for lunch box. But when I came across this biryani recipe in Aval Vikatan’s Kalyana Samayal Supplementary edition, I got tempted to try it immediately. It was titled as “Kovai Kothamalli Biryani”. This recipe was given by a marriage caterer. I had already triedEnnai Kathirikai Poriyaland Mixed Vegetable Poriyal from that book and both of them were super hit in my home. So I tried this biryani confidently. It came out well and satisfactory. You can make this biryani when you run short of vegetables in hand. It’s an easy and good lunch box recipe too. Lets see how to make this simple Coriander leaves biryani in detail.
Kothamalli Biryani Recipe
Coriander leaves biryani recipe - Coimbatore special
Cuisine:Indian
Category:Lunch
Serves:2
Prep time:30 Minutes
Cook time:20 Minutes
Total time:50 Minutes
INGREDIENTS
Basmati rice - 1 cup ( India Gate)
Water - 1.5 cups
Salt - as needed
To grind
Coriander leaves - a handful small bunch
To saute
Cooking oil + ghee - 1 tbsp+1 tbsp
Cinnamon- 1 inch piece
Cloves – 3 nos
Cardamom – 1 no
Black stone flower – 1 no
Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
Big onion - 1 no
Small onions - 10 nos
Green chilli - 2 no ( slitted)
G&G paste - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 3/4 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Curd - 1/2 cup
Green peas - a handful ( optional)
Cashewnuts - few
HOW TO MAKE CORIANDER LEAVES BIRYANI - METHOD
Wash and soak the basmati rice for minimum 30 minutes. Grind the coriander leaves to a smooth paste adding little water.Set aside. Chop the onions and slit green chilli. Crush the small onions slightly and keep aside.
Heat a pressure cooker adding oil+ghee. Put cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bayleaf, fennel seeds and black stone flower. Add the onions and green chillies. Saute well. Now add the red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, garam masala powder and mix well. Now add the ground coriander leaves paste and saute well. Lastly add the curd and mix well.
Add the basmati rice, water and let it come to a boil. Close the cooker and cook for one whistle in very low flame.
Open the cooker and fluff the rice with a fork after the steam is released. Enjoy with Raita!
Note
For variations, you can grind mint+coriander leaves and add to masala.
You can also powder the whole garam masala+fennel seeds and add to the oil instead of adding it as such.
Add lemon juice at the end before closing the cooker for more tanginess.
Try this simple coriander flavored biryani. Enjoy !
I usually make thakkali kuzhambu for idli,dosa (tomato gravy) using my mom’s method. It is our family favourite too. But I wanted to try tomato gravy / thakkali kulambu for rice for long time. I have also tried a couple of times but I made in kurma style with coconut. So it was not a good pair for rice instead it went well with idiyappam and roti. So I was looking for a tomato kuzhambu recipe without coconut and tamarind that suits well for rice. I got a perfect recipe from Jeyashri’s blog.
I made few changes in the recipe based on my easy brahmin style vatha kuzhambu and tried it for Sendhil’s lunch box yesterday. It was very easy to make with less chopping works and without grinding job. So Bachelors and working women can give this a shot for making a quick lunch. It was not only easy but also very tasty and finger licking good.
Being a tomato lover, I loved this gravy a lot. I am happy that its a no onion no garlic recipe too. Hope this recipe would be useful for my Jain readers. Lets see how to make this yummy,tangy tomato kulambu without coconut for rice.
Thakkali kuzhambu/Tomato gravy without coconut for rice
Cuisine:Indian
Category:Gravies
Serves:2
Prep time:5 Minutes
Cook time:10 Minutes
Total time:15 Minutes
INGREDIENTS
Ripe tomato - 4 nos
Sambar powder – 2-3 tsp ( add 4 tsp for more spicy taste)
Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
Rice flour - 1 tsp
Salt & water - as needed
To temper
Gingely oil or cooking oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Toor dal - 2 tsp
Cumin seeds/Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Methi seeds - 1/8 tsp
Red chilli – 1 no
Curry leaves - few
Hing/asafetida - a pinch
HOW TO MAKE TOMATO KUZHAMBU FOR RICE - METHOD
Wash and chop the tomatoes finely. Dilute rice flour in little water and set aside.
Heat oil in a kadai and splutter mustard seeds, methi seeds, urad dal, toor dal, Pinched red chilli and jeera. Saute for a second until dal turns golden. Now add the sambar powder and curry leaves. Saute in medium flame for a minute and immediately add the finely chopped tomatoes. Make sure sambar powder is not burnt.
Saute until tomato turns pulpy. Add 1 cup of water and bring to boil. Check for salt and spice. Add more if required. Lastly add the diluted rice flour and Mix well. The gravy will become thick. Add little water and bring to boil. Switch off the flame and serve hot with rice.
Enjoy !
Note
The quantity of sambar powder may vary based on the tanginess of tomato.
Rice flour water acts as a binding agent. Skip if you don’t want to use. Actual recipe din’t call for it.
I served this easy thakkali kuzhambu with rice & easy potato curry. It was yum !
Corn pulao is an yummy,easy to make lunch box recipe.It would be an instant hit among the kids as it has sweet corn.I learnt this recipe from my friend Shalini.I modified her recipe slightly & tried it for Sendhil & Raksha’s lunch box.It has become their favourite rice varieties.I don’t make any gravies or curries as side dish for this rice.A simple onion raita would do.You would have come across many versions for this particular recipe.Here is my style of making it.You can make any variations to this recipe by adding capsicum,green peas etc.The color of this rice would be light green.If u want to have white colored rice,saute all the spices instead of grinding.You can make it as per your wish.It comes out well.Try this easy,one pot rice recipe for your lunch and let me know your feedback.Lets see how to make this Indian style corn pulao recipe with step wise pictures.
Water - 1.75 cups ( use 2 cups if u soak for 30 minutes)
Salt - as needed
Cooking oil - 1.5 tbsp
Ghee - 2 tsp
Bayleaf - 1no
Big onion - 1 no ( finely chopped)
Sweet corn - 1/2 cup ( frozen or fresh ones)
To grind to a paste
Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
Cardamom - 1 no
Cloves - 2 nos
Soambu/Fennel/Saunf - 1/4 tsp
Green chillies - 2 nos ( use 3-4 for more spice)
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 4 cloves
Mint leaves - 5 nos
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
Cashewnuts - 5 nos
METHOD
Wash and soak the basmati rice in water for minimum 30 minutes and maximum 6 hours.The quantity of water will vary based on the soaking time.If u soak for 30 mins or less,u should add 2 cups of water.If u soak more time,u can add 1.5-1.75 cups of water to get a soft n firm rice.I soaked the rice for 6 hours.So i used 1.75cups of water.So measure the water u need and set aside( you can also use milk & water in equal quantity)
Take all the ingredients given under “to grind” to a smooth paste using 1/4 cup of water from the measured 1.75 cups of water.So now u will have 1.5 cups of water in hand,remember.
In a pressure cooker base,heat oil and put the bay leaf.Then add the finely chopped onions and saute till they turn transparent.Now add the ground masala paste and required salt.Mix well till raw smell goes off.To this,add the corn kernels( to remove corn kernels easily,take a knife and run through the corn from the top.Kernels will fall off easily.U can use it for the recipe)U can use frozen corn too.
Mix well and add the measured water.Let it come to roll boil.Now add the soaked basmati rice by draining all the soaked water.Cover & pressure cook in low flame for one whistle.It takes 10-12 minutes in very low flame.After the steam is released,remove the lid and fluff the rice with a fork.Serve hot with onion raita.
Enjoy !
Note
For variations,u can add 2 tbsp of finely chopped capsicum along with onions.
You can add 2 tbsp of coconut in place of cashews.
You can also add a handful of peas to make it healthy.
If u want to make white colored pulao,just saute the masalas instead of grinding them.Replace half of the water with milk.
To make this pulao more flavorful,add kalpasi/balck stone flower along with bayleaf.
No side dish is needed for this recipe.If u want,u can make any tomato based gravies.
Try this easy,one pot corn pulao for lunch box.It tastes yummy !
.Lets see how to make this Indian style corn pulao recipe with step wise pictures.
