• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Recipe Index
  • Food Photography
  • Subscribe

MySpicyKitchen

menu icon
go to homepage
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • Recipe Index
  • Food Photography
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
  • ×
    Home » Curries & Stir Fries

    Published: Sep 15, 2008 · Modified: Aug 12, 2020 by usha

    Fenugreek Cauliflower Stir Fry

    I use fenugreek aka methi extensively in my cooking, both as a herb and as a spice.  However, I do not use it as a fresh herb, as much as my mom, aunts and cousins do.  This herb is a must ingredient for tadka or popu in all their curries, stir fries, gravies and pulaos or bagara rice.  I substitute the fresh herb with dry herb or spice powder.   I do love to use the fresh herb but fall shy of doing it for mere laziness of plucking the leaves from the stem 😮   Initially, I used to pick up fresh fenugreek religiously, whenever I did my Indian groceries and most of the time, it never made it into my food.  It would rot in the fridge and make its way to the trash can.   Now I buy it only when I want to make fenugreek cauliflower, fenugreek dal or if I have guests visiting us.  Fresh fenugreek in all the non vegetarian dishes tastes excellent and I make it a point to use it, whenever I have company.

    This month's herb for herb mania event, started by Dee of Ammalus Kitchen and hosted by Redchillies, is Fenugreek.  For this event, I am sending fresh Fenugreek Cauliflower Stir Fry.  I like the flavor of fenugreek leaves in cauliflower stir fry and when I don't have fresh fenugreek, I substitute it with kasoori/kasuri methi aka dried fenugreek leaves and/or fenugreek powder.

    methi gobhi, methi ghobhi, methi phool gobhi, cauliflower methi, cauliflower fenugreek

    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Preparation Time: 10 minutes
    Cooking Time: 20 minutes

    Ingredients:
    • 2-3 tablespoon Oil
    • 1 small Onion chopped
    • 1 bunch or 1 ½ - 2 cup packed plucked Fenugreek chopped ( I used 2 cups)
    • 5 Green Chilies slit (opt, adjust to taste)
    • 1 teaspoon Ginger Garlic paste
    • 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
    • ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
    • 1 teaspoon Chili Powder (adjust to taste)
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 medium sized Cauliflower cut into 1 ½ “ Florets
    • 1 medium Tomato chopped
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin Powder
    Preparation:
    • Blanch cauliflower florets in boiling salted water for 2-3 minutes.
    • Heat oil in a pan, add onion, fenugreek leaves and cook until onions are translucent.
    • Add green chilies and ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute.
    • Add coriander powder, turmeric, chili powder and salt. Stir well.
    • Add cauliflower florets. Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook for another 3-4 minutes until tomatoes and cauliflower are cooked.
    • Remove the lid, add cumin powder and cook until all the water evaporates and cauliflower is fried to your taste. I fried if for about 5-10 minutes.  Cooking time varies depending on the size of the floret.
    • Serve with rotis or rice.

    More Curries & Stir Fries

    • Bowl of bell pepper gram flour fry.
      Capsicum Besan Recipe
    • A bowl of beerakaya kandi kaya kura.
      Beerakaya Kandi Kaya Kura
    • Bowl of karela fry.
      Kakarakaya Kura ~ Bitter Gourd Fry
    • Bowl of tomato shorva.
      Tamata Shorva

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

      Leave a Reply Cancel reply

      Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

      Recipe Rating




      This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    1. MySpicyKitchen says

      April 30, 2018 at 7:04 am

      Yes, it is kasuri/ kasoori methi. Thanks for letting me know, fixed the typo.

      Reply
    2. suchitra says

      September 23, 2011 at 10:54 am

      hi Usha enjoyed this curry alot!!! itzz soo colourful nd yummy thanq!!!

      Reply

    Primary Sidebar

    Hi, I am Usha! Welcome to my space. I am the content creator and photographer here. I love cooking and all the recipes on the site are tried and tested in my kitchen.

    More about me →


    Holiday Recipes

    • Fresh cranberry Christmas cake is a tangy & sweet cake
      Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake
    • Loaf of non alcoholic low calorie classic fruit cake
      Low Calorie, Non Alcoholic Fruit Cake
    • plate of masi samoa.
      Masi Samoa, Coconut Shortbread Cookies
    • Norwegian Rice Porridge, Norwegian Food, Norwegian Cuisine, Rice Porridge, Rice Pudding, Norwegian Rice Pudding, Food of the World,
      Norwegian Rice Porridge for Food of the World
    • Collard Greens, Pepperoni, Food & Wine, Cooking from Cookbook Challenge, CCChallenge, Side Dish, Thanksgiving Recipes,
      Sauteed Collard Greens with Pepperoni
    • Thanksgiving Side Dishes, Side Dish, Swiss Chard, Piccata, Piccata Swiss Chard, Cooking form cookbook Challenge, CCChallenge, Food & Wine,
      Piccata Swiss Chard

    Popular

    • Sq image of a platter of veg canapes.
      Bread Canapes Recipe
    • Shrimp noodle soup in a bowl
      Easy Shrimp Noodle Soup Chinese Style
    • Top down view of chicken clear soup.
      Chicken Clear Soup Recipe, Indian Style
    • Omani Food, Omani Cuisine, Roasted Meat, Blogging Marathon, Around the world in 30 days with ABC cooking,
      Omani Shuwa ~ Slow Cooked Lamb

    Finger Food

    • Broiled shrimp.
      Party Shrimp Recipe
    • Tortilla cheese chips, Tortilla cheese crisps, Tucson Cheese Crisps, Blogging Marathon, Tortilla dish,
      Arizona Cheese Crisps
    • Plate of bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers
      3 Ingredient Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers
    • A platter of Fiesta pinwheels and a bowl of salsa
      Fiesta Pinwheels, Yummy Party Food

    Curry Recipes

    • A bowl of lima beans curry.
      Lima Beans Curry, Video Recipe
    • Bowl of ulligadda ukkera.
      Onion Egg Curry ~ Ulligadda Ukkera
    • A bowl of chikkudukaya kura or Indian broad beans in a platter along with a bowl of rice.
      Chikkudukaya Kura - Indian Broad Beans Fry
    • Gutti vankaya masala is a flavorful eggplant curry stuffed with peanut sesame spice mix.
      Gutti Vankaya Masala - Stuffed Baby Eggplant Curry

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • Privacy Policy

    Newsletter

    • Subscribe

    Contact

    • Know Me

    Copyright © 2025 MySpicyKitchen