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    Home » Curries & Stir Fries

    Published: May 17, 2011 · Modified: Dec 26, 2019 by Usha Rao

    Shahi Gobhi

    My curry in a hurry for today, day 2 of the BM#5 is shahi gobhi.  In my house, we like gravies a lot and prefer gravy curries to dry curries.  Whenever I am in a hurry, I make tomato shorva and sometimes I add veggies such as cauliflower, bottle gourd or potato to the shorva.  One of the curries I had planned to post during this marathon was cauliflower shorva and then I came across Tarla Dalal's shahi gobhi recipe. 

    Ingredients for shahi gobhi are similar to shorva  plus a few more.  The procedure is a little different from shorva preparation but the end product tasted the same (off course, I only realized this after preparing).  So, I thought why not try shahi gobhi and this sounds fancier, doesn’t it?  Shahi means royal and gobhi is cauliflower and to make the dish royal, recipe calls for addition of cream.  Off course, I skipped the cream to cut down on calories and my shahi gobhi was not very rich.  Nonetheless, it tasted delicious!  Although I prepared the gobhi in 30 minutes, my cauliflower shorva is lot easier to prepare when pressed for time.  No need to blanch the vegetables and need not grind onions and tomatoes! 🙂

    Shahi Gobhi, Tarla Dalal Shahi Gobhi

    Source: Tarla Dalal
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Preparation: 10 minutes
    Cooking Time: 20 minutes
    Serves: 4-6

    Ingredients:

    • 1 medium to large head of Cauliflower
    • 2 small Tomatoes (when pureed yields approximately ¾ cups)
    • 3 tbsp. Ghee Oil
    • 1 medium Onion Sliced
    • 2 Cardamoms
    • 2 Cloves
    • 2 Bay Leaves
    • Onion Paste (see below)
    • ¾ cup beaten Yogurt
    • ¾ cup Green Peas
    • 2 tbsp. Fresh Cream (I did not use it)
    • 1 ½  tsp. Salt (approx. adjust to taste)
    • Chopped Coriander for garnish

    Onion Paste

    • 1 medium Onion chopped or ¾ cups chopped Onion
    • 2 Cardamoms
    • 2 Cloves
    • ½ tsp. Cumin Seeds
    • ¼” Cinnamon Stick
    • 1 tbsp. chopped Cashews sliced Almonds (I did not have cashews)
    • 1 ½ - 2 tbsp. Ginger Garlic Paste
    • 1 tsp. Chili Powder (adjust to taste. We will need at least to 2 tsp. Check notes)
    • 3 tsp. Coriander Powder
    • ½ tsp. Turmeric

    Preparation:

    • Boil water in a sauce pan to blanch tomatoes and we will use the same water to parboil cauliflower florets as well.
    • Cut the cauliflower florets  to desired size.  This will take about 5-7 minutes.
    • By now, the water will just begin to boil. Add the whole tomatoes to water and let it boil for 2-4 minutes until the skin of the tomatoes begin to peel off. Turn off the heat and let the tomatoes sit in the hot water for another 3-4 minutes. Then remove from water and let it cool.
    • While the tomatoes are blanching, heat a wide pan to prepare the curry. Heat the oil, add onion slices, cardamoms, cloves & bay leaves.   Sauté until sliced onions are golden brown. This will take about 5 minutes.
    • Make a paste of all the ingredients listed under onion paste.   Add it to the browned onions and continue to sauté for 3-4 minutes or until oil separates.
    • While the onion paste is sauteing, add the cauliflower to hot water and blanch them for 3-4 minutes. Also make the tomato puree.  Thaw the frozen green peas in the microwave for a minute or a two.
    • When oil begins to separate from the onion paste, add the tomato puree, beaten yogurt and cook it until oil begins to separate.
    • Add the green peas and cauliflower, give a good stir, cover and cook for 5-8 minutes until the cauliflower is cooked. Stir it in between for even cooking of the cauliflower.
    • Check the consistency of the gravy and add little water if required and cook it for another couple of minutes. We prefer more gravy and I added little bit of water.
    • If using cream, add it and garnish with cilantro.

    Note:

    • To cook this curry in 30 minutes, I had to do some multi-tasking.  If not pressed for time, it is always better to make the paste and puree before starting the cooking process.
    • The curry was spicy; garam masala spicy and I personally prefer more of chili spice.  I would add more chili powder and cut down a little on the garam masala spices listed under onion paste.

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    1. Shasi says

      June 26, 2016 at 11:22 pm

      Hi, just now I made this shahi gobi receipe. I'm very happy to tell you the dish came out really well. I'm sure my kids too will love it. Thanks for nice receipe!!!

      Reply
    2. Aesha says

      September 13, 2015 at 10:36 am

      At what point do you add bay leaves? Also you have listed cloves and cardamom under onion paste and in ingredients but the recipe doesn't say when to add them. I am done making the curry, and don't want to add them at this point but I am assuming they would be added while sautéing sliced onion.

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      • MySpicyKitchen says

        September 13, 2015 at 12:24 pm

        Aesha, bay leaf, cardamom & cloves listed under ingredient list should be add along with onions. Cloves and cardamoms listed under onion paste should be ground to paste along with the onion and rest of the ingredients list under onion paste. Thanks for bring this to my notice. Will update the recipe on when to add bay leaf, cardamom & cloves.

        Reply
    3. PJ says

      May 18, 2011 at 8:36 pm

      Looks so delicious.Yes, Shahi gobi does sound exotic!

      Reply
    4. Apu says

      May 18, 2011 at 12:48 pm

      Looks delicious!! Love gobhi and this recipe sounds too good!!

      Reply
    5. SouthIndianHome says

      May 18, 2011 at 9:31 am

      Looks really royal and delicious

      South Indian Home

      Reply
    6. Reva says

      May 18, 2011 at 6:47 am

      Looks very royal indeed..... Beautiful presentation 🙂 Very flavourful...
      Reva

      Reply
    7. Lubna Karim says

      May 18, 2011 at 5:07 am

      sIMPLY LOVE IT...IT HAS FLAVOR, SPICE AND PERFECT AROMA......

      Reply
    8. vaishali sabnani says

      May 18, 2011 at 4:43 am

      This looks absolutely delicious...and Gobhi is a all time fav.

      Reply
    9. Raji says

      May 18, 2011 at 3:12 am

      Love this shahi gobhi..infact I am always in awe of any dish that starts with the word shahi..looks very exotic.

      Reply
    10. chitra says

      May 18, 2011 at 2:09 am

      nice recipe. sounds easy & delicious. will try 🙂

      Reply
    11. Saras says

      May 18, 2011 at 12:17 am

      Tempting click..Yummy curry

      Reply
    12. Vardhini says

      May 18, 2011 at 12:07 am

      Yep .. multitasking all the way .. otherwise I can never get anything done 🙂

      Gobi looks so delicious .. it is my favorite too.

      Vardhini
      VardhinisKitchen

      Reply
    13. Mom chef says

      May 17, 2011 at 11:24 pm

      amazing clicks 🙂

      Reply
    14. Padma says

      May 17, 2011 at 10:26 pm

      Wow Usha, this looks so yummy and ready in a jiff!!! bookmarking this recipe!

      Reply
    15. Pavani says

      May 17, 2011 at 4:56 pm

      Yummy looking Shahi Gobhi, it does sounds AND LOOKS fancy. Lovely pic.

      Reply
    16. Priya says

      May 17, 2011 at 3:57 pm

      Inviting and irresistible shahi gobi, fabulous..

      Reply
    17. Suma Gandlur says

      May 17, 2011 at 3:00 pm

      Looks delicious.

      Reply
    18. Vidhya Jayadeep says

      May 17, 2011 at 2:48 pm

      Curry looks super yummy.

      Reply
    19. aipi says

      May 17, 2011 at 2:47 pm

      I can never have enough of cauli and glad to find another cool way o make them 🙂
      Thanks a lot for linking to bookmarked event 🙂
      US Masala

      Reply
    20. Aarthi says

      May 17, 2011 at 1:13 pm

      WOW..Super recipe..

      Reply
    21. harini-jaya says

      May 17, 2011 at 12:59 pm

      Thats a good one. Ya multi tasking is surely the way to do for most of the gravy curries 🙂

      Reply
    22. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

      May 17, 2011 at 12:59 pm

      Absolutely love the word shahi and it does look royal 🙂

      Reply

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