Chilli Gobi Recipe or Gobi Chilli Recipe or Cauliflower Chilli Recipe with video and step-by-step photo is a spicy starter Indo-Chinese recipe. It is a very delicious and popular street food. This restaurant-style Chilli gobi recipe will make your parties and get-togethers spicier and more memorable. Enjoy these crispy cauliflower florets as a perfect starter and appetizer. Chilli gobi can be prepared in mainly two varieties – dry and gravy. I’m sharing the Chilli gobi dry recipe here. I have also shared many Indo-Chinese recipes like Chilli Potato, Fried Rice, Spring Rolls, and Chilli Paneer that can be enjoyed as snacks or side dishes. Garnish with spring onion and serve this cauliflower Chilli hot.
About Chilli Gobi/ Cauliflower Chilli
Chilli Gobi or Chilli Cauliflower has a sweet and sour taste and is made with cauliflower florets that are dipped in cornflour batter and deep fried. It is then dipped in a spicy sauce that is made with veggies like onion, and capsicum, and spices and sauces like green chilli, soy sauce, red chilli sauce, salt, and spring onion. I am sharing the dry Chilli gobi recipe with step-by-step instructions and also adding the Chilli Gobi recipe video that you can watch to make this easily. I will be adding the recipe for gravy Chilli gobi soon.
Also try out our other recipes like Baby Corn Chilli, Chilli Potato, Chilli Paneer gravy, Tandoori Gobi, French Fries, Veg Manchurian Dry, and Gobi Manchurian.
Watch Chilli Gobi Dry Recipe Video
Chilli gobi Ingredients
- ½ cup maida (all-purpose flour)
- ¼ cup cornflour
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 2 tsp ginger garlic and green chilli paste
- Salt as per taste
- Water
- 400 gm Gobi(Cauliflower)
- Oil for frying
- 3 tbsp oil
- 12-14 chopped garlic cloves
- 2-inch chopped ginger
- 1 finely chopped onion
- 1 onion petals
- 1 chopped capsicum
- 3 chopped green chilli
- salt as per taste
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tbsp red chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp soya sauce
- 1 tsp tomato ketchup
- chopped spring onion
- cornflour slurry (1 tbsp cornflour with 4 tbsp water)
- ½ cup water
How to Make Chilli Gobi Dry Recipe
1. Take ½ cup maida(all-purpose flour and ¼ cup corn flour in a mixing bowl)
2. Add the spices: 1 tsp red chilli powder, ½ tsp black pepper powder, 2 tsp ginger garlic & green chilli paste, and salt as per taste.
3. Add water gradually as required, mix well using a hand whisker, and prepare a smooth batter.
4. Take a cauliflower. Chop it into small pieces. Wash it properly.
5. Add the chopped gobi pieces into the batter and coat it well with the batter.
6. Heat oil in a kadhai/pan and once it is heated, add the coated gobi pieces to the oil. Fry on medium to high flame.
7. Fry the gobi pieces until they turn golden brown in color. Make sure to flip and fry both sides.
8. Fry all the gobi pieces in the same manner.
9. Heat 3 tbsp oil in a kadhai/pan. Chop the following veggies: 12-14 chopped garlic cloves, 2-inch chopped ginger, 1 finely chopped onion, 1 onion petal, 1 chopped capsicum, and 3 chopped green chilli.
10. Once the oil is heated, add the chopped ginger, garlic, green chilli, and finely chopped onion. Cook on high flame. Stir continuously.
11. Once the onion gets soft, add the chopped capsicum and onion petals. Stir and Cook on high flame.
12. After cooking for a minute, we will add the following: salt as per taste, ½ tsp red chilli powder, ½ tsp black pepper powder, 1 tbsp red chilli sauce, 1 tbsp soya sauce, 1 tsp tomato ketchup, and chopped spring onion. Mix well and cook on low flame. Turn the flame to low before adding the sauces.
13. After cooking for a minute, add the cornflour slurry. (To make cornflour slurry, add 1 tbsp cornflour with 4 tbsp water and make a lump-free mixture)
14. Mix well and cook on low flame. Stir often.
15. Add ½ cup water.
16. Mix well and turn the flame to high. Let it cook and stir often. After a boil, it will thicken.
17. After a boil, turn the flame to low and cook for 4-5 minutes.
18. After 5 minutes, add the fried gobi pieces and chopped spring onion.
19. Mix well. Turn off the flame.
20. Serve it hot. Enjoy the delicious and spicy Chilli Gobi.
Recipe Card
Chilli Gobi Recipe (Cauliflower Chilli)
Ingredients
- ½ cup maida(all-purpose flour)
- ¼ cup cornflour
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 2 tsp ginger garlic and green chilli paste
- Salt as per taste
- Water
- 400 gm Gobi (Cauliflower)
- Oil for frying
- 3 tbsp oil for making masala
- 12-14 chopped garlic cloves
- 2 inch chopped ginger
- 1 finely chopped onion
- 1 onion petals
- 1 chopped capsicum
- 3 chopped green chilli
- salt as per taste
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tbsp red chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp soya sauce
- 1 tsp tomato ketchup
- chopped spring onion
- cornflour slurry mix 1 tbsp cornflour with 4 tbsp water
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- Take ½ cup maida(all-purpose flour and ¼ cup corn flour in a mixing bowl)
- Add the spices: 1 tsp red chilli powder, ½ tsp black pepper powder, 2 tsp ginger garlic & green chilli paste, and salt as per taste.
- Add water gradually as required, mix well using a hand whisker and prepare a smooth batter.
- Take a cauliflower. Chop it into small pieces or florets. Wash it properly.
- Add the chopped gobi florets into the batter and coat it well with the batter.
- Heat oil in a kadhai/pan and once it is heated, add the coated gobi pieces to the oil. Fry on medium to high flame.
- Fry the gobi pieces until they turn golden brown in color. Make sure to flip and fry both sides.
- Fry all the gobi pieces in the same manner.
- Heat 3 tbsp oil in a kadhai/pan. Chop the following veggies: 12-14 chopped garlic cloves, 2-inch chopped ginger, 1 finely chopped onion, 1 onion petal, 1 chopped capsicum, and 3 chopped green chilli.
- Once the oil is heated, add the chopped ginger, garlic, green chilli, and finely chopped onion. Cook on high flame. Stir continuously.
- Once the onion gets soft, add the chopped capsicum and onion petals. Stir and Cook on high flame.
- After cooking for a minute, we will add salt as per taste, ½ tsp red chilli powder, ½ tsp black pepper powder, 1 tbsp red chilli sauce, 1 tbsp soya sauce, 1 tsp tomato ketchup, and chopped spring onion. Mix well and cook on low flame. Turn the flame to low before adding the sauces.
- After cooking for a minute, add the cornflour slurry. (To make cornflour slurry, add 1 tbsp cornflour with 4 tbsp water and make a lump-free mixture)
- Mix well and cook on low flame. Stir often.
- Add ½ cup water.
- Mix well and turn the flame to high. Let it cook and stir often. After a boil, it will thicken.
- After a boil, turn the flame to low and cook for 4-5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, add the fried gobi pieces and chopped spring onion. Mix well. Turn off the flame.
- Serve it hot. Enjoy the delicious and spicy Chilli Gobi.
