Chilli Gobi Recipe (Cauliflower Chilli)
This gobi chilli recipe is a very popular and tasty Indo-Chinese dish made with cauliflower florets and spicy sauce.
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.