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Chettinad Cauliflower Pepper Fry Recipe
Prep time: 10 mins | Cook time: 15 mins | Serves: 4
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish
Ingredients:
- Cauliflower – 1 medium size
- Onion – 1
- Garlic – 5 pods
- Green chilies – 2
- Whole black pepper corns – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Fennel seeds – 3/4 tsp
- Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
- Whole dry red chilies – 2
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – 1 tbsp
Instructions:
Chop the onions and green chilies finely and keep aside.
Cut the cauliflower into bite sized florets. Bring 5 cups of water in a saucepan to a bubbling boil and immerse the florets for 2 mins. Drain the water completely and keep the florets aside.
Powder the black pepper corn to a coarse powder in a mixie jar. Crush the garlic pods and keep aside.
Heat a pan with oil. Add mustard seeds and when it pops, add fennel seeds and when they sizzle, add urad dal, broken whole dry red chilies and sauté till the dal becomes golden in color.
Add crushed garlic and cook till it changes color. Now add chopped onion, green chilies, turmeric powder, curry leaves and cook till the onions turns translucent.
Now add cauliflower florets, salt, black pepper powder and toss well. Cover the pan with a lid, leaving a small gap and let it cook over low flame for 3 to 5 mins.
Remove from flame, toss once again and serve hot with rice.