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Gobi 65 | Cauliflower 65 | Restaurant style Gobi 65

Gobi 65 or Cauliflower 65 is a popular South Indian Starter as well as a good accomplishment for Tea/ Coffee.
Course Side Dish, Snack, Veg
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 People
Calories
Author Debjani

Ingredients

  • Cauliflower / Fulgobi / Fulkopi: 1 medium

For Batter:

  • All Purpose Flour: 8 Tbsp.
  • Corn Flour: 4 Tbsp.
  • Rice Flour: 1 Tbsp. optional
  • Thick Yogurt: 4 Tbsp.
  • Curry Leaves: 10
  • Garlic Paste: 1 Tsp.
  • Kashmiri Red Chili Powder: 2 Tsp. Secret for adding beautiful colour
  • Turmeric powder: ½ Tsp.
  • Garam Masala powder: 1 Tsp.
  • Tomato Powder/ Tomato Sauce: 1 Tbsp.
  • Soy Sauce: 1 Tbsp. Optional
  • Salt: to taste
  • Sugar: ½ tsp.
  • Refined Vegetable Oil: for Deep Frying

For Gravy:

  • Onion: 1 Big sliced thinly
  • Garlic: 6-8 cloves roughly chopped
  • Green Chili: 2 slit
  • Curry leaves – 8-10
  • Curd: 2 Tbsp.
  • Tomato Powder/ Tomato Sauce: 1 Tbsp.
  • Soy Sauce: 1 Tbsp. Optional
  • Kashmiri Red Chili Powder: 1 Tsp.
  • Sugar: ½ tsp.
  • Salt to taste
  • Refined Oil : 1 Tbsp.

Instructions

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    %Step by Step Gobi 65 recipe part 1
  • Wash Cauliflower properly and then divide it into bite sized florets. A medium sized Cauliflower would give around 20 florets.
  • I prefer to blanch cauliflowers before adding them to the batter. I've blanched those with plain water in Microwave for around 2 minutes. If you are not available with Microwave then blanch Cauliflowers in hot water for around 2-3 minutes.
  • Drain water completely and pat dry the florets.
  • Make a paste of Kashmiri Red Chili Powder by adding 2 Tsp. of water. I don't prefer to add additional Red colour to my Gobi 65 and use Red chili powder as my colouring agent.
  • Take All Purpose Flour, Corn Flour, Thick Yogurt, Curry Leaves, Garlic Paste, Turmeric powder, Garam Masala powder, Tomato Powder/ Tomato Sauce, Soya Sauce, Salt, Sugar in a bowl and mix them properly to get a smooth, lump free batter. There are few ingredients which are optional but give better taste to the dish.
  • Add Rice flour to the mixture. This gives crunchiness to the Gobi 65. Finally add Kashmiri Red Chilli Paste to give ultimate colour to the dish.
  • Now Coat each of the Cauliflower Florets with this batter properly and leave those marinated Cauliflowers for around 30 minutes. This step is really important.
  • Now heat sufficient Vegetable oil in a skillet and start frying batter coated Cauliflowers till those turns golden brown in colour in medium flame.
  • Don't overcrowd the skillet with lots of florets instead fry 6-8 at a time.
  • Take the fried Cauliflowers out of the skillet and drain excess oil either using a kitchen towel or tissue papers.
  • Now comes the process of making Gobi 65 super crunchy.
  • In the same oil fry all the previously fried cauliflowers in high flame for around 1-2 minutes and take them out of the skillet and drain excess oil. This step is extremely important to make Gobi 65 crunchier.

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  • Traditional Gobi 65 is ready! Next step is absolutely optional to toss the Gobi 65 in gravy.
  • Take Oil in a Pan and heat sufficiently. Temper the oil with Curry leaves and add chopped Onions and fry till those turns pinkish in colour.
  • Add chopped garlic, Chopped Green Chilies and cook for around 1 minute.
  • Add Salt, Sugar and Kashmiri Red Chili Powder to the gravy. Add curd to the mixture and cook for 1 more minutes and add both Soy Sauce and Tomato Sauce and then cook for 2-3 minutes to get semi thick gravy.
  • Now toss Fried Cauliflowers in the gravy in low flame and take it out in a serving plate!
  • Next….May be some Rice and Daal or a cup of hot Coffee or a glass of wine and Gobi 65!
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