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Gobi Methi Aloo Sabzi/ Cauliflower Fenugreek leaves potato curry

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I have a love and hate relationship with some leafy vegetables. I love to eat them, but hate to pluck them. The list includes moringa leaves and methi leaves. It is healthy, so my love wins over hate. I bought methi leaves thinking that I will make methi paratha. It didn’t happen as we went to our favorite Middle Eastern store we picked up some Tannour bread. This is similar to our Nan except that it does not contain fat (oil, butter etc) and is yeasted. I love to see them as they are coming out of oven and through conveyer belt to packing section. If you go to that store from 9 A.M to 4.P.M you will get fresh ones. My hubby likes that store, he likes to shop there unlike in Indian stores, as soon as entering the store he will say what you need? Pick up fast, result I will forget one or two items I was planning to buy from there. 

One evening I asked my dear hubby shall we can have methi paratha for our dinner. He told we have that Tannour bread, make a curry with methi leaves. First I thought of making dal with methi leaves, because I love to add leafy vegetables in lentil dish, but then dropped that idea. 
Suddenly I remembered that Priya of Priya’s easy N tasty recipes had cooked a delicious masala  with methi leaves, potato and cauliflower last week. She makes very easy simple tasty recipes in a short span of time. I decide to make that masala; I have to add some extra ingredients like half red bell pepper and one carrot that hubby had kept after his salad making expedition, which needed to be used up. I increased the quantity of methi leaves and reduced one potato from original recipe as my hubby will worry about carbohydrates. I also added cumin, fennel seeds, and mace and cumin powder to the curry. I love cumin and fennel flavor in my curries (slightly on higher side). It turned out be very delicious curry and good with that bread. Even my little one had some bites. Priya is right that the bitterness of methi leaves is masked by potato, cauliflower, carrot and red bell pepper. Here is the recipe.

One year ago : Moru curry/Yogurt gravy 

Print recipe from here

What you need


Potato: 1 cup (chopped into bit size cubes)
Carrot: ½ cup (chopped into bit size cubes)
Cauliflower: 2 cups (Individual florets)
Red bell pepper: ½ cup (chopped into bite sizes)
Methi leaves/Fenugreek leaves: 1 ½ cup (washed and chopped finely)
Onion: 1 no
Tomato: 2 no
Turmeric powder: ½ teaspoon
Cumin seeds: ½ teaspoon
Fennel seeds: ¼ teaspoon
Cinnamon: two 1 inch pieces
Cardamom: 2 no
Cloves: 3 no
Mace: ¼ teaspoon
Cumin powder: ½ teaspoon
Coriander powder: ½ teaspoon
Gram masala: ½ teaspoon
Chili powder: ½ teaspoon
Green chili: ½ of one
Ginger garlic paste: 1 tablespoon
Salt; 1 ½ teaspoon or to taste
Olive oil: 1 tablespoon
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Coriander leaves: 2 tablespoon

How I made

In a sauce pot boil potato and carrot for 20 minutes or until they ¾ the done. Then add rests of chopped vegetables expect methi leaves, onion and tomato and cook for another 7 minutes. Add ½ teaspoon of salt before last 5 minutes of cooking. Once cooked, remove from the fire and drain them in a colander and set aside.
In the mean time heat 1 tablespoon of oil and add cinnamon, cardamom, mace , cloves, cumin and fennel seeds once cumin seeds starts splutter add onion, green chili , curry leaves and fry them until onion become translucent or change color. To this add chopped tomato and ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes. To this add turmeric, cumin, coriander powder, rest of salt, red chili powder and gram masala fry for 2 minutes. Then add methi leaves and cook until they get wilted and cooked for about 2 minutes. To this add cooked vegetables and mix for 3 minutes or until the flavors gets incorporated into the all vegetables. Check salt.
Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves. 

Enjoy with Rice or Nan or Tannour bread.

Preparation time: 45 minutes
Yield: 6 serving
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: yes I will

I am sending this delicious curry to Tried and tested event hosted by PJ of seduce taste buds  started by  Lakshmi of kitchen chronicles.

also to Vegetarian Foodie Fridays #27.

Swathi

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  1. Ameya says

    Curry looks delightful!! Gobhi and methi is a very delicious-sounding combo!

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  2. Sarah Naveen says

    i hate to pluck them too!!!!
    this sounds great..looks so Yummy!!!..nice clicks too

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  3. jayarajmurukkumpuzha says

    assalayittunde ketteo.... aashamsakal....

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  4. Talita says

    Love the pics of the step-by-step! This dish looks really tasty!

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  5. sanjeeta kk says

    Lovely combo for a healthy and delicious curry.

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  6. lata raja says

    Hi Swathi, mailed you a reply to your querry on caramelising.Sorry to be way too late.
    The parathas as well as the curry sound delicious. I like the idea of watching fresh bakes come out to the packing point...how I wish:)

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  7. Home Cooked Oriya Food says

    wow - love it... love the pix too!

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  8. Torviewtoronto says

    flavourful delicious combination of vegetables

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  9. Peggy says

    i definitely want to give this one a try! it looks so yummy!

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  10. Malar Gandhi says

    Lovely subzi, me too...hate to clean the greens:(

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  11. G.Pavani says

    looks delicious n healthy..

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  12. alison says

    i love cauliflower,your sounds fantastic,so tasty!

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  13. Santosh Bangar says

    gobhi with methi sounds suparb flavour pic are very nice
    1st time here lovely space wonderful recipes.
    do visit my blog

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  14. Nitha says

    thats a great recipe.. shall definitely try it out..

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  15. fancythatfancythis.com says

    Fantastic recipe Swathi - I love how I could even make this. I just need to find methi...

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  16. Reeni says

    Delicious curry Swathi! And how nice to get such fresh bread! I bet it makes the entire market smell good.

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  17. Hari Chandana says

    Lovely and colorful recipe.. nice step by step photos !!

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  18. Viki's Kitchen says

    Love methi leaves flavor. That curry and bread looks so tempting dear.

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  19. saritha says

    hi swathi gobi aloo looks yummy nice click....

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  20. Jaisy James says

    looks yummy

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  21. Dimah says

    oh this looks super delicious and so good!

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  22. Joanne says

    So many greens that I've never used or heard of here! Sounds delicious.

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  23. Rumana Rawat says

    Wow!!!! this is so amazing:)

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  24. Rekha shoban says

    hi swathi, first time to ur blog....yummy gobi aloo curry!!nice click! im glad to follow u dear!

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  25. Lena Rashmin Raj says

    healthy recipe Swathi... love to have it with chappathi

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  26. Padma says

    Nice step by step pictures... delicious sabzi. Perfect with rotis.

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  27. aipi says

    Methi adds so much flavor to everything and takes it to a whole new level..my fav combo..looks absolutely delicious!

    US Masala

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  29. Pushpa says

    Looks delicious Swathi....

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  30. Melodie says

    This looks undeniably delicious!

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  31. Cooking Gallery says

    This looks lovely and delicious...!

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  32. Soumya says

    sabzi looks delicious and tempting

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  33. simply.food says

    I have nevera dded fenugreek to my cauli sabji but this sounds very innovative and will surely try next time.Looks really tasty.

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  34. Priya says

    Wow Swathi, thanks a lot for trying dear, btw love the addition of carrot and bellpepper..

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  35. Kairali sisters says

    Nice recipe and an easy one too..Perfect with rotis alle..

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  36. Sushma Mallya says

    Nice recipe,methi gives such a nice flavour, am sure it was very tasty...

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  37. Faith says

    I have a huge cauliflower in the fridge and I've been looking for delicious recipes to use it in...thanks for sharing, this is it! I hope I can find the methi here.

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  38. PALATABLE says

    Great combo and healthy, sounds delicious..

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  39. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

    This is one of our favorite curries. Only that I don't add bell pepper in it. Beautifully written and presented.

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  40. Kurinji says

    superb swathi..

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  41. sinfullyspicy says

    Add methi to anything..I will eat it though I hate plucking them too..This sabzi looks yumm!

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  42. srividhya Ravikumar says

    looks yumm swathi... sure to give it a try...

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