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The first meal I ever cooked on my own was aloo gobi matar. I saw it on Bend it Like Beckham DVD as a special extra and decided to give it a try while my mom wasn’t home. Imagine my mom’s face when she came home to a fully cooked meal made by her 15-year-old. This cauliflower, potato, and pea curry is the perfect place to start if you’re trying to learn how to cook Indian food. It’s very simple and doesn’t require any crazy spices. You can enter to win a beginner spice kit for Indian food including 3 simple recipes to start you on your way! Enter Below!
Cook time: 20 minutes Makes: 2-3 servings
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
3 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp fresh ginger, minced
2 small Russet potatoes, diced
1 cups cauliflower (4 ounces), chopped
¼ cup peas
½ red onion
¼ tsp ground turmeric
½ tsp ground coriander
¼ tsp ground cumin
1 package naan
1. Peel and dice potato and onion. Cut cauliflower into small florets. Mince the garlic and ginger together into a fine paste.
2. In a medium saucepan, heat oil on medium-high. Add cumin seeds and stir. When they start to pop, add onions and cook 1 to 2 minutes until translucent. Reduce heat to medium-low and add garlic-ginger paste, stirring 1 minute.
3. Add turmeric, coriander, cumin and a pinch of salt to taste. Mix 30 seconds over medium heat. Add 1/4 cup of water and stir another 30 seconds.
4. Add potato, peas and cauliflower and stir to coat in spice mixture. Add 2 tbsp of water, cover and cook on low heat 10 to 15 minutes (or until potatoes are tender) stirring every 5 minutes.
5. While the vegetables cook, heat the naan in a toaster oven 2 minutes, or until warm. Enjoy with aloo gobi!
Enter Below to win a Beginner set of Indian spices! Giveaway ends midnight 7/28/2014. (Open to residents of the 48 contiguous states only)
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Wow, so delicious!
I like spicy Szechuan Chinese food. I am not very familiar with Indian food, but I’d love to learn about it.
Salsa. Does salsa count? Especially on nachos. Mmmm…
My favorite spicy food is Jerk Chicken.
I like spicy chili.
I like mild salsa
This looks delicious and I would love to win but am unsure how to enter
This recipe looks fabulous and thanks for the giveaway opportunity! 🙂
Oh and my favorite spicy food is kimchi. 🙂
I love green chile
I love anything east Indian as longas its not too hot!
I like curry. I’ve never really tried anything else. I’m as beginner as they get! 🙂
Aloo Gobi happens to be an absolute favourite at home. This one looks delicious!
I love spices, to me it’s all about flavor! This looks delish!
I am IN LOVE with Palak Paneer!
ghost pepper,curry, cayan, red pepper…… anything hot
I love chicken curry
I enjoy most food spicey! I like making my marinara sauce spicey with crushed red peppers 🙂
I love kimchi
My favorite spicy food (and maybe favorite food, period) is dal makhani.
My favorite spicy food is curry dip.
This is most timely — I was thinking about looking at Indian recipes for the produce from the garden. I missed the peas for my favorite matar paneer, but soon there will be cauliflower, and lots of tomato and peppers for briyani. Love Indian spices!
My boyfriend is Korean, so I’ve acquired a taste for kimchi.
I like lamb vindaloo!
I love salsa and our local’s veggie curry. Would love to cook more with Indian spices. A beginner’s kit sounds perfect.
I love curries (yellow in particular)
spicey ribs and queso
I like spicy chili and I also enjoy spicy Indian curry too
Love curry
I like habanero salsa and curry.
My favorite spicy food is green curry veggies over jasmine rice. Yum!
My favorite spicy food is any seafood cooked with Bay Seasoning.
I love curries and anything with cumin!
I love anything with jalapenos in it.
I love pad thai with extra spice!
This looks delicious! I grew up loving Tex Mex spices, and that has evolved into loving all kinds of spicy foods.
Mary Beth Elderton
My favorite spicy food lately has been jalapenos. I’ve been putting them on everything.
My favorite spicy food is salsa.
As of today, my favorite spicy food is either jambalaya or blackened salmon. I’m looking forward to trying Aloo Gobi Matar since I do love cumin and ginger. It’s on my to-try-asap list!
I love a really spicy curry! Mmm!
I love spicy foods! Any curry is great with me!
I love a really good, spicy, chili!!
This recipe looks delicious and is copied and in my recipe file. 🙂 Thanks.
I really haven’t ever had Indian food – spicy is usually General Tao’s Chicken
My favorite spicy foods are Aloo gobi matar pakora and Mexican tacos with jalapeño and hot sauce
My favorite spicy food is hot chicken wings.
I like good hot spicy pad Thai
I like a Spicy Pad Thai
My favorite spicy food is Cajun chicken pasta.
I like all spicy foods, the hotter the better!
I like all spicy foods!
thai curry
I like thai curry
I like a good cajun crab dip!
I love a cajun jambalaya pasta 🙂
I love buffalo chicken dip. Ohh so good.
I love Indian food…this would be a fabulous addition to my spice cabinet…thank you very much for holding the contest
I like spicy foods of all kinds. I would love to try cooking some Indian food. I went to an Indian restaurant one time where they had a buffet. There were many foods I liked.
I love anything real spicy, but one of my favs would have to be spicy gumbo…..hm, spices and seafood……great now i’m craving lol.
Curry Chicken is my favorite.
I like Bojangles fried chicken because it has that spicy kick to it.
Besides spicy chicken, I like the Indian spicy potatoes with peas!
I love curry chicken.
I love spicy sushi!
Oh my goodness. . . my all time fave meal when we were in India! And the recipe is not pages long. I am not a cook, I am an eater.. . . but I might try it !
It’s super quick and easy- I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Hey I tried this simple version yesterday…came out great!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 you’ll be an expert in no time 🙂