Gobi fried rice

Gobi Fried rice is a delicious Indian street food. This Indo Chinese food is prepared by combining perfectly cooked rice, deep fried cauliflower florets, crunchy veggies and sauces. Unlike the normal fried rice, gobi fried rice is hot and spicy with the bursting flavor of ginger, garlic, soy sauce and red chili sauce. It is quite popular and is most ordered in Indo Chinese restaurants.

Serves : 2

Ingredients

• 2 cups basmati rice
• 1 medium cauliflower,separated into florets
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup carrot, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup cabbage, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup capsicum, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup beans, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tsp red chili sauce
• 2 tsp tomato sauce
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp red chili powder
• 1 tsp black pepper powder
• 2 dry red chilies, finely chopped
• 1/4 chopped coriander leaves
• salt to taste
• 2 tbsp ghee

For frying cauliflower

• 1/4 cup all purpose flour or maida
• 1/4 cup corn flour
• 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• oil to deep fry
• salt to taste

Method

for cooking rice :

• Wash and soak the rice. Cook the rice separately in a deep bottomed pan. Cook on a low flame until the rice is perfectly cooked and fluffy. Discard excess water and keep aside to cool completely.

for frying cauliflower :

• In a bowl, add all purpose flour, corn flour, red chili powder, black pepper powder and salt. Add water little by little and make a thick batter. Mix well.
• Drop the florets and mix gently till they are coated with the batter.
• Heat oil in a pan. Drop the batter dipped florets into the oil and deep fry till they are crisp and crunchy.
• Do it in batches for even cooking. Drain into a kitchen paper and let it cool completely. Set aside.

for gobi fried rice :

• Heat ghee in a pan. Saute onion,chopped red chilies and ginger garlic paste for few seconds.
• Cooking over high flame add carrots, beans saute for a few seconds. Further add cabbage and capsicum, saute for another few seconds.
• Next add soy sauce, red chili sauce and tomato sauce and mix well.
• Add fluffed up basmati rice, salt, black pepper powder and toss well on a low flame.
• Further add deep fried cauliflower florets while the rice gets heated up. Combine well. This should take around 2 minutes.
• Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve gobi fried rice with sauce or raita or any curry of your choice.