Aaloo Gobi with mutter

Ok, I thought today was going to be just another day with some boring cooking… And fortunate for me, I did not even get up on time to cook! How nice is that..! 😉 So I promised my husband a piping hot lunch so that he can drop in. I decided to make Aaloo gobi mutter with Naan… So lets get started 🙂

Aaloo gobi mutter
This is a very custom version. Neither of us like too much masala in our dishes, and we like our sides to have little gravy than too dry. This recipe serves 2.

Ingredients
1. 1 big sized potato, evenly cubed. (or 2 medium sized potatoes)
2. 1/2 cup Fresh peas
3. 1 cup Cauliflower florets (medium sized)
4. 2 spoon of our usual home made sambar powder
5. 1/2 spoon of red chilli powder
6. Just a couple of pinch of cumin seeds
7. 1/2 medium sized onion finely diced
8. 1 small tomato for puree and 1/2 small tomato nicely diced
9. 1/2 inch ginger finely diced
10. 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil (I substituted half oil + half butter)
11. Salt to taste
12. A pinch of sugar (Just a pinch)
13. 1 teaspoon of garam masala

Method
1. Dice the potatoes into cubes, boil them to 3/4 with salt, peel them and keep them aside.
2. Boil 1 tomato in water, peel, blend in mixer to get the puree. Set aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and once they splutter add the onions. Keep stirring them until they start to turn translucent.
4. Add a pinch of sugar, ginger and stir them well. Now add the sambar powder, chilli powder, salt and fry them well. If this mix is too dry to handle, add a couple of spoons of oil and fry them well.
5. Now add the chopped tomato, tomato puree to this onion mix. Stir this mixture on a medium flame. This mixture needs to be stir fried until you get to see oil separated on top. Now add some water to get a gray consistency and let it boil for couple of minutes on medium flame. Keep the pan covered with little space for vapour to escape… you know nobody likes splutters on the counter top… 🙂
6. Once you get to smell the wonderful flavours, add your boiled potatoes, cauliflower florets, fresh peas, and coat them with the masala.
7. If needed add little more water, garam masala and cover with a laddle inside. Let it simmer for couple of minutes until the running liquid actually reduces to a thick gravy consistency.

oh oh.. there you go.. wonderful yummy simple aaloo gobi mutter
But, it wasnt my husband who was lucky to have it just off the tawa, but me… myself.. He had some bagels and fruit basket brought in by his colleagues…hmmm..I would prefer this to bagels and fruits.. Anyday!! 😀

Find the naan recipe in Everyday Recipe section