This one pot vegan curry is a must try. This curry consists of no cream, no dairy, and is purely made from the gravy using cauliflower and asparagus. It tastes just so good with any roti, naan, paratha. This curry is our to go curry after shahi paneer, palak paneer, Dahi aloo and my favourite lobia broccoli curry. Do stop by to check all these preparations on the blog.
This curry was a result of tons of asparagus in our fridge. So we got terribly tired of eating the grilled asparagus and the stir fry asparagus. We all craved for a Indian style curry to be had with roti. So this was the outcome and we all loved it. Honestly paneer is the heart of Indian cooking. But I didn’t even have that. So just decided to go with some intense punjabi flavours and play with the regular vegetables.
The curry is prepared simply with a base of onions/shallots , cauliflower and asparagus. These 3 vegetables are sauteed well and pureed to get a gravy. Then the beautiful and colourful flavours from spices and then the extra chopped veggies. Overall the curry tasted yummy and didn’t add any sharp or blunt taste with the asparagus. My asparagus was put to good use I must say. Also my husband hates cauliflower due to the smell. Surprisingly he didn’t realise it until I actually told him. And was happy to try it again!
So let’s not wait and check this super easy vegan and vegetarian curry recipe.
Cauliflower Asparagus Curry
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup Cauliflower heads or Broccoli heads Cleaned and cut short
- 1 Medium sized white onion
- 7-8 Asparagus
- 1 Medium sized tomato
- 1/2 cup Green peas
- 1/2 cup Chopped carrots
- 2 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 teasp Turmeric powder
- 2 teasp Red chilli powder (Or as per taste)
- 2 Tbsp Coriander powder
- 1 Teasp Garam masala/sabji masala
- Salt as per taste
- 1/2 cup Water
Instructions
- Chop asparagus, onions and cauliflower heads.
- Heat oil in a pan. Crack cumin seeds.
- Saute onion until translucent.
- Now saute the tomato and cauliflower heads. Switch off the flame.
- Transfer all the ingredients to a mixer grinder pot. Make a fine paste.
- Again in the same pan add oil. Saute the paste we made in it until the moisture in it dries out a bit.
- Now add the spices, chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder and garam masala and mix well.
- Now add the peas, carrots and the chopped asparagus. Give it a good stir.
- Add about 1/2 cup of water or as required and add salt as per taste.
- Mix it and allow it to cook with a lid on for about 6-7 minutes or until the carrots and asparagus gets cooked.
- The curry is ready to serve. garnish with coriander and serve with your choice of roti, paratha, or bread, naan.
Instant Pot Instructions
- Set the Instant pot to saute mode. Heat 1 tablespoon oil.Saute shallots or onions until golden, add tomatoes and cauliflower heads saute for another 2 minutes. Now turn the instapot off.
- Grind this sauteed mix into a puree in a grinder.
- Now again turn the instant pot on and heat 1 tablespoon oil in it. Crack cumin and mustard seeds (optional). Add the puree to it and saute about a minute.
- Now add the spices, turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala, coriander powder and stir.
- Now add the peas, carrots and the chopped asparagus. Give it a good stir.
- Add about 1/2 cup of water or as required and add salt as per taste.
- Now close the lid and turn the vent to sealing position. Press pressure cook for 2 minutes.
- The instant pot will come to pressure in around 8-10 minutes and then cook for 2 minutes timer.
- After the beep wait for a minute and then release pressure. The curry is ready to serve.
- Garnish with coriander and serve with your choice of roti, paratha, or bread, naan.
Notes
- 1.You can skip onion totally.
- You can use broccoli heads instead of cauliflower and make the same curry. Only change will be the curry colour.
- You may even do half cauliflower and half broccoli.
- Vegetables can be any of your choice like corn , zucchini etc.
Do check our other varieties of one pot curries in the links below
- Bharwan baingan/Stuffed brinjal
- Shahi Paneer
- Palak Paneer
- Chole masala
- Lobia broccoli curry/Black eyed peas curry
- Split Moong dal
- Pav Bhaji
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