Name: Bolly Cauli (Aloo Gobhi)
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 pound cauliflower, cut into 2-inch florets (see Tip); 4 large cloves garlic, finely chopped; 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes; 1 pound russet or Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, cut into 1-inch cubes, and submerged in a bowl of cold water to prevent browning; 3 lengthwise slices fresh ginger (each 2 inches long, 1 inch wide, and ⅛ inch thick), finely chopped; ¼ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems; 1½ teaspoons coarse kosher or sea salt; 2 teaspoons Bin bhuna hua garam masala; 2 tablespoons canola oil; ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

660 Curries

By Raghavan Iyer

Published 2008

About

You will see a few versions of this dish in this book, testimony to its popularity in north Indian restaurants all across Europe and North America. And let’s not forget its prominence in the movie Bend It Like Beckham, where the hockey-stick-wielding tomboy heroine is forced to learn how to make this Punjabi delicacy to prove her capability as a dutiful housewife for her Indian husband. Just-baked Naan—that buttery, can’t-stop-eating-it clay-ov