Spicy cauliflower fritters (Gobi 65)

Ingredients:

1 medium sized cauliflower

3 tbsp gram flour

2 tbsp corn flour 

2 tbsp ginger paste

1 tsp black pepper powder

2-3 tsp red chilly powder (to make it red and hot)

2 tbsp tomato ketchup

2 tsp roasted cumin powder

3-4 stem leaves of chopped cilantro

Salt to taste

1/2 water to make batter

Oil for deep frying

Recipe:

1. Cut the cauliflower florets, wash under running water thoroughly. 

2. Boil water in a pan.

 

3. Add the cut and washed florets in boiling water for a minute or two.

4. Drain out all the water by transferring the florets in a colander.

5. Prepare the batter spice mixture by mixing the flour with ginger paste, red chilly powder, cilantro, cumin powder, black pepper powder, tomato ketchup, salt. Add water in small volume to make the batter of consistency that will coat and stick onto the florets. 

6. Add the florets, mix to coat them, here the consistency should be more thicker.

7. I added more flour to make it more smooth. I made two batches: one without red chilly powder and the other with red chilly powder, as in next two photos. 

8.  Let the florets soak in the batter while the oil for frying gets heated up.

9. Fry the cauliflower, cook evenly on both sides till golden brown. Heat oil on medium high.

10. Drip extra oil and place on tissues to soak out extra oil. This is the first round of frying in oil. 

11. To get that crunchiness and color, refry the first batch of fried cauliflower in oil again. 

12. Soak out extra oil on tissue paper. 

13. Enjoy gobi manchurian (cauliflower spicy) with ketchup or chutney.