Aloo Gobi recipe is a healthy and delicious stir-fry made with potato, cauliflower that's infused with Indian spices and extremely easy to make in Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. Aloo translates to Potato and Gobi is Cauliflower. This Aloo Gobi Masala Curry recipe is Vegan, Gluten-free, and Paleo.
Cauliflower Potato Curry (Aloo Gobi) is a popular Indian dish that is made in most Indian homes as well as you will find in every restaurant. It is so easy to make on the stovetop or in the pressure cooker. It just takes minutes to cook it and can be enjoyed with naan or paratha.
This recipe can be made in different ways like dry, semi-dry, or gravy versions. Today I have shown the dry version in this blog post. Another important thing to note is cooking times for potato and cauliflower are different.
Today I am sharing how to make perfectly made home-style aloo gobi that has soft-cooked aloo (potatoes) and slightly crunchy gobi(cauliflower) in both INSTANT POT and STOVE TOP PAN version.
How to Make Aloo Gobi in Instant Pot
Press SAUTE on Instant Pot. Add oil to the POT. Once POT is hot add cumin seeds and let them splutter. Next, add green chili and minced ginger garlic and saute for 30 secs.
Next add onions and saute until onions turn light brown.
Add chopped tomatoes, then add in all the dry spices - coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala, salt. Then add potato cubes along with 2 tablespoons of water and mix well.
Cover the pot with a glass lid and let the potatoes cook for around 3-4 minutes. You may stir them once in between.
Remove the glass lid and add another 2 tablespoons of water to the pot and deglaze it. There shouldn't be any burnt bits at the bottom of the pot. Add the cauliflower florets and stir well.
Press CANCEL button on Instant Pot. Close the lid on the pot, and turn pressure valve SEALING position. Set the pot to MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK (Low Pressure) and set timer to 2 minutes.
Do a QUICK RELEASE (QR).
Remove lid away from you, add lime juice and garnish with cilantro. Mix well. You may press the saute button to dry off any excess water until you get desired consistency.
Aloo gobi masala is ready, serve with hot with chapatis, roti, parathas or naan.
Stovetop Pot Method
- Add 1 tablespoon oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add cumin seeds and let them splutter. Next, add green chili and minced ginger garlic and saute for 30 secs.
- Next, add onions and saute until onions turn light brown. Takes about 3-5 minutes.
- Add chopped tomatoes, then add in all the dry spices – coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala, salt. Cook for 2 minutes till tomatoes are soft.
- Then add potato cubes along with 2-3 tablespoons of water and mix well. Cover the pot with a glass lid and let the potatoes cook for around 3-4 minutes till half done. You may stir them once in between.
- Once potatoes are half cooked, add the cauliflower florets and stir well.
- Again cook covered until both potatoes and cauliflower are cooked well on medium-low flame. Add 2-3 tablespoons of water if required. Cauliflower should be slightly crunchy.
- Add lime juice and garnish with cilantro. Mix well. Aloo Gobi is ready, serve with hot with chapatis, roti, parathas, or naan.
What to serve with Aloo Gobi?
Aloo gobi masala goes well with roti, chapati, poori, naan or any flavored rice like ghee rice or jeera rice.
Looking for Low Carb or Keto version?
If you are trying to reduce carbs or are on a keto diet, you can skip the potatoes and follow the same recipe. If you want to try other cauliflower recipes, try cauliflower fried rice, cauliflower coconut rice, cauliflower upma, cauliflower poha.
Tips & Variations to Make best Aloo Gobi
- Always cook potatoes till they are half done before adding cauliflower florets since both veggies have different cooking times.
- Cauliflower tends to cook very quickly, so use larger pieces in this recipe.
- Cook on low pressure for 2 minutes followed by a Quick Pressure Release (QR) when using Instant Pot.
- If you have an 8 qt or newer version of instant pot, they are prone to giving the BURN message so add extra ¼ cup water. It has a bigger surface area and might need more water for the pressure to build in. Note I have not tested on 8qt.
- You can make this cauliflower potato curry without onions and garlic as well.
- Heavy Bottom Pan or skillet with a lid would work best to make cauliflower potato curry for the stovetop version.
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Instant Pot Aloo Gobi
Equipment
Ingredients
Measuring cup (1 cup = 250 ml)
- 1 medium Cauliflower head washed and cut into florets (about 3 cups)
- 2 small Potato cut into ½ inch cubes (about 1 cup)
- 1 tablespoon Coconut oil
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds(jeera)
- 1 tablespoon Ginger Garlic minced
- 1 Green chili slit lengthwise
- 1 medium Onions finely chopped
- 2 small Tomatoes finely chopped (about 1 cup)
- 1 tablespoon Lime juice OR 1 teaspoon Amchur powder (Dry mango powder)
- 2 tablespoon Cilantro (coriander leaves) for garnish
- 4 tablespoon Water
Dry Spices
- 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon Garam masala
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Instant Pot Method
- Press SAUTE mode on Instant Pot. Add oil in to the POT.
- Once POT is hot add cumin seeds and let them splutter.Next add green chilli and minced ginger garlic and saute for 30 secs.
- Next add onions and saute until onions turn light brown.
- Add chopped tomatoes ,then add in all the dry spices – coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala ,salt.Then add potato cubes along with 2 tablespoon of water and mix well.Cover the pot with a glass lid and let the potatoes cook for around 3-4 minutes. You may stir them once in between.
- Remove the glass lid and add another 2 tablespoons water to the pot and deglaze it. There shouldn't be any burnt bits at the bottom of the pot. Add the cauliflower florets and stir well.
- Press CANCEL button on Instant Pot.Close the lid on the pot, and turn valve from VENTING to SEALING position.Set the pot to MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK (Low Pressure) and set timer to 2 minutes.
- Once the pot beeps, Do a QUICK RELEASE (QR)
- Remove lid away from you, add lime juice and garnish with cilantro.Mix well.
- Aloo Gobi is ready, serve with hot with chapatis, roti , parathas or naan.
Stovetop Pot Method:
- Add 1 tablespoon oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.Next add green chilli and minced ginger garlic and saute for 30 secs.
- Next add onions and saute until onions turn light brown.Takes about 3-5 minutes.
- Add chopped tomatoes ,then add in all the dry spices – coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala ,salt.Cook for 2 minutes till tomatoes are soft.
- Then add potato cubes along with 2-3 tablespoon of water and mix well.Cover the pot with a glass lid and let the potatoes cook for around 3-4 minutes till half done. You may stir them once in between.
- Once potatoes are half cooked ,add the cauliflower florets and stir well .
- Again cook covered until both potatoes and cauliflower are cooked well on medium low flame.Add 2-3 tablespoon of water if required.Cauliflower should be slightly crunchy.
- Add lime juice and garnish with cilantro.Mix well.Aloo Gobi is ready, serve with hot with chapatis, roti , parathas or naan.
Notes
- Always cook potatoes till they are half done before adding cauliflower florets since both veggies have different cooking times.
- Cauliflower tends to cook very quickly, so use larger pieces in this recipe.
- Cook on low pressure for 2 minutes followed by a Quick Pressure Release (QR) when using Instant Pot.
- If you have a 8 qt or newer version of instant pot, they are prone to giving the BURN message so add extra ¼ cup water. It has a bigger surface area and might need more water for the pressure to build in.Note i have not tested on 8qt.
- You can make this aloo gobi without onions and garlic as well.
- Heavy Bottom Pan or skillet with lid would work best to make aloo gobi for stove top version.
- You can increase heat by adding ½ teaspoon more of red chilli powder.
- You can add amchur powder (dry mango powder) instead of Lime juice.
- I have prepared this dish in my electric pressure cooker, Instant Pot DUO60 6 QT
Nutrition
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Giridhar Sharma says
Tasty and quick !!
bhavana says
Thanks Giri for trying the recipe and sharing your feedback 🙂