Achari Broccoli
I love broccoli (infact I love all winter veggies) and some time back, I went o Russell market with a goof friend D 🙂 and picked up a real nice one.. fresh and green… crisp and tender. And then began the quest to what to make with it. I normally make broccoli in stir fry veggies or baked but this time I want to try something totally different and hence started browsing the many many cooking books that I own (did I tell you thats my latest obsession BTW) and I decided on a nice looking Achari Broccoli recipe in Nita Mehta’s Diet Recipes.
And it turned out very very very yummy…

Ingredients
- 250 gm lauki (the recipe asked for kadu and I replaced it with lauki as no one eats kadu aka pumpkin in my house)
- 150 gm basically a medium sized broccoli cut into florets
- 1 firm tomato chopped (the recipe asked to remove pulp but I used it didn’t do any harm to the recipe or so do I think 😉 )
- 1 tsp oil (the recipe asked for 2 tbsp oil gosh tell me how does it become diet recipe with so much oil haan)
- 2 large onions chopped
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp dhaniya powder
- 1/2 tsp aamchoor powder
- salt and chilli powder to taste (the recipe also had a 1/2 tsp of sugar which I gave a complete miss)
For the Achaari Tempering
- 3/4 tsp nigella seeds (kalonji)
- 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds (methi dana)
- 3/4 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 3/4 tsp mustard seeds
- 3/4 tsp fennel (saunf)
- 2 red chillies broken
Method
- Boil 1/2 cup of water with 1/2 tsp of salt. Add Broccoli and cook for about 2-3 minutes till crisp tender. Remove from water and keep aside (my tip : dont throw the water away lets use it, it has a lot of nutrients)
- Collect all the achari ingredients for tempering. Heat the oil in kadhai and add all of them together.
- After a minute, add the onions and cool till light brown.
- Add salt, turmeric, dhaniya powder & chilli powder
- Stir for a few seconds and add the lauki to it .
- Stir fry for about 2 minutes and add 1/2 cup of water (my tip : use the same water in which u boiled the broccoli there will still be little left and you can use it for making dal, atta… yeah I am mad this way in saving the nutrients from the vegies.. I think a little something we can do to make sure we are getting good stuff in)
- Cover and cook for about 10 minutes till the lauki is cooked but still holds its shape
- Sprinkle dry mango powder.
- Add the broccoli and tomatoes
- Mix well and cook for about 3-4 minutes
- Serve hot with phulkas and dal tadka… a yummy and a very healthy meal

PS: I think it would turn out very good with our good old cauliflower too, so if u dont have broccoli handy try it with gobhi 🙂
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I luvvvv Broccoli too .. looks yummy … will try this one over the weekend 😀
nice and easy ..shd try asap
Third!! Wow, looks yummy. Mon, seriously, time for you to get a new Foodie blog.
aaah i can’t manage it pal… i am posting it here once a week and for sometime atleast will continue that way
Lovely. Sounds and looks delicious.
Will give it a try this weekend
This sounds & looks yummy!!! Will give it a try!! Thanks for sharing it here 🙂
Love healthy and tasty recipes!! Thanks!! I am so trying this … and I am like you I too save every drop of nutrition 🙂
sounds yummy monika. shouldn’t have read this just before dinner time!
I don’t like Broccoli but Peanut loves it. See, I am one of those mothers who would discourage her daughter from such greens. Hehehe.. anyways, I make it for her.
LOL u are a cutie sols
Sounds yummy! I love all kinds of gobhi. Must try this
Looks yum Monika. Bookmarked to try 🙂
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Tried this Monika and it came out really good 🙂 Thanks. Have posted it on my blog.
thanks a lot HC hugs
Hey came here via homecooked! I am a voracious consumer of broccoli. I am making this tomorrow itself. Thanks 🙂
thanks for dropping by and let me know if u liked it
mon, question!! how is it different than regular gobhi ki sabzi except that we add the khattai (amchoor and tomato)?