Recipe- Popular Restaurant Dish Vegetable Jalfrezi

Vegetable Jalfrezi is most popular restaurant side dish in North India. Vegetable Jalfrezi is originated from an eastern India Bengal. Original name of the dish is “jhalphrize” means spicy food cooked on high flame.

Ingredients

1 cup Cauliflower Florets
1 cup Peeled and Roughly Sliced Carrots
½ cup Paneer Cubs/Tofu Cubes
½ cup Baby Corn
1 big Capsicum Sliced
1 Medium Sized Onion Roughly Sliced
1 cup Tomato Finely Chopped
1 tsp Garam Masala
1 tsp Coriander Powder
1-2 tsp Red Chili Powder
½ tsp Turmeric Powder
1 tbsp Kasuri Methi/Dried Fenugreek Leaves
1-2 tsp Grated Ginger
Pinch of Asafoetida/Hing
2-3 Pinch Sugar (Optional)
3 tbsp Oil
Salt

Method

* Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadhai/pan and shallow fry paneer cubes on medium flame till golden brown, remove it from kadhai on a paper towel using slotted spoon and keep aside.

* Now in the same kadhai, add 1 tbsp oil, sliced carrot, capsicum, cauliflower, baby corn, salt and stir fry it for 4-5 minutes on high flame and stirring continuously, then turn the flame on low flame, cover it and cook for 2 minutes (do not overcook it, remain it semi crunchy). Now remove it on a plate or bowl and keep aside.

* Heat remaining oil in the same kadhai, add sliced onion and stir fry it till golden brown, then add finely chopped tomatoes, salt and cook it with stirring till tomatoes become soft and mussy.

* Add red chili powder, turmeric, garam masala, coriander powder, crushed kasuri methi, grated ginger, sugar and stir it till oil separated. Add 1-2 tbsp water and mix it well.

* Now add all cooked veggies and shallow fried paneer cubes, toss it on medium flame and mix it well.

* Vegetable Jalfrezi is ready. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and serve it with any Indian bread as a side dish.