Vegan Aloo Gobi Recipe

Vegan Aloo Gobi (Indian Spiced Potato & Cauliflower dish) is a classic Indian takeaway curry recipe, made with a handful of ingredients. It is a brilliant side dish for your flatbreads! Good News!! – With a handful of simple spices, potatoes & cauliflower, you can master this delicious easy Indian Aloo Gobi recipe at home.

Indian Potato and Cauliflower Curry dish

I thought it is really not fair if I do not share simple and delicious homestyle Indian curries that we regularly make at home. This easy Cauliflower with potatoes features on our dining table literally every week and I serve them with Phulka roti or Garlic Naan along with Cucumber Raita.

This semi dry Indian potato cauliflower is made by stir frying the ingredients with spices, onion, tomato and potato cauliflower. By stir frying we are bringing out the best flavors of the vegetables.

Want to enjoy Aloo gobi in a tray bake, I have got you covered with this easy Aloo Gobi traybake recipe.

What is Aloo Gobi?

Aloo { Potato } and Gobi { Cauliflower } is a popular Indian curry that traditionally hails from Punjab. However, it’s quite well known all around the world, wherever Indian food has found its feat!

It is so popular in the UK that I really cannot imagine a menu card from an Indian restaurant or takeaway without the Aloo Gobi, Mushroom Bhaji and Onion Bhaji.

This curry is called by so many names – Aloo Gobhi, Alu Gobi, Dry Aloo Gobi Curry, Aloo Gobi Sabzi, Dry Aloo Gobi, Gobi Aloo, Aloo Gobi Masala, Spiced Potato with Cauliflower, Cauliflower with Potatoes…

You all know how much I love CAULIFLOWER. Some of the amazing Cauliflower Recipes to try

• AIRFRYER CAULIFLOWER HOT WINGS
• BUFFALO CAULIFLOWER WINGS
• 15 MINUTES CAULIFLOWER FRIED RICE
• CREAMY CAULIFLOWER SOUP
• CAJUN ROASTED CAULIFLOWER STEAK
• CAULIFLOWER PARATHA
• GOBI PAKORAS

Ingredients 

 Potato & Cauliflower: are the backbones of this vegan curry. Use Maris piper variety (UK) or Russet Potatoes(US).

Tomato:Though this simple Indian curry is a semi dry side dish, we add some chopped tomatoes to add moisture to cooking the vegetables. It can be made curry style too.

Onion:It adds immense flavour and forms the base of the curry.

Ginger & Garlic –  I like to use  fresh ginger piece minced and fresh garlic cloves.

Spices – As I always say, adding spices in the right proportion is important to making a great Indian Curry.  In this recipe I have used Turmeric, Cumin Powder, Red Chilli Powder & Garam Masala. Don't have Kashmiri red chili powder, you can use cayenne pepper. 

Alternatively simply use 1 tablespoon of curry powder to swap all the spices.

Optional – Sometimes I like to use 2 teaspoons of Panch Phoran Spices for seasoning. Panch Phoran mean a blend of 5 spices – fenugreek, nigella, cumin, black mustard and fennel seeds. These spices are always used as whole spices and never ground.

I like to finish off my semi dry side dish with some lemon juice and a garnish of  fresh cilantro  to jazz up.

All the ingredients are easily available in all the super grocery stores.

How to make Easy Vegan Aloo Gobi curry?

• It is really easy to make my perfect Alu Gobi as a side dish!
• First, saute the potato and cauliflower in 2 teaspoons of oil in medium high heat until you have brown spots on them.
• Heat the oil, and add the seasoning followed by onion, ginger and garlic. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until the onion is translucent.
• Now, it’s time to add the diced tomatoes & spices - turmeric powder, coriander powder, kashmiri chili powder and amchur powder( if using any). Stir and cover and cook until the onion & tomato comes together.
• Add the roasted potatoes, and cauliflower florets and stir them into the masala. Cook covered for a few more minutes, stirring in between.
• If the masala is catching at the bottom of the pan, add a splash of water just enough to cook the vegetables. Tomato lends moisture to the cauliflower & potatoes in this curry.
• Finally, add garam masala, a generous amount of finely chopped coriander leaves, a squeeze of lemon juice or lime juice and stir to mix.

Tips to make the Best Aloo Gobi

• Pan-toasting the Potatoes and Cauliflower brings the best flavours out of the Aloo Gobhi masala. Alternatively, you can roast the potato and cauliflower florets in the oven or air fryer.
• Do not cook the Cauliflower for too long covered, it will turn out mushy!
• Add the cauliflower, right at the end and this will give you some perfect textured curry.
• Aloo Gobi masala requires only minimal spices to bring out the best!

Variations you can try at home

• No Onion No Garlic Aloo Gobi curry : also tastes wonderful. My mom always made these for my dad’s lunch box this way. Increase the spices and tomatoes in the recipe.
• Aloo Gobi Matar: Add some green peas to this curry  along with the tomatoes in the recipe.
• Aloo Gobi Saag: Add some Spinach to this recipe.
• Coconut Milk Aloo Gobi:Add some coconut milk to the onion tomato masala and you get a creamy curry.
• Restaurant-style Aloo Gobi masala has plenty of wet gravy to mop your naan bread.
• Niramish Aloo Phulkopi: A Bengali take on Cauliflower and Potato curry without onion & garlic.

What to serve with Aloo Gobi?

• With Flatbreads – This easy Aloo Gobi is delicious with Naan bread or 3 Ingredients flatbread or homemade chapatis and a bowl of plain yogurt for a combo meal.
• With steaming brown basmati rice
• For Lunchbox / Buddha Bowls -It is also great for your lunch boxes or even for sweet potato buddha bowls.
• Wraps – You can stuff the aloo gobi with salad in wraps, drizzle the Indian Mint sauce, Tamarind Chutney or Mango Chutney and enjoy.

If you love this curry, you will also love these Indian curries recipes

• Cauliflower Chickpea Curry
• Aloo Matar
• Paneer Peshawari
• Dhaba-style Dal Makhani
• Paneer Makhani
• Saag Aloo
• Kerala Egg Curry
• Achari Gobi 

Indian Aloo Gobi recipe below

Update - This recipe was first published on 14th March 2011.