A simple Vegetable Jalfrezi recipe combining colourful vegetables with aromatic spices for a mildly spicy and flavourful stir-fry dish. Quick to prepare, perfect with rice or bread.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: vegetable jalfrezi, vegetable jhalfrezi
Author: Sandhya Hariharan
Ingredients
Jalfrezi Vegetables
100gbaby corn sliced diagonally ⅔ cup
97gcarrotsliced 1" batons ⅔ cup
100gcauliflower floretsseparated ⅔ cup
150gmixed peppers sliced 1 cup
150gtomato sliced 1 cup
50ggreen beans sliced diagonally into 1" pieces 1 cup
Optional ingredient 100g paneer / tofu or halloumi cheese
Instructions
Blanch the veggies by placing the cauliflower, carrots, green beans and baby corn in a large microwave safe bowl and cover with enough water. Cook in microwave for 4-5 minutes or until veggies are fork tender. Drain and set aside.
100 g baby corn, 97 g carrot, 100 g cauliflower florets, 50 g green beans
Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and allow it splutter. Next add ginger, garlic, and green chilli. Cook for 1 minute.
2 tbsp oil, 1 inch ginger, 4 cloves garlic, 1 green chilli, 1 tsp cumin seeds
Sauté onion until translucent, about 3-4 minutes.
100 g white onion
Pour tomato passata, add ketchup, spices (turmeric, cumin, coriander, red chilli powder). Cook till combined. Adjust consistency with water if needed.
240 ml tomato passata sauce / tomato puree, 1 tbsp tomato ketchup, salt to taste, ⅓ tsp turmeric, ⅓ tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp ground coriander, ⅓ -1 tsp red chilli powder, 60 -70 ml water or more
Add sliced tomatoes and mixed peppers. Cook for 2 minutes.
150 g tomato, 150 g mixed peppers
Now add the blanched carrots, green beans, baby corn, cauliflower florets. Sprinkle garam masala and kasuri methi. Mix well. Add a splash of water if necessary.
100 g baby corn, 97 g carrot, 100 g cauliflower florets, 50 g green beans, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tbsp kasuri methi, 60 -70 ml water or more
Cover and cook veggies for 5-6 minutes until slightly crunchy.
Optionally, add paneer at this stage and stir. Drizzle vinegar or lemon juice. Sprinkle coriander leaves.
1 tsp vinegar, 2 tbsp coriander leaves
Enjoy hot with rice or Indian bread.
Notes
Note: Adjust masala's to taste and spice levels as desired by controlling red chilli powder and green chillies.