Instant Pot Cauliflower milagu kuruma (Cauliflower pepper korma)

Are you a pepper taste lover? Then this recipe will definitely makes your taste buds happy. When one of my friends requested some Instant Pot (IP) recipes in my blog am very happy and interested to do immediately because working in IP always makes me to cook with pleasure 😀. This recipe is done very quickly in IP compared to stove top cooking. Cauliflower is slightly a bland vegetable but when combined with few spices like pepper and some masalas makes it a delicious kuruma.

Cooking time: 15 mins

Serving: 4

Ingredients:

Cauliflower - 350 gms (medium sized florets, soak in a turmeric and salt water and wash well)
Onion - 1 (medium size, finely chopped)
Tomato - 1 (big, finely sliced)
Green chilli - 4 (half slitted)
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tspn
Coriander powder - 2 tspn
Red chilli powder - 1 tspn
Turmeric - 1/4 tspn
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - few (chopped)
Bayleaf - 1
Cinnamon - 2 pieces
Cloves - 2
Staranise - 1
Oil - 2 tspn
Salt to taste

To Grind:

Coconut - 3/4 cup
Fennel seeds - 1 tspn
Peppercorns - 2 tspn

Method:

1. Grab all the ingredients.

2. Grind the ingredients with 1/2 cup of water given for grinding and keep aside.

3. Switch on the IP and in saute mode add oil, bayleaf, cinnamon, cloves, staranise.

4. Add onions, green chillies, curry leaves and saute till the onion becomes light golden brown.

5. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell goes.

6. Add tomato and saute till it becomes mushy.

7. Add cauliflower, salt, turmeric, coriander powder, red chilli powder and saute for few seconds until the masala coats well the vegetable.

8. Add the grinded paste and 1 1/2 cups of water.

9. Close the lid. Cook it in manual for 6 mins in sealing position in Low Pressure (LP)

10. Press the off button when it comes to L0:05 and do Quick Release (QR).

11. Open the lid and add coriander leaves.

12. Yummy pepper flavored korma is ready to serve.

Notes:

You can have this kuruma with rice, chappathi, poori.
If you eat less spicy then reduce the quantity of peppercorns.
You can prepare the same kuruma in stove top too.