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Cauliflower pakoda or gobi pakora recipe – Crunchy and delicious pakoda that I happened to make recently for a evening snack on a weekend. Made in South Indian style, these are very flavorful and the entire house fills with an exciting aroma. These are best served hot with a cup of masala chai as they begin to loose the crunch when cooled down.
cauliflower pakoda
To make these cauliflower pakoda flavorful, we need to use a good garam masala and curry leaves. If you do not have curry leaves, they can be replaced with pudina/mint. You can also use both.

Similar Cauliflower recipes – Gobi manchurian, Gobi 65, Aloo gobi masala.

You can also check these pakora recipes,
Onion pakora
Mixed veg pakora
Bread pakora
Corn pakora
Cabbage pakoda

Cauliflower pakoda recipe

Cauliflower pakoda | Gobi pakora recipe | Gobi recipes

Cauliflower pakoda are a quick deep fried snack from India. These are usually enjoyed with a cup of tea or coffee for a evening snack.

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Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Keyword easy
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 104 kcal
Author Swasthi

Ingredients (240 ml cup used)

  • 300 to 350 grams cauliflower (3 heaped cups florets)
  • 2 sprigs curry leaves
  • 2 green chilies (adjust as needed)
  • 1 ¼ tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 ½ tsp ajwain / carom seeds/ vaamu
  • 1 tsp red chili powder (adjust)
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • ¼ cup besan + 3 tbsp (7 tbsp)
  • ¼ cup rice flour (or 2 tbsp rice flour + 2 tbsp corn flour)
  • Salt as needed
  • turmeric as needed (optional)
  • water as needed
  • oil for frying, as needed

How to make the recipe

  1. Add cauli flower florets to salted hot water and leave for sometime. Drain the water and rinse them thoroughly. Drain in a colander.
  2. Add them to a mixing bowl.
  3. Add ginger garlic paste, curry leaves, green chilies. Sprinkle chili powder, carom seeds and garam masala. You can also use chaat masala if you prefer.
  4. Mix well. Evenly sprinkle the flours and salt. Sprinkle water and coat the gobi well with flours. Use water as needed.
  5. Heat oil in a fry pan. When the oil is hot enough fry until golden on a medium heat. The bubbles in the pan reduce when the florets are fried well.
  6. Drain on a kitchen tissue. Serve cauliflower pakoda hot with a cup of hot tea or coffee.

Nutrition Facts
Cauliflower pakoda | Gobi pakora recipe | Gobi recipes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 104 Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g 2%
Sodium 113mg 5%
Potassium 300mg 9%
Total Carbohydrates 18g 6%
Dietary Fiber 4g 16%
Sugars 3g
Protein 4g 8%
Vitamin A 4.8%
Vitamin C 71.3%
Calcium 2.4%
Iron 4.4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

cauliflower pakoda
For more cauliflower recipes, check out
Gobi manchurian
Gobi 65
Aloo gobi
Cauliflower curry

Preparation for cauliflower pakoda or gobi pakora

1. Heat 4 cups water in a pot. Clean the cauliflower florets and add them to hot water. You can also add some rock salt and turmeric to get rid of the worms and pesticide residue. I used about 300 grams of cauliflower florets, about 3 heaped cups of florets.
blanch gobi to make gobi pakora
2. Add them to a colander, rinse them well under running water. Drain them in the colander.
drain gobi in colander for gobi pakora
3. Wash curry leaves and chop or tear them. Cut green chilies, make a fine paste of ginger garlic. We need 2 sprigs of curry leaves, 1 ¼ tsp ginger & garlic paste, 1 ½ tsp of ajwain / vaamu, 1 tsp red chili powder, 1 tsp of very good garam masala. If you like you can also add little chaat masala or amchur powder. I haven’t used them.
spices ginger garlic for cauliflower pakoda
4. Flours to use: Besan: ¼ cup + 3 tbsps or 7 tbsps , rice flour: ¼ cup or 4 tbsp . You can also substitute 2 tbsp rice flour with 2 tbsp of corn flour. For health reasons i have not used corn flour. Mix together the flours with salt and generous pinch of hing.
flour mix to make cauliflower pakoda

How to make cauliflower pakoda

5. Firstly sprinkle evenly garam masala, chilli powder,ajwain. Also add garlic ginger paste, curry leaves and green chilies. You can also use 1 coarsely crushed onion.
garam masala vaamu to make cauliflower pakoda
6. Mix everything well. Cauliflower will begin to smell very good.
marinated cauliflower
7. Sprinkle the salted flour mix evenly.
flours for pakoda


8. Sprinkle water as needed. Do not pour as we are not making a batter here. We just need to coat the gobi with flours.
water to make dough for cauliflower pakoda
9. Mix everything well to get a mixture like you see in the picture. Flours must coat the gobi well without any drippings. Adding more water at this stage may make the pakoda very oily and the frying time will increase. You can also add more flour at this stage and mix.

Frying cauliflower pakoda

10. Heat oil in a kadai on a medium heat. Drop a small portion of the dough to check if the oil is hot. If the oil is hot enough, the dough rises after few seconds. Do not heat the oil until smoky.
hot oil for frying cauliflower pakoda
11. Drop the cauliflower florets in hot oil. The oil will begin to bubble a lot as the florets are dropped. Adjust the flame as needed. Make sure it is medium and not high.
frying cauliflower pakoda in oil


12. Keep stirring in between to fry evenly. When the cauliflower is fried well, bubbles reduce on their own. This is the right time to get them out of the oil. Also they turn golden.

13. Drain them on a kitchen tissue.
golden fried cauliflower pakoda
Serve hot. These cauliflower pakoda need no chutney, they can be served with a cup of tea or coffee.
cauliflower pakora recipe

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I’m Swasthi shreekanth. My aim is to help you cook great Indian food with my time-tested recipes. After 2 decades of experience in practical Indian cooking I started this blog to help people cook better & more often at home. Whether you are a novice or an experienced cook I am sure Swasthi’s Recipes will assist you to enhance your cooking skills.

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  1. Deeksha Tembhre says

    November 13, 2018 at 2:29 am

    Swasthi ur recipes are excellent .I wish you good luck. Plz send recipe food stuff used in pooja or naivaid like paisum etc. Thks

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      November 15, 2018 at 6:26 am

      Hi Deeksha
      You are welcome. Thanks a lot for the wishes. You can check the recipes of Payasam recipe

      Reply
  2. sankari says

    September 27, 2018 at 6:43 pm

    I made this today. It was delicious and my daughters love it. thank you so much swasthi. whenever I had doubt in any recipe, your blog will be my first visit.

    Thank you so much!

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      September 28, 2018 at 12:52 pm

      Welcome Sankari
      Thank you so much for following the blog. So glad to know your daughters liked the cauliflower pakoda. Thanks again!

      Reply
  3. Silpa says

    July 12, 2018 at 3:14 pm

    Wow! It came out crunchy and tasty.. my kids liked it. It was quick n easy too.. 😍

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      July 12, 2018 at 11:00 pm

      Thank you silpa

      Reply
  4. Lavanya says

    March 18, 2018 at 1:33 pm

    I tried this today. tastes great.. It was very tasty..
    Thank you mam

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      March 18, 2018 at 1:41 pm

      Welcome Lavanya

      Reply
  5. Sweta says

    November 21, 2017 at 12:08 pm

    Tried it yesterday
    Tastes great
    Can you let me know how to print the recipe?
    Dont find print option anywhere
    Help
    Thank you

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      November 21, 2017 at 2:04 pm

      Welcome Sweta
      Thanks for trying. There is no print option on the blog.

      Reply
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