This is as street food as you can get to! Gobi Fried Rice is what you get when you visit Tirumala and want to have a quick bite before you decide to hit the bed for an early darshanam. I don’t think this can be found elsewhere, as this must be something the local innovative chefs seem to have come up with to attract the tourists. When we visit Tirumala with our relatives, I get to taste the street food as they don’t have such qualms as Daddy would have. Not that I complain either way. I am always a roman with Romans. So now you know.
A couple of years back, when we visited with our huge family, we had split thoughts on what to eat for a quick dinner. My FIL and BIL took us to the joint that served piping hot meals and the main attraction was the Gobi Fried Rice. It was getting disappeared by the bucket, literally. I even peeped in the backyard where this was getting prepared and yes it was one active kitchen. So when everybody wanted to try Gobi Fried Rice, I thought why not! And was it yum! You must eat there to remember the taste for a lifetime.
Since then I have always wanted to recreate that at home. Whether my meal today was matching those innovative cooks or not, I really enjoyed making a single pot for myself. I made this for my Sunday lunch and being the lone veg eater, I decided the Main Course demanded I treated myself. I told Amma that I will be sending across some for her taste, only to know later that she doesn’t like cauliflower much. I wonder how one still learns new things about one’s kin!
Anyway, Athamma said she didn’t remember that taste, however, this tasted awesome, she is always my touch bearer I tell you! Hubby dear refused to even taste as he can’t do mixed dishes. Still, he was curious to know if this dish matched that night’s feast. That memory remains very fresh in our minds even after so many years. The dish was sheer brilliance both in taste and presentation and of course their indigenous ways to please customers.
After having decided that I would be preparing this for the final day under the Main course, I thought I would go all the way and make it more street food sorts with food colour, etc. I made the Gobi Manchurian as I normally make and the rice in the regular Fried Rice method. Overall the crunchy and fried gobis did lend a good taste to the rice.
Step by Step Pictures for making Gobi Fried Rice
Gobi Fried Rice
Ingredients Needed
For the Rice
2 cups Basmati Rice
1.5 tsp Ghee
1.5 tsp Cooking Oil
1 Bay Leaf
2 Clove
1 inch Cinnamon
1 Cardamom
1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
1 long Green Chilli
For the Gobi Manchurian
1 cup Cauliflower florets
Salt to taste
1 cup All Purpose Flour /Maida
2 tbsp Corn Flour
1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
1/2 tsp Green Chilli paste
1 long Green Chilli
1 tsp Soy Sauce
A pinch Red Food Colour
Water to make batter
Cooking Oil for deep frying
For the Fried Rice
2 tsp Cooking Oil
1 cup Mixed Vegetable I used Carrot, Beans, and Cabbage
4 stack Spring Onions
1 Green Chillies
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
Salt to taste
1 tsp Pepper Powder
How to make the Gobi Fried Rice.
For the rice
Wash and soak the rice for 15 mins.
In a nonstick pan, heat oil, saute the whole spices and add green chilies and ginger garlic paste.
Then add drained rice and saute for a couple of mins.
Add 1 & 1/2 cup water for each cup of rice. Add salt and bring it to boil. Simmer and cook till done. Keep it aside.
For the Gobi Manchurian
Wash and soak the Gobi in salted hot water for 10 mins.Wash again.
In a bowl, mix the flours, along with all the other ingredients except oil.
Heat the oil for deep frying.
Dip in the Gobi and deep fry in oil
For the Fried Rice
Meanwhile, have another nonstick pan on heat, add oil sprinkle cumin and let it crackle. Add the spring onions along with green chilies.
Then saute all the vegetables till they are done, yet crunchy. Add the soya sauce, pepper, and salt. Add the fried gobis and mix everything.
Add the cooked rice and combine everything together.
Adjust spice and finally add the spring onion greens.
Notes:
In a typical Fried rice that is part of the Indo Chinese cuisine, cumins are not added.
The rice that is made today was just ghee rice that was part of the non vegetarian meal as well. Didn't want to make two different rice dishes. I normally cook rice with just salt.
Even though I added green chilies in three different stages, the final dish wasn't so spicy. so you can adjust as per your taste.
Recipe
Gobi Fried Rice ~ Street Food from Andhra
Ingredients
For the Rice
- 2 cups Basmati Rice
- 1.5 tsp Ghee
- 1.5 tsp Cooking Oil
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 2 Clove
- 1 inch Cinnamon
- 1 Cardamom
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 1 long Green Chilli
For the Gobi Manchurian
- 1 cup Cauliflower florets
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour /Maida
- 2 tbsp Corn Flour
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1/2 tsp Green Chilli paste
- 1 long Green Chilli
- 1 tsp Soy Sauce
- A pinch Red Food Colour
- Water to make batter
- Cooking Oil for deep frying
For the Fried Rice
- 2 tsp Cooking Oil
- 1 cup Mixed Vegetable I used Carrot, Beans, and Cabbage
- 4 stack Spring Onions
- 1 Green Chillies
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Pepper Powder
Instructions
For the rice
- Wash and soak the rice for 15 mins.
- In a nonstick pan, heat oil, saute the whole spices and add green chilies and ginger garlic paste.
- Then add drained rice and saute for a couple of mins.
- Add 1 & 1/2 cup water for each cup of rice. Add salt and bring it to boil. Simmer and cook till done. Keep it aside.
For the Gobi Manchurian
- Wash and soak the Gobi in salted hot water for 10 mins.Wash again.
- In a bowl, mix the flours, along with all the other ingredients except oil.
- Heat the oil for deep frying.
- Dip in the Gobi and deep fry in oil
For the Fried Rice
- Meanwhile, have another nonstick pan on heat, add oil sprinkle cumin and let it crackle. Add the spring onions along with green chilies.
- Then saute all the vegetables till they are done, yet crunchy. Add the soya sauce, pepper, and salt. Add the fried gobis and mix everything.
- Add the cooked rice and combine everything together.
- Adjust spice and finally add the spring onion greens.
Notes
Manju Modiyani says
Love the idea of fried gobi..simply delicious! Got to try this one for sure! 🙂
Corporate to Kitchen says
Love this gobi fried rice. This is defenietly our Indian chinese street food which is called as GOPI MANJOOREAN fried rice:) hahaha Your fried rice looks very tempting.
Pavani N says
What a yummy looking rice dish. Love that fried cauliflower twist to regular fried rice.. Bookmarked!!
nayana says
rice looks very delicious and with all the vegetables, healthy too...
Swati Raman Garg says
Looks like too much of work.. But a gopi manjuri can never go wrong.. Come to think of it.. I hv never made gobi manchurian myself
Magee C says
Yummy recipe...i am sure it will be a hit in my home...and you know i am going to tirupathi by next week, will try my best to taste this street food and tell you..
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
finger licking good!!! yummmmm
Priya Suresh says
Gobi fried rice is in my to do list too, an excellent lunch,inviting seriously.
Gujarati Zaika says
Tempting recipe...send to my event..
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Sapana Behl says
It's a good idea to use fried gobi in rice ! Never tried and heard about this ! Bookmarked!!
vaishali sabnani says
I love your treat...and it sounds so delicious..must try this ..totally bored with the paneer version..even I love to pamper myself sometimes.
Preeti Garg says
Rice look delicious and tempting
divya says
looks sooo tempting n delicious..
Sreevalli E says
Yummy recipe valli..IT's so tempting..
Denny says
FIrst time hearing of gobi fried rice. Looks delicious.
Veena Theagarajan says
fried gobi fried rice? new to me.. looks yummy
Rajani S says
Its amazing to see how innovative food in small eat outs can be!!I guess the whole idea of tawa pulao was some great thinking by the Mumbai street food guys, rt? Anyway, your gobi rice looks great and is right now tempting me to go make it for Shreyas 🙂
Gayathri Kumar says
Very innovative idea. Rice looks very delicious and next time when i visit Thirumala, I need to try this...
Preetha Soumyan says
Valli, i love ur innovative ideas that somes to ur mind so soon... wow.. fried looks tenpting....
Tell me in India which is the best Basmathi rice to cook for fried rice..bcoz when i tried with india gate, my fried rice turned into veggie biriyani dish hahaha.....
Jayanthi says
Love, love, love the idea. Looks awesome and very tempting. Now you are invoking my creative juices to try all the other variations to this gobi fried rice. Nice one Valli!
Harini-Jaya R says
Looks so tempting Valli. I have never tasted Gobi Fried Rice as a street food.
Anonymous says
Your english is terrible. Please work on it.
Srivalli says
Thank you everybody!
Anon, thank you...I know, I am still trying to improve!
ZeeKhana Khazana says
Now after reading this I am not new with gobi Manchurian or gobi and fried rice. You have explained a good combination of best easy indian food recipes and anybody can cook at home as well.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Lovely idea of combining the manchurian with the rice. Two of my favorite dishes 🙂
Padmajha PJ says
We used to go to Tirupathi regularly when I was a kid. But dad never let me eat such stuffs,you know why! This rice is so inviting and I have been drooling over your pics for quite sometime. Very innovative recipe and thanks for sharing.This too is joining the bookmarked recipes 🙂