Broccoli Besan | Simple Healthy Broccoli Recipe

Broccoli is very good for health, it is in fact among the top 10 healthy vegetables one should include in the food menu while trying to lose weight. I always knew that… But then I thought that all healthy broccoli recipes would either be to have them steamed or in white or red sauce with rice or pasta or something to that effect.

Being an Indian, it was hard for me to adopt it in my regular meal. But then I came across this recipe for cooking the Broccoli with Besan in completely Indian Style. It sounded nice and so I tried it… and it came out delicious and made me fell in love with it…

Broccoli Besan Recipe

This recipe gives an Indian touch to the Broccoli and now I make it at least once a fortnight. The dish tastes like Indian Fritters (pakora). I highly recommend you to try this dish once, before you reject the idea…

Ingredients:  Broccoli – 1 Medium Size (fully washed and dried) Gram/ Chickpeas Flour (Besan) – 3/4 cup Garlic – 2 Cloves finely chopped Green Chilli – 2 (optional) finely chopped Cumin Seeds – 1/2 teaspoon Asafetida (Hing) – A Pinch Oil – 2 tablespoons Ingredients to mix with Besan:  Salt – As per Taste Red Chilli Powder – 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder – 2 tablespoons Garam Masala – 1 teaspoon Turmeric – 1 teaspoon Ginger – 1/2 inch finely chopped Dry Mango Powder (Amchur) – 1/2 teaspoon Oil – 1 teaspoon

Preparation time: 10 minutes 

• Cut Broccoli into bite-sized florets. Keep Aside.
• In a bowl put besan together with all ingredients mentioned to mix to Besan.

Cooking: 15 minutes

• Heat a pan and put oil, once it is warm add cumin seeds.
• Once Cumin seeds start to sizzle, add asafetida, garlic and green chillis.
• Sauté for 15-20 seconds and then add broccoli.
• Mix well and cover. Keep for two minutes on medium heat.
• Uncover the broccoli and spread a little salt over broccoli. Cover it again.
• After about 2 minutes of cooking on low heat, uncover the broccoli and sprinkle the besan on each of the broccoli florets. Try covering the broccoli with besan.
• Cover the pan again and let it cook for about 5 minutes on medium heat.
• Uncover the lid and mix the broccoli and besan. Then sprinkle a little water on it and cover it for another 2-3 minutes. This process will help to coat the besan with broccoli.
• Plate the broccoli besan and squeeze a quarter of a lemon over it before serving (make sure to put lemon only before serving, else it will bitter the dish if kept for too long.

The dish gives a tempting aura and taste as if you are having fritters (pakoras). It is yummyyyyy…Do please try it and let me know how you found it.

Broccoli is a powerhouse of nutrients. It has a wide variety of benefits which includes lowering the cholesterol level, detoxifies the body, improves digestion and among other benefits, it also has the ability to prevent cancer.

If you want to include this awesome vegetable in your diet, you may also like to see Dry Mixed Vegetable Recipe.

Credit for the recipe: showmethecurry.com