Instant Pot Aloo Gobi is an easy and versatile curry to make for a quick dinner. This curry is vegan, gluten-free and loaded with the goodness of vegetables. It is best paired with hot rotis or simple jeera rice.
Instant pot Aloo Gobi Curry
Aloo gobi is a popular Indian curry made on the stovetop or in a Pressure cooker. Making it in Instant Pot makes it easier that we don’t have to babysit the curry. In this post, I will give you tips to make this curry as your preferred consistency. The potato cubes and cauliflower florets are cooked in onion tomato masala paste. To make this curry creamy, grind the onion tomato masala along with some cashews.
How to make Aloo Gobi in Instant Pot?
Make the onion tomato masala by sauteing onion, ginger garlic, and roughly chopped tomato. GRing it with some cashews to make the curry creamy. Then saute the bay leaf in the Instant Pot, and add the ground onion tomato paste, and spices. When it is cooked add the cauliflower florets and cubed potatoes. Add the required water and salt. Cook for 12 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally. Then open the lid and add dried methi leaves.
At this time before adding the dried methi leaf,
- If you want to pour consistent curry, do not boil for too long.
- For a thick gravy, boil till you get the right consistency.
- If you don’t like creamy curry, then do not grind the onion-tomato mixture. After sauteing the onion and tomato, add ginger garlic paste and follow the next steps.
A short video to make Aloo Gobi
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The advantages of making Aloo gobi in Instant Pot are
- You don’t have to babysit the curry.
- Don’t have to wash many vessels.
- You can cook the cauliflower and potato to perfect consistency without mashing it up.
How to serve Aloo Gobi
Serve Aloo gobi with Sweet potato roti, Spinach roti, Carrot chapathi, Cilantro chapathi.
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Aloo Gobi recipe
Ingredients
Bay leaf – 1
Cinnamon stick – ½ inch
Cardamom – 2
Cloves – 2
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Red chili powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 ½ tsp
Garam masala – ½ tsp
Cauliflower – 1 cup florets
Potato – 1 cubed
Oil – 2 tsp
Salt – as required
Kasuri Methi – 1 pinch
To roast and grind
Onion – 1 Cup chopped
Tomato – 2 chopped
Ginger – ½ inch
Garlic – 3 pods
Cashew – few
Method
- Switch on Instant Pot. Press saute mode and add a tsp of oil.
- Add onion and saute till golden.
- Add ginger garlic and tomato. Saute’ till the tomatoes are mushy.
- Switch off. When cooled down, blend it along with cashews to smooth paste.
- Switch the saute mode again, and add oil.
- Add the whole spices, and saute.
- Then add the ground onion tomato paste.
- Saute it for a few minutes. Add the spice powders.
- Let it boil. Then add the cauliflower and potato.
- Add the required water and salt. Close the lid.
- Press the manual button and adjust the cooking time to 12 minutes.
- Check the valve is closed.
- Once it is cooked, let the pressure release naturally.
- When the pressure is released, open the lid and press saute mode again.
- Check the salt and add the crushed kasuri methi. Let it boil for a few seconds.
- Switch off.
- Serve with roti or chapathi.
Notes
- Adjust the red chili powder as per your preference.
- When you mix the curry, do it gently so you don’t mash the cauliflower.
Instant pot Aloo Gobi Curry
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Bay leaf
- 1/2 inch cinnamon stick
- 2 cardamom
- 2 Cloves
- 1/2 Tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 Tsp Red Chili powder
- 1 1/2 Tsp Coriander Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Garam masala
- 1 Cup Cauliflower florets
- 1 Potato Cubed
- 2 tsp Oil
- Salt As required
- Kasuri methi a pinch
- 1 Cup Water
To roast and grind
- 1 Cup Onion chopped
- 2 Tomato chopped
- 1/2 inch Ginger
- 3 pods Garlic
- Cashew few
Instructions
- Switch on Instant pot. Press saute mode and add a tsp of oil.
- Add onion and saute till golden.
- Add ginger garlic and tomato. Saute’ till the tomatoes are mushy.
- Switch off. When cooled down, blend it along with cashews to smooth paste.
- Switch the saute mode again, and add oil.
- Add the whole spices, and saute.
- Then add the ground onion tomato paste.
- Saute it for a few minutes. Add the spice powders.
- Let it boil. Then add the cauliflower and potato.
- Add a cup of water and salt. Close the lid.
- Press the manual button and adjust the cook time to 12 minutes.
- Check the valve is closed.
- Once it is cooked, let the pressure release naturally.
- When the pressure is released, open the lid and press saute mode again.
- Check salt and add the crushed kasuri methi. Let it boil for a few seconds.
- Switch off.Serve with roti or chapathi.
Video
Notes
- Adjust the red chili powder as per your preference.
- When you mix the curry, do it gently so you don’t mash the cauliflower.
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This worked perfect for us, thanks!
You are welcome
I made this delicious curry for my lunch today. I didn’t have any cauliflower, so I swapped it for carrot and zucchini. I also added a handful of frozen peas.
This was a surprisingly tasty yet quite subtle in flavours as apposed to other Indian dishes. Its creamy, satisfying, comforting and filling.
I omitted the cardamom and cloves as I didn’t have them. I checked online for a substitute and nutmeg or cinnamon came up. There is already a cinnamon stick in the recipe so I decided to just leave it as that.
I added the fenugreek during cooking, as a spice, then when I read it at the end I added it again. Don’t think it impacted the flavour.
I also added more salt,pepper and chilli powder to the finished curry.
Thankyou for this gorgeous recipe, I will buy the other ingredients and try again.
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback. I really appreciate it. I loved how you swapped the veggies.
Is there a stove top version for this recipe?
Yes, you can. Just follow the steps on a pan on the stovetop and after adding the veggies, cook covered for 8 to 10 minutes or until the veggies get cooked as per your preference texture. Just add more water than I mentioned in the post. thank you. Let me know how it turns.
You say add required water, but that doesn’t show in the ingredients. How much water? Looks wonderful.
Oh sorry about that. 1 cup of water.
I have never made aloo gobi with gravy, your version sounds and looks absolutely delicious. I wish to buy the IP for all the benefits of making quick recipes.
Thank you
The house smells amazing and so quick using an Instant Pot. This dish is pure comfort food. Great mid week meal too!
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
Instant pot is handy and useful, it saves time and the amount of work involved. Coming to the gravy, it looks tasty. The cauliflower with potato makes a good combination.
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great one !! Love this easy and quick curry recipe lathiya 🙂 Also the vegan version is a nice idea. Wanna have with some paratha or poori 😉
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Flavourful, easy and quick curry recipe that too bursting with flavours, what’s not to like? Just pass me some hot rotis and see my lighten up face!
Haha, I wish I could. Thank you.
Wow, aloo gobhi is my absolute favorite though i always make the dried version. I am sure the gravy one would also taste awesome. As I don’t have an IP, i am sure it can be made in pressure cooker as well.
Yes, you can do this pressure cooker too. Thank you.
I made this the other day in my insta pot and omg was divine! I will be making this again and again , my kids absolutely love it. The potato makes such a difference – thanks for sharing !
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Awesome and so tempting recipe. Aloo gobi is our favorite and I make it so often. Making it in IP is so easy and time saving. Reading lot of IP recipes tempts me to buy one soon.
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Such a delicious curry! Love aloo gobi with hot roti’s! I bet instant pot version is a blessing to all those who have it!!! Lot of recipes that is made in a jiffy and with less supervision!!!
Absolutely, thank you
I must admit I’ve not made aloo gobi in a onion and tomato gravy. I usually make a dry sabji using simple spices, ginger and green chilis. Love your version of the sabji Lathiya. Must try it out soon.
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Some of the kitchen gadgets are so useful in our busy life… This instant pot Gobi curry looks delicious and easy to cook
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