Roasted Curried Cauliflower

03 Nov 2011 2 Comments

by haffah in Uncategorized

Haven’t been able to do much of late since this household has been plagued with stomach bug, flu and cold. ONE AFTER THE OTHER!!! ohh the JOY!! but now we seem to be back to healthy (Knock on Wood)

I love Indian food! There are so many Delicious things you can make.  I have yet to find a REALLY good Indian restaurant. So next best thing is to make it yourself.

My friend Skotta is visiting and she shares my joy for different kind of food. So we decided to make some Indian. Skotta has this recipe for a Garlic Cilantro Naan Bread that is out of this world. I’ll post that recipe when ever I get the chance but today our focus is on the Roasted Curried Cauliflower. It turned out really well, my husband really liked it.

The menu was Tandoori Chicken, homemade Naan bread, Bombay Potatoes, Roasted Curried Cauliflower and Rice.

I had never made Roasted Curried Cauliflower  before, I’ve had it many times at restaurants and always really loved it. So my quest was to find a recipe. I looked all over the internet and found many many different versions of it but finally I found a recipe on Epicurios that kind of fitted my pantry. I really didn’t want to go and buy bunch of stuff just for one recipe so I tweeked it to fit what ever I had on hand.

 

First I roasted the cumin seeds on a pan for 5 minutes on medium heat or until they turned a little darker, I would roast the coriander seeds too if I had any. I only had Coriander powder.

Then you add it and ground coriander to a mortar and pound it until its some what fine. After that you pretty much add the rest of the recipe in, olive oil, red wine vinegar,  salt, paprika, curry and red Cayenne pepper.

 

You turn  your oven to 450 F. Take you Cauliflower and break it down to florets. Pour your mix over and coat your cauliflower well. Put on a cookie sheet or something that is good for roasting.

At last you put it in the oven for 35 minutes. Once it is done you put it in a bowl and serve.

Roasted Curried Cauliflower

Fresh Cauliflower
1 tsp Coriander seeds (coriander powder if you don’t have seeds)
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1/2 Cup Olive oil
1/3 Cup Red Wine Vinegar
1 teaspoon Paprika
1/2 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
1 and 3/4 teaspoons Salt

Roast the Coriander and Cumin seeds for 5 min under medium heat. Put in a mortar and pound with pestle until somewhat fine. Add the rest of the spices, oil and vinegar. Whip it together well. Put the Cauliflower florets in a bowl and pour the mix over. Let it cover all the florets well. Put in a roasting pan or a cookie sheet and Roast in the oven for 35 minutes at450 F. Serve in a bowl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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