This spicy cauliflower is one thing particular. Think about a skillet of caramelized onions cooked down with aromatic cumin, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds and chiles. Add cauliflower and cook dinner till tender. Vibrant, spicy, candy earthiness cooked in a single skillet, served on one plate.
Spicy Cauliflower with Sesame: The Inspiration
The inspiration for the recipe comes from Reza Mahammad’s beautiful cookbook, Rice, Spice and all Issues Good. I purchased a replica and slipped it into my suitcase the final time I used to be in Portland. I’m lastly(!) getting round to cooking from it. This ebook is stuffed with nice concepts and exquisite pictures, a part of the explanation it jumped out at me. I’ve discovered that with a tweak or two, I can flip an excellent variety of the recipes into one-pan weeknight meals. For instance, with this cauliflower, you may toss in a pair handfuls of grilled or pan-seared paneer cheese or tempeh, or prime with a fried egg.
Variations
I really like this recipe utilizing cauliflower as the bottom, however in the event you love the spice profile and caramelized onions, the sky is the restrict so far as methods you’ll be able to tweak and riff on the recipe. Think about a potato model. Or a broccoli model. Or skipping the veg and toss with cooked noodles or pasta. A pair different concepts from the feedback:
- Sam turned this right into a soup. She says, “I had some vegetable inventory readily available. I simmered the leftovers with the inventory, pureed, added some chopped cilantro to the highest and ate it with some garlic naan from Dealer Joe’s. Completely scrumptious! It might need been even higher with some coconut milk rather than a few of the inventory or topped with raita.”
- One other soup take. Sam’s model is comparable in spirit to a model I ended up making, make the cauliflower right into a pureed soup, and drizzle with an oil infused with the cumin, turmeric, garlic, and chiles. End topped with toasted sesame seeds and a few kind of flatbread croutons. Comparable element and flavors, remixed!
- Meg did what feels like an incredible model, “That is scrumptious! I used nitter kebbeh, an Ethiopian clarified butter, and I substituted recent crimson chilies from the backyard for dried. The butter was infused with most of the spices already used on this recipe, together with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and nutmeg. It was so wonderful, I used to be unhappy after we ate all of it.”
Give this a attempt, even in the event you don’t assume you’re a lot of a cauliflower fan. It’s that good.
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