These spicy garlicky roast vegetable wraps are filled with cucumber raita and hummus and the filling is a spin on the Lebanese batata harra!
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Vegetables in a coconut milk based sauce, with peppercorns, fennel seeds and curry leaves!
When I plan an Indian menu, I try and do a mix of curry or dal, a side with a thickish sauce, and a dry side. That way, there's something you can eat with rice and chapatti both, without it becoming too wet a meal or too dry. Essentially aiming for a balance of textures on the plate! My uncle was visiting us for lunch today and I knew I wanted to make a khatti meethi dal and palak paneer, but wasn't feeling very inspired about the dry side dish. I had cauliflower stuck in my head, but didn't want to make a boring old gobhi aloo or gobhi mattar. I thought I'd begin by frying some florets and see where that would take me. Turned out to be a really good place :D Here's my spicy fried vegetables recipe. I hope you enjoy it!
Cauliflower rice substitute recipe
I'm meant to be following my high protein, low carb diet assiduously. The truth of the matter, though, is that I love my rice and rotis and parathas too much. So I've been racking my brain about what a potential rice substitute could be. Then last week I experimented with cauliflower 'rice', and it's not the real thing of course, but it comes fairly close! What prompted me to think of messing around with cauliflower were two factors: I had one lying in the fridge and it didn't look like either of us had any other plans for it, and because cauliflower pizza bases are all a rage on Pinterest. So I figured, why not rice?
Here's my recipe, tell me what you think. If you have a low-carb rice substitute idea, do share!
Serves 3
Prep Time - 15 min
Cook Time - 40 min
Total Time - 55 min
Ingredients
Cauliflower - 1 large
Curry leaves - 1 sprig (10-12 leaves)
Mustard seeds - 2 tsp
Garlic - 3 cloves
Green chillies - 2
Salt
Oil
Instructions
Break the leaves and stem off the cauliflower, wash and grate
Peel and finely chop the garlic
Wash and finely chop the chillies
Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a frying pan on medium
When hot, crackle the mustard seeds
Then add the garlic and chillies and sauté for 2 minutes, until starting to turn golden brown
Add the curry leaves and sauté for 30 seconds
Add the grated cauliflower, turn over several times to ensure it's coated with the spices
Sprinkle salt, and mix through again
Cover and cook on low for about 30-35 minutes, turning over occasionally, to prevent it from sticking to the base. You may need to add a little water if you feel it's sticking. Try and avoid doing this though, and see if turning the heat down to low helps.
The cauliflower rice is cooked when soft to bite