Cauliflower? Recipe please

recovering_spendaholic

I like cauliflower curry - it's really easy. you just fry a chopped onion and a chopped apple in a little veg oil and then stir in some curry powder. Throw in the florretted cauliflower and add about half a pint of water, 2 tbs of lemon juice, a tsp of sugar, salt and a big spoon of mango chutney (I add raisins but I know they aren't to everyone's taste). Put on a lid and let the cauli steam for about 8 minutes and then remove it and set aside. Boil the liquid to reduce it a bit and then thicken it with about half a cup of natural yoghurt mixed with 2 tsps of cornflour. Taste for seasoning and add back the cauli and stir to coat. Serve with rice and naan and it's lovely!

purpleivy

Curried cauli soup....errm Not sure where I have the recipe for that.... even if I had a recipe ever.

I would use an onion, gently fried till soft, a tbsp or 2 of curry paste or powder ( I think I always used paste for this) mix in. Add veg stock and cauli, salt and pepper. Simmer till cauli is tender, add a couple of good tbsp powdered milk and then blitz with stick blender. If consistency isn't good, then adjust by adding more liquid or thickening with a little cornflour. I suppose I would use a small-med cauli to about 1 litre of water.

Sorry this is a bit imprecise, but soup tends to be like that with me.


When I used to work for a well known tea room chain in NYorks, beginning with a B, we made a cauliflower salad. It was simply cauliflower broken into litlle florets, chopped spring onions, shredded iceberg lettuce and mayonnaise.

metherer

I found out that it goes really nicely with peppercorn sauce.
DH and I were down to noodles, cauli, and the sauce, and actually it made quite a nice meal.

Justamum

purpleivy wrote: »

When I used to work for a well known tea room chain in NYorks, beginning with a B, we made a cauliflower salad. It was simply cauliflower broken into litlle florets, chopped spring onions, shredded iceberg lettuce and mayonnaise.

I went there in Harrogate many years ago. Very nice from what I remember.

Thanks for all the replies. I'll give them a go.

liz545

I'm not really a big fan of cauliflower, but I've been getting lots of it in my veg box, and this recipe for cauliflower popcorn's been a good standby:

Preheat oven to 200c
Chop the cauli into florets, and toss with 2-3 tbsp olive oil & 1 tsp salt until well coated and then place it in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet and roast for 25-30 mins. There will be some residual olive oil in the big bowl you used to toss the cauliflower. If not, add another tablespoon or two. Add 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs, garlic, and chili powder/herbs/black pepper or whatever takes your fancy, and mix well.

After the cauliflower has been baking for about 15-20 minutes anything in contact with the pan should be nicely browned. Pull the pan out of the oven, give it a good shake then sprinkle the entire pan with the breadcrumb mixture. Return the pan to the oven and finish with another ten minutes or so. The cauliflower should be tender throughout and the breadcrumbs nicely toasted. Serve hot!

Skint_Catt

Sorry to hijak, but instead of starting my own and it getting merged anyway I thought I'd ask on here.

I'm not the biggest fan of cauliflower either, but bought one at the weekend to make OH cauliflower cheese tomorrow night (is it just plain cheese sauce over the top?). Is there anything I can do to make it a little bit moer exciting though? We eat a lot of spicy things already so not interested in the curry or soup. I was going to just chop frankfurters into it, but still sounds boring.

kunekune

The cauliflower popcorn is good - I just call it roast cauliflower, and it is my favourite method of eating cauliflower.

Another thing you can do with it is cook it till it is softer than usual and then mash with milk and butter to make something that looks like mashed potato. It's a mainstay of low-carb diets but actually tastes fabulous.

My third idea is to turn it into tempura - just dip the florets in the batter and deep fry, serve with a suitable dipping sauce.

Justamum

Skint_Catt wrote: »

I'm not the biggest fan of cauliflower either, but bought one at the weekend to make OH cauliflower cheese tomorrow night (is it just plain cheese sauce over the top?). Is there anything I can do to make it a little bit moer exciting though? We eat a lot of spicy things already so not interested in the curry or soup. I was going to just chop frankfurters into it, but still sounds boring.

That's basically how I would make a cauliflower cheese, then you could put it in the oven to go brown on top. I suppose you could use it as a side dish to go with the frankfurters.

purpleivy

I used to do some rashers of bacon, cut up and fried with mushrooms and onions as a 'topping'

purpleivy

Justamum wrote: »

I went there in Harrogate many years ago. Very nice from what I remember.

Thanks for all the replies. I'll give them a go.

That was the one I worked in!