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Baldieheid · 2023-02-14T11:57:23+00:00

I'm not a big fan of cauliflower but bought one anyway, just to see what I could do with it. My mum used it 2 ways - attached and served plain, or in a soup with brocolli. What do you do with a cauliflower?

kateandme · 14/02/2023 16:33

Look up whole roasted ones.lovely recipes out there.
Also do it as steaks with a sprinkling of harissa on
Also
simply-delicious-food.com/crispy-beer-battered-cauliflower/

kateandme · 14/02/2023 16:36

It also goes really great in curries.that and brocoli added to a chicken curry👌
Tbh though I'm that person that likes veg as is anytime.so I'd happily have your boiled 😊

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Baldieheid · 14/02/2023 19:50

I love most veg, but cauliflower has seams just bored me. It seems to always be watery...
Still, I've loads of ideas now thank you, and I WILL explore it.

As an aside, I just managed to get DH to eat cabbage hidden in a stir fry. I just told him it was chinese leaves and he ate the lot. If I'd said cabbage, the plate would have been shoved away. Cauliflower will wait for another night.

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lmnabc · 14/02/2023 19:53

I haven't read all the replies but Jamie Oliver does a delicious roasted cauliflower

PrehistoricGarbageTruck · 14/02/2023 19:58

This is sooooo delicious- roasted with lamb meatballs.

thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/spiced-lamb-meatballs-with-sumac-roasted-cauliflower-and-pomegranate/

I dollop some plain yogurt on too and have flatbreads or naan.

Lentilweaver · 14/02/2023 20:04

Saute briefly with cumin, ginger, garlic, chilli powder, turmeric, garam masala and amchur/chaat masala if you have any. Roast in oven for 25 minutes at 180. Sprinkle with coriander and lemon juice.

aibutohavethisusername · 14/02/2023 20:06

Gochujang cauliflower

HelterSkelter224 · 14/02/2023 20:07

Baldieheid · 14/02/2023 12:06

Thanks. I thought about cauli cheese but I csnt see anyone else eating it....its macaroni cheese or death. Roasted sounds really nice though. I've got leftover Korean chicken breast for dinner tonight so I wonder if I could coat florets in panko crumbs, roast it and then have a dipping sauce on the side, sweet chilli maybe.

That sounds delicious

Jadviga · 14/02/2023 20:16

I always make it in a gratin with bechamel sauce.
First cook it in boiling water till you can easily slice through it with a knife. Meanwhile make your bechamel.
Strain the cauliflower, mash it roughly with a fork, mix it with the bechamel sauce. Put it all in a dish with grated cheese on top and cook in oven til the cheese is grilled. It's absolutely delicious, especially in winter.

lopsees · 14/02/2023 20:25

Cauliflower and chickpea curry

Oblomov23 · 14/02/2023 20:37

I love cauliflower. Roasted. Roasted steaks with paprika or Harissa. Cauliflower, chickpea and roasted sweet potato curry is good.

anomaly23 · 14/02/2023 20:37

Steamed to then be made into cauliflower cheese

Cooked in soup

Roasted in spices as a side dish for curry and leftovers then made into spiced cauliflower soup

eurochick · 14/02/2023 20:40

Roast with some broccoli, in some olive oil and some mix of spices I have to hand. Mix with a packet of cooked lentils or beans. Top with some nuts or crunchy seeds. Serve with hummus for a delicious healthy lunch.

Crumpetdisappointment · 14/02/2023 21:28

roasted and made into a curry
lots of recipes - it is even better the next day

WombatBombat · 14/02/2023 21:42

Spicy cauliflower and halloumi rice one pot.

I grill halloumi and steam cauliflower, fry off an onion & microwave one of those bags of rice. Then shove it in a pot with curry powder and tumeric, add peas and baby spinach.

autienotnaughty · 14/02/2023 21:58

Hairy bikers do a lovely cauliflower and coconut curry.

ZenNudist · 14/02/2023 22:13

I love cauliflower:
cauliflower cheese is a classic.

try macaroni cheese with cauliflower in it, I usually do Broccoli as well.

Roasted with anything spicy (olive oil and cheap lidl piri piri sauce is a fave, or just roasted at a pinch.

Rarely just steamed plain but i have been known to use it as a substitute for rice in curry when being healthy but i skip the stage of making cauliflower rice.
Roast and add to curry

Yesterday I Roasted it with a mix of chilli oil and garlic oil, also roasted peppers and red onion in olive oil. Then today i mixed the resulting veg with cous cous. I ate it tonight with greek salad of feta tomato cucumber and olives. Splashed with more olive oil and lifted with a dash of balsamic vinegar. Yum.

ZenNudist · 14/02/2023 22:14

eurochick · 14/02/2023 20:40

Roast with some broccoli, in some olive oil and some mix of spices I have to hand. Mix with a packet of cooked lentils or beans. Top with some nuts or crunchy seeds. Serve with hummus for a delicious healthy lunch.

This sounds amazing @eurochick what spices?

dishyrishi · 14/02/2023 22:19

Roasted

In macaroni cheese

As rice

Fried with spices like a steak

In curry

Very versatile

MmePoppySeedDefage · 14/02/2023 22:19

There are lots of good Italian recipes for pasta with cauliflower with anchovies and sultanas. Surprisingly delicious. Like this one:

www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jan/23/pasta-with-cauliflower-onion-and-anchovy-recipe-rachel-roddy

MmePoppySeedDefage · 14/02/2023 22:21

Oops the recipe we use uses sultanas: that uses currants. Very similar anyway.

EyesOnThePies · 14/02/2023 22:24

This is really good (I use half the amount of tomato)
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/roasted-aloo-gobi

AlisonDonut · 14/02/2023 22:26

Manchurian cauli.

www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/gobi-manchurian-recipe/

LemonDrizzles · 14/02/2023 23:14

Steam them used in butter chicken recipe

kateandme · 15/02/2023 11:27

Baldieheid · 14/02/2023 19:50

I love most veg, but cauliflower has seams just bored me. It seems to always be watery...
Still, I've loads of ideas now thank you, and I WILL explore it.

As an aside, I just managed to get DH to eat cabbage hidden in a stir fry. I just told him it was chinese leaves and he ate the lot. If I'd said cabbage, the plate would have been shoved away. Cauliflower will wait for another night.

Chinese tree??☺️☺️