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Cauliflower with coconut and lemon
This is quite similar to my coconut
cauliflower recipe. I think it's quicker and easier to prepare,
but maybe I'm just imagining things. I certainly planned it as a quick
dish. I made it on a day when I was decorating my flat. I find that
painting always takes longer than predicted and, as usual I was finishing
the last wee bit when I should have been well into cooking the evening
meal. I also find that painting is much more difficult with long hair.
I was trying to paint a hard-to-reach pipe in the corner of the bathroom
and I couldn't figure out how the paint was getting onto the tiles beside
my head. Then I realised my hair had been getting into the paint pot.
That added a good few minutes onto the whole process, by the time I
had cleaned the tiles.
Luckily, on that day, like on most days in our house, there were some
left overs in the fridge. I found some dhal, boiled rice and spicy potatoes.
There was also a large piece of raw cauliflower and I thought I could
do something with that while the other things were heating up. I did,
and that's why I think this is a quick recipe.
I had green paint in my hair for a week after that day.
Ingredients
1 medium cauliflower, leaves discarded, cut into florets
1 small onion finely chopped
1 or 2 cloves of garlic
1 tsp. whole mustard seeds
1/2 tsp. each of whole cumin and whole coriander seeds, roughly
pounded
1/3 tsp. turmeric powder
2 cups of coconut milk
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Chopped green coriander
Vegetable oil for frying
Salt
Heat a little oil in the pan and when it's hot, throw in the
mustard seeds and a few seconds later, the chopped onion and pounded
cumin and coriander seeds. Stir and lift the pan off the heat
if it seems a bit too hot. After a few minutes of cooking, add
the cauliflower florets and stir till they're covered in oil,
seeds etc. Fry for a few minutes more, then add the coconut milk,
turmeric and salt. Bring to the boil then turn the heat down a
little and cover the pan. Simmer until the cauliflower is soft
enough to stick a fork in but not falling apart. Add the lemon
juice and green corriander at the end of cooking time.