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Spicy Baked Cauliflower Bites

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Roasted_Cauliflower-6Baked, Crispy, spicy and super easy to make!

I made this as a side dish for spinach curry ( keerai moolagootal in tamil). It was yummy. I always like to have something crispy when I make spinach. So I thought of making Cauliflower gobi 65. But did not want to fry for two reasons that I wanted to have healthy food and second is I did not have oil at home. I was so lazy to buy them so stayed home and made these cauliflower bites. It was just so crispy and perfect that I was wondering why I did not make these for so long.

It is a perfect snack and perfect side dish for rice and curry!

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You can replace this cauliflower with any vegetable for this paste. Try aloo( potato), broccoli, mushroom, babycorn. Everything will be extraordinary. Even simple onion would be great when marinated in this paste and fried.

It is kid friendly as its not spicy. You can spice up the recipe more/less by adding/reducing chilli powder.

If you are looking for other cauliflower/gobi recipes:  aloo gobi( potato peas masala), cauliflower mint fry and  roasted chickpeas cauliflower taco.

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Spicy Baked Cauliflower Bites
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Recipe type: Appetizer
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Serves: 50 mins
 
Ingredients
  • • Cauliflower - 1 medium
  • • Black pepper powder – 1 tsp
  • • Fennel powder – ½ tsp
  • • Red chilli powder – 2 tsp
  • • Oilve oil – 3 tbsp
  • • Salt – as needed
  • • Garnish- curry leaves/ onion/ lemon/ green chilli[tp grind]
  • Garlic - 5 pods
  • Corainder seeds - 1 tsp
  • ginger - 1 inch, chopped
Instructions
  1. Wash and separate the cauliflower florets from cauliflower. Cut them bite size pieces. You don’t want it to be big chunks, as it’s hard to boil as we are just baking and not boiling. blanch the cauliflower for 5 minutes in hot water.
  2. Crush the garlic,garlic and coriander seeds.
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  3. Take a broad vessel; add the cauliflower, crushed paste,chilli powder, pepper powder, fennel powder, salt and little oil. Mix them well. Set aside for 10 minutes.Coriander powder also.
  4. bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes for 180 degree Celsius and spray the rest of the oil. Bake the cauliflower batch by batch.
    You can bake them till they look crispy outside. you can rotate the sheet once every 15 minutes.
  5. Finally garnish with lemon, onion slice, curry leaves and serve.
Notes
1. You can increase/ decrease spice powder according to your spice level.
2. If you want it crispier, add some rice flour.
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Perfect snack or side dish for rasam or dal and rice.

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Cauliflower Malligae/ Cauliflower Fry

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CauliflowermalligaeCauliflower malligae is a dish famous in Mangalore. The cauliflower is marinated in garlic mint coriander paste and deep-fried. It is a perfect appetizer. The renowned dish in India using cauliflower is gobi 65. It is a fried cauliflower dish where the cauliflower/gobi marinated in chilli powder and deep fried.I will post the recipe of that soon.  So, this cauliflower malligae recipe is something distinct and tasty.

I heard about this recipe on a cookery show, so just tweaked it here and there. It is a very quick, easy recipe. It’s too hard to resist without having them when frying. that’s the biggest problem 😉 when I drop the next set in oil, I keep munching the fried ones 🙂 . You will understand when you fry them. And you can have them as snack or for jeera rice.

The paste that we use here is fresh grinded paste. You can store it for 4-5 days. It can be served as chutneys for dosa,paniyaram. Can even be used to prepare biryani. Can be used for variety rice by just sautéing them and adding it to rice, it taste great.

You can replace this cauliflower with any vegetable for this paste. Try aloo( potato), broccoli, mushroom, babycorn. Everything will be extraordinary. Even simple onion would be great when marinated in this paste and fried.

It is kid friendly as its not spicy. You can spice up the recipe more/less by adding/reducing green chillies.

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CAULIFLOWER MALLIGAE / CAULIFLOWER
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • Cauliflower - 1 medium
  • Rice flour – ½ cup
  • Corn flour – 1 tbsp
  • Salt – as needed[b]To grind:Mint – ½ cup
  • Coriander – ½ cup
  • Green chillies - 6
  • Garlic – 5
  • Ginger – ½ inch
  • Cumin -1/2 tbsp
  • Curry leaves – 5-6
  • Garnish: curry leaves/ onion/ lemon
Instructions
  1. Wash and separate the cauliflower florets from cauliflower. Cut them bite size pieces. You don’t want it to be big chunks, as it’s hard to boil as we are just frying in oil and not boiling. Soak the cauliflower in hot water for 3 minutes to remove any insects.
  2. Grind all the ingredients under “to grind” in a blender to a smooth paste. Add 1 tbsp of water when blending. Don’t add more.
  3. Take a broad vessel; add the cauliflower, rice flour, corn flour, salt and the blended paste. Mix them well. Add water if needed. Set aside for 15 minutes.
  4. Heat oil in a pan, add the cauliflower batch by batch and fry them in a medium flame. You can fry them till they look crispy outside.
  5. Finally add the curry leaves in the oil and fry them.
  6. Garnish with curry leaves,onion and lemon.
Notes
1. You can increase/ decrease green chillies according to your spice level.
2. If you want it crispier, add more rice flour.
3. If you have grounded the paste watery, add more corn flour.
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Serve hot as a snack or as a side for jeera/ghee rice.

Roasted Cauliflower Chickpeas Taco With Cilantro Lime Crema

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Taco_Relishthebite-5Cauliflower and chickpeas marinated and roasted in oven and then placed in corn tacos topped with avocado and Cilantro Lime crema. This combination makes the dish juicy and crunchy. This dish is very healthy and also palatable. They look beautiful when you plate them. I always love Mexican food. Burritos, tostadas, taco ..enchiladas. My personal favorite is enchiladas. There is a nearby Mexican restaurant to my place called “ 3 amigos”. I Just love their enchiladas. Whenever I think of outside food, my first choice would be “enchiladas”. Oh la la la! As I type, I got the craving for it already 😀 But it takes some time , so my next choice would be tacos . You can always do your own taco plate with the veggies/meat you have at home. Just top it with some spices and colourful veggies to make it vibrant.

Taco_Relishthebite-3Last night I made this roasted cauliflower and chickpea tacos with lime cilantro crema. I usually make tacos with different veggies or chicken. But this time I had cauliflower at home, so wanted to make it with that. That’s how I cook mostly, whatever I have in refrigerator; I make a dish with that.

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I mixed up the cauliflower and chickpeas in the spice mixture. The spice mixture contains cumin powder, chili powder, pepper, garlic powder, oil and fresh limejuice. I placed them in oven for thirty minutes till they got crispy texture. I started tasting them right after I took it from the oven, I would have finished it up straight 😀 but i wanted to do this dish 😉 so placed them in tacos with this fresh crema 🙂 It was really yummy! Quick and tasty thumbsup I used store bought corn tortillas. Will make my corn tortilla sometime 🙂 and post the recipe soon 🙂 To make the cilantro lime crema vegan, you can use vegan sour cream or yogurt.


 

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CAULIFLOWER CHICKPEAS TACO WITH CILANTRO LIME CREMA
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Mexican
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Serves: 10 tacos
 
Ingredients
  • For the Cauliflower chickpeas mixture:
  • Cauliflower - 1 small washed cut into small florets
  • Chickpeas - 15oz can washed and drained
  • Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
  • cumin powder - 2 tsp
  • garlic powder - 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder - 1 tsp
  • onion powder - 1 tsp
  • salt - 1 tbsp
  • fresh lime juice - 1 tbsp
  • olive oil - 1 tbsp
    For the tacos:
  • Corn tortillas
  • Avacado - 1 ( seed removed and diced)
  • Spring onions - ¼ cup chopped
  • Cilantro - ¼ cup chopped
  • Red onions - ½ cup chopped
    For the cilantro Lime Crema:
  • Sour cream - 1 cup
  • fresh lime juice - ¼ cup
  • cilantro - ¼ cup chopped
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Take a bowl and mix together cauliflower, chickpeas, red chilli powder, garlic powder, pepper powder, cumin powder, salt, lime juice, olive oil, and water.
  3. Take a baking pan, Place seasoned chickpeas and cauliflower. Roast for 30-40minutes, stirring occasionally which will make all sides of the cauliflower to crispy state. You can stop it when you see that the chickpeas and cauliflower are slightly crispy and cauliflower is tender. Remove from oven and set aside.
  4. To make the cilantro lime mix the sour cream, fresh limejuice, chopped cilantro, chopped French onions, salt and pepper, to taste.
  5. Take a corn tortilla and place roasted cauliflower and chickpeas on top. Top with red onions, avocado, spring onions and cilantro. Drizzle some cilantro lime crema over the tacos and enjoy!!!
Notes
1. You can add jalapeños and red cabbage instead of red onions. They give great color and flavour.
2. You can replace sour cream with Greek yogurt. it gives the same fresh taste.
3. To make the cilantro lime crema vegan, you can use vegan sour cream or yogurt.
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