Cauliflower Clementine Masala

[djd]

I have often seen recipes for cauliflower rice and finally decided to try one.  No, it doesn’t taste anything like rice but yes, it is an interesting way to prepare cauliflower.  Inspired by 

 

I made a variation of Michelle's recipe (1/2 cup raw cashews, 1 Tbs garam masala, 1 Tbs fresh chopped ginger, and 3/4 cup or so of water).  I used walnuts instead of cashews.  I added garlic and parsley in addition to the ginger and garam masala.  Something seemed to be missing.  I tried adding tomato to my cauliflower and that was better.  My husband said maybe vinegar but that didn’t seem quite right to me, then I thought orange.  So tonight I added the juice of a clementine to what was left over of the sauce and two clementines to the cauliflower.  This complements the spice.  I will probably make this again.  The cauliflower is chopped in a food processor with the S blade.  The sauce is made in a blender.  Mix well before eating.

 

[Gill Cooke]

I've tried cauliflower rice/cauliflower couscous dishes several times before and never really loved them - then I made it again recently, kind of inspired by this recipe, with a small, local cauli from my veg-box scheme - it was delicious.  My conclusion was that the quality of the cauliflower is crucial!  I do mine like a couscous - with apricots, pistachios, parsely, tomatoes if I have them, raisins, curry powder, some olive oil and lemon juice - I like the texture of that mixture

[meherbani Kaur]

I tried Root Rice: Parsnip and Sesame

parsnips, pine nuts, toasted sesame oil, salt & pepper, chives and black sesame seeds  served with Thai Broccoli, I loved it and nobody of the four others that I shared dinner with could figure out what the "rice" was.  I finally said, this was a vegetable that I never had growing up and my daughter said "parsnips" within 10 seconds.

[Judy O'Donnell]

I am sorry - this is looks ABSOLUTELY out-of-this-world. Clementines??!! I havee never heard of that. I am salivating as I write.

You know in India, they  sprinkle  oranges with salt and pepper, not with sugar. It is thought a savory dessert! I'm going to try this one on Monday evening.

Blessings to all

Judy

[djd]

Thank you Mae.  It's a funny feeling when I think well, now the whole Internet knows what dishes we have.  :-)

I used the clementines because we bought a crate of them and don't have any oranges at the moment.

The sauce makes a fair amount; one person should not eat it all in one go.

[Mae Jardine]

Your addition of the clementine juice sounds delicious, djd.  I'm going to give it a try but probably have to use regular orange juice.

You always share the nicest photos of your creations and display you recipes on such pretty dishware.  Thank You for sharing  : )