Cauliflower Dum

This North Indian dish of cauliflower coated with a thick, mellow tomato-onion sauce is really a treasure. Dum cooking means slow cooking in a tightly sealed heavy pot, a form of steaming. Flavors intensify during the slow cooking, and the cauliflower is transformed into a meltingly tender vegetable. You can dum cook on the stove top, but we usually prefer to bake this so that the stove top is left free for other cooking, and so we can forget about it until it’s ready.