Aromatic Cauliflower Rice

Name: Aromatic Cauliflower Rice
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 g/7 oz/1 cup basmati rice; handful of fresh coriander/cilantro (roughly chopped, if wished); 30 g/1 oz/3 tbsp cashew nuts, roughly chopped; 2 cloves; 1 dried red chilli; 2.5 cm/1 in piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped or grated; 30 g/1 oz/3 tbsp ready-made crispy onions; 1 small cinnamon stick; salt, to taste; 1 tbsp tomato purée/paste; 2 handfuls of frozen peas; 400 ml/14 fl oz/1⅔ cups water; 2 Indian bay leaves; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1–2 green chillies, finely sliced; 1 tsp ground coriander; ½ tsp ground turmeric; juice of ½ lemon; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp ground cumin; ½ small head of cauliflower, chopped into small florets, stalks roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

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Meat Free Mowgli

By Nisha Katona

Published 2022

About

Sometimes you just want to cook a smaller meal and this recipe is exactly that. Super easy to make, it makes a meal for two in just one pan, but it can also be scaled up if needed. In the interest of speed and ease, I’ve used ready-made crispy onions – the cheat’s way to those caramelized onions often found in Indian rice dishes. It is also unusual for me to use whole spices, but I find that for aromatic rice it’s the only way to achieve a really deep flavour. This works very well enjoyed w