Name: Spiced cauliflower with eggs
Yield: Serves 4 as a side dish
Cuisine: Burmese
Ingredients: 2 large free-range eggs; handful of coriander leaves; sea salt; 500 g cauliflower florets; walnut-sized piece fresh root ginger; 2 rounded teaspoons ground turmeric; 100 ml hot water; 2 tablespoons groundnut oil; ½-1 level teaspoon chilli powder, or 1 rounded teaspoon chilli flakes; 3 large cloves garlic; 1 tablespoon fish sauce; juice of ½ lemon; 2 rounded teaspoons sesame seeds

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Orchards in the Oasis

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 2010

About

Cauliflowers are plentiful in markets all over Burma and they are typically cooked in healthy and delicious ways. I ate something like this almost every day while travelling in Burma. Once the ingredients are prepared and ready, this dish can be on the table in minutes.

Ingredients

500 g cauliflower florets
walnut-sized piece fresh root ginger
3 large cloves garlic

Asia
Myanmar (Burma)
Side dish
Main course
Pescatarian
South East Asia
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Slice the cauliflower florets thinly. Peel the ginger and garlic and slice both into the thinnest possible slivers.

Pour the hot water into a measuring jug, stir in the turmeric, then add the lemon juice and fish sauce.

Heat the groundnut oil in a wok over a medium heat, then add the sliced cauliflower and stir around for a minute or two until it begins to soften; it should stil

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