Cauliflower with Mustard

Name: Cauliflower with Mustard
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) cauliflower, broken into small florets; 3 mild green chillies, seeded and finely chopped; ½ onion, finely chopped; 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) cauliflower, broken into small florets; 2 teaspoons kalonji (nigella seeds); 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; 2 teaspoons black mustard seeds; 2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2-3 tablespoons mustard oil or oil; 2-3 tablespoons mustard oil or oil; 1 teaspoon tamarind purée

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food of India

By Priya Wickramasinghe and Carol Selva Rajah

Published 2005

About

This is a lovely dish using cauliflower and many spices. In india, the variations of this dish all put the emphasis on quite different spice combinations. This mustardy one goes well with rice and pieces of roti but is also a good accompaniment to meat dishes.

Ingredients

2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds
2 teaspoons black mustard seeds
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Asia
India
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Grind the mustard seeds together to a fine powder in a spice grinder or pestle and mortar. Mix with the turmeric, tamarind purée and 125 ml (½ cup) water to form a smooth, quite liquid paste.

Heat