Name: Cauliflower & Pomegranate Pilau (Gobi Pilau)
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 400 g (2 cups) basmati rice; 30 g (scant ¼ cup) golden sultanas (optional) Seeds of a pomegranate; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt; 1 cinnamon stick; 5 green cardamom pods, bruised; 3 cm (1¼ inches) ginger, peeled and minced (1 tablespoon); 2 teaspoons garam masala; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 2 medium cauliflowers (600 g/1 lb 5 oz); 4 tablespoons ghee; 1 teaspoon fine sea salt; 2 green finger chillies; 80 g (½ cup) blanched almonds; Juice of a lemon; 2 teaspoons brown sugar; 120 g (4¼ oz) coriander (cilantro); handful toasted flaked almonds

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Nutmeg Trail

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2022

About

I present to you a treasure-trove of tasty morsels, waiting to be unearthed from a mound of fragrant rice. The bounty here is cauliflower, browned and buttery, and beautiful sultanas, like edible topaz. Turmeric lends its Midas touch to the spice-swollen rice grains, offset by a flourish of glassy, sweet- sour pomegranate jewels. This dish is delicate by design to showcase the floral flavour of rice, in contrast to the loudness of a biryani.