roasted cauliflower with cumin, coriander and almonds

servings
4

method

When most people think of ways to cook cauliflower they will come up with either boiling or gratinating - I'm sure this is the same for you. It may seem strange, but cauliflower is absolutely fantastic when lightly roasted, especially with herbs, spices, cheeses or breadcrumbs. It develops a really incredible flavor that I'm well impressed by. Here's a recipe I made up that is Indian-ish in style. But, hey, it's not about points for authenticity - it's about whether it's delicious or not and I think it is! Please try this one.

Preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Blanch the cauliflower in salted boiling water for a couple of minutes then drain in a colander, allowing it to steam dry (you don't want any water left in your cauliflower or it won't roast properly). Toss it in a good glug of olive oil and the butter. In a pestle and mortar, bash your spices and chillies with a pinch of salt, then mix them with your almonds and put in a hot, dry ovenproof pan to slowly toast them. After a couple of minutes, add the cauliflower. When it gets a nice bit of color on it, add the lemon zest and juice and mix around well. Fry for about a minute longer then pop the pan into the preheated oven for about 15 minutes to crisp up.

• from Cook With Jamie

ingredients

• 1 head of cauliflower, outer green leaves removed, broken into florets
• sea salt
• olive oil
• a knob of butter
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• 1-2 dried red chillies
• a handful of blanched almonds, smashed
zest and juice of 1 lemon

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1. by Maria on Sat 12 Nov 2011 @ 14:00

Dear Jamie, this recipe is superb, simply delicious and so simple! I'm Spanish and we've got a couple of recipes of ourselves over here but to be honest I was a bit tired of them, this one is so tasty and easy to make. Also my partner is a vegetarian and I find it difficult to find nice things to cook for him, this one is going to blow his senses off! hahaha thanks so much. I'm new here at your webpage but be sure I'm going to repeat some of your things. Lovely! xx Maria<br /> PS Sorry if there were any mistakes in my English!

2. by liana on Fri 14 Oct 2011 @ 22:20

it SOUNDS tasty (and i'm trying it as i type!), but i was a TAD confused on the method. so put the pan into the oven for a bit to heat it, then toast and fry while it's out of the oven, then re-insert? clever!

3. by mera on Wed 10 Aug 2011 @ 13:34

I cooked this recipe today and it is absolutely delicious! Normally I dislike cauliflower, but like this I loved it. <br /> <br /> I found that it was already very good after cooking in the pan and putting it in the oven didn't add much, so in my opinion you can skip the last part in the oven and save some energy :)

4. by Maj Hool on Sat 30 Apr 2011 @ 22:23

good food

5. by Lisi on Fri 19 Jun 2009 @ 12:26

I cooked it just a second ago...I didn't put in into the oven but cooked it in a pan, I added breadcrumbs as well and I really love it. Thank you!

6. by rads on Mon 02 Mar 2009 @ 04:27

I'm and indian and cauli is a staple. But this was one is much better than the cooked to death dishes I've eaten in my childhood. Although the spices are the same. good one jamie

7. by Charlie on Thu 22 Jan 2009 @ 16:53

Fabulous dish. Deep, rich, flavors and an excellent texture. We buy vegetables form our local market (in the Peloponnese) where everything is sold in huge quantities to cater for extended Greek families. So I couldn't buy a single cauliflower, it had to be a small sackful, and there's only two of us. Consequently we've been eating cauliflower in various manifestations for most of the week and my wife was, to say the least, getting rather bored with them... But she loved this dish and scoffed the lot. Incidentally my favorite local restaurant (Nautilus) is owned by a Jamie fan - he even has the same haircut. We often recognize dishes that have come from a JO cookbook...

8. by Nene on Sat 18 Oct 2008 @ 16:23

I am not sure about this dish. It definitely has a surprising taste, but there are too many flavours, all fighting each other.

9. by sumpingrey on Thu 05 Jun 2008 @ 17:07

super recipe. i am a huge fan of ur simple, enthusiastic and colorful cooking, it looks good and frm the little i have dared to try at home, tastes good too. am on my way through the Jamie at Home series that i adore and on my way to buying ur latest cookbook. atta boy!

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