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Cauliflower Biryani Salad

by Simon Rimmer, Tim Lovejoy from The Sunday Brunch Cookbook

Serves 6

This easy, flavour-packed Cauliflower Biryani Salad recipe from The Sunday Brunch Cookbook makes a delicious lunch or a light weeknight supper. Full of wholesome veggies, this vegan-friendly recipe will leave you feeling satisfied and nourished.

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Introduction

Another outing for the wonder-ingredient that is cauliflower, this time in a lightly spiced salad that is chock full of crunch. While it can be made ahead and stored in the fridge, this salad is best served at room temperature, so fridge it before adding the dressing. When ready to serve, bring the salad back up to room temperature and then add the dressing.

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Ingredients

1 tbspground turmeric
1 headcauliflower, cut or broken into large florets
40mlwhite wine vinegar
75mlextra virgin olive oil
For the paste:
1onion, roughly chopped
5cmpiece of fresh ginger, roughly chopped
3garlic cloves, roughly chopped
1 tbspcurry powder
2 tspground cumin
50mlvegetable oil
2red chillies, chopped
For the quinoa salad:
400gcooked quinoa (from a packet, or from 200g uncooked)
100gfrozen peas, defrosted
100gfine green beans (kept raw), halved
50gcashews, toasted
A handfulchopped coriander
For the carrot garnish
4carrots, cut into fine matchsticks
1 tspgranulated sugar
Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
3cm piecefresh ginger, grated
5gcumin seeds, toasted

Essential kit

You will need: a food processor.

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C fan/200°C/Gas 6.

For the carrot garnish, combine all the ingredients and leave for at least 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, bring a pan of water to the boil and add the turmeric. Blanch the cauliflower florets in the turmeric water for 1 minute, then refresh in cold water and drain.

Blitz all the ingredients for the paste in food processor, blending until smooth.

Gently fry the paste in a frying pan for 4 minutes, then cool.

Take one third of the paste and rub it over the cauliflower florets. Spread out on a roasting tray and roast for 6 minutes.

Blend the rest of the paste with the vinegar and oil, to make a dressing.

Mix the salad ingredients together and fold in the dressing.

Serve the quinoa salad topped with the roasted cauliflower florets and carrot garnish.

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