Cauliflower pilau with smoked tofu
This was inspired by a recipe I saw on BBC Eat Well for Less. I must admit,
I hadn’t jumped on the cauliflower rice trend until now – it really is delicious!
I hadn’t jumped on the cauliflower rice trend until now – it really is delicious!
Ingredients
For the pickled onions
- 1 red onion finely sliced
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
For the pilau
- Oil
- 1 onion peeled and diced
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and minced
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- 1 cauliflower coarsely grated
- 2 sweet peppers deseeded and finely diced
- 2 carrots grated
- 100 g frozen peas defrosted
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1 bay leaf
- 400 g tinned green lentils drained
- 200 g smoked tofu cut into cubes
- Salt
- Pepper
- 2 tbsp parsley roughly chopped
- 4 tbsp greek yogurt
Instructions
- Put the onion slices and lemon juice in a bowl and set aside
- Heat some oil in a pan and add the diced onion; cook for 5-8 minutes until completely softened
- Add the garlic, cumin, coriander and garam masala and cook for 1 minute before stirring in the grated cauliflower
- Add the peppers; stir; cook for 2 minutes
- Stir in the grated carrot
- Crumble the stock cube into the pan; add 500ml of boiling water and the bay leaf
- Stir well; bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 4 minutes
- Stir in the peas and drained lentils and gently cook for another 4 minutes
- Meanwhile, heat some oil in another pan and gently fry the smoked tofu until browned on all sides
- Taste and season the pilau and stir through the parsley
- Once served finish each plate with a dollop of yogurt and some of the pickled onions and tofu cubes
Notes
Note: I use my food processor to grate the carrot and cauliflower (and don’t forget the stalks – they can go in as well!)
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