- Preparation time
- 20 mins
- Cooking time
- 10 mins
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Serves
- 2 people
- Meal course
- Main course
- Posted on
- October 30, 2020
- 1 no.
- Capsicum
- 2 no.
- Carrot
- 1 1/2 bunch
- Cauliflower
- 1/4 no.
- cabbage
- 5 no.
- Button mushroom
- 1 bunch
- Spring onion
- 1 no.
- Onion
- 6 no.
- Garlic cloves
- 3 tblspn
- Sesame oil
- 3 tspn
- Sesame seed
- 1 tblspn
- Soya sauce
- 1 cup
- Water
- 1 tblspn
- Chilli flakes
- 3 tspn
- Salt
- 1 tspn
- Pepper powder
- 2 tspn
- Roasted Peanut
- 2 inch
- Ginger
Cauliflower rice is an easy low carb option and can be flavoured easily as per our palate. It is nothing but grated or coarsely ground cauliflower with a similar texture of millets. Chinese cauliflower rice is mildly spiced with chinese ingredients and lot of vegetables making it a completely healthy meal.
Method:
- Finely chop vegetables such as 1/4 cup cabbage,2 carrots,1 capsicum, 1/4-1/2 cup spring onions,5 mushrooms.
- I pressure baked the vegetables in a 2L cooker with 2 tblspn water and salt,pepper powder for 1 whistle on high. You can alternatively fry it in pan separately till just cooked, but this saves time.
- Take 1.5 bunch of cauliflower or 2 bunches if it is small. Separate the florets, cut down the thick stalk as much as possible.
- Wash them well in cold and hot water . Drain and pulse it in mixer for just few seconds once or twice.
- Keep checking as it could easily turn mushy. I made in two batches to get coarse grains.
- In a clean towel, add the ground rice and squeeze excess water.
- Make them fluffy again and it should be dry.
- In a bowl,add 1 tblspn dark soy sauce,2 tblspn water,2 inch crushed ginger,1 tblspn chilli flakes.
- Chop 5 garlic cloves, medium onion finely. Add sesame or gingelly oil in a heavy bottom wok/pan.
- Add a tspn of black and white sesame seeds. Let it slightly splutter.
- Add the cooked vegetables and toss slightly to remove any moisture left while cooking. Keep it aside.
- Add 2 tspn oil,garlic,onion,mushrooms and toss it on high flame. Add cauliflower rice and 1 tspn salt.
- Bring to medium or low flame, stir it loosely for 3-5 minutes. You can sprinkle some water occasionally to avoid burning.
- There will be a slight brownish colour change. Cook cauliflower for the softness you need. Do not make it mushy.
- Once it is 3/4 done, quickly add vegetables, spring onions and bring to high flame.
- After 2 min, add soya sauce mixture and mix well.
- Roast some peanuts and add it finally for crunchiness.
Switch off and serve warm.
- For a fool proof method, stir vegetables separately (even if not using pressure cooker) and remove moisture completely before adding to cauliflower rice.
- You can add some more sesame seeds at last, sliced almonds too.
- You can use butter along with oil for frying for a nice flavour. Soya can be replaced with lemon juice for kids friendly version.
- Increase salt,pepper,sourness as per your taste. More milder version can be only garlic,ginger,lemony, butter tossed cauliflower rice.
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