Roasted Cauliflower with Spinach Tahini Sauce

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Don’t we all love cauliflower? I thought of calling it Cauliflower steak, but I really want to enjoy this as a roasted cauliflower dish without the term ‘steak’ hovering over it. And, a lip-smacking spinach tahini sauce, am sure y’all will love it. The most important feature of this dish is the way you cut the cauliflower. Take a knife and start slicing the cauliflower with everything intact.

This roasted cauliflower has a special spice rub. Takes under 10 minutes to prep, another 40 minutes to roast, you could do them all in under an hour. Spinach tahini sauce is my new favorite. Goes excellent as salad dressing as well. Loaded with spinach, this is a healthier twist on an authentic tahini sauce, yum 🙂

You need: 

For the Spice rub 

• Cumin seeds-1 tsp
• Fennel seeds-1 tsp
• Red Chili Flakes- 1/2 tsp
• Onion flakes-1 tsp
• Garlic flakes-1 tsp
• Pepper-1/2 tsp
• Salt-1 tsp
• Cornstarch-1 tsp

For roasting cauliflower

• Cauliflower sliced-3 pieces
• Olive oil-1.5 tsp

For Spinach Tahini Sauce

• Spinach-loosely packed-1/2 cup
• Tahini-1/4 cup
• Garlic-1 very small clove-else it gets really garlick’y’
• Lemon juice-1 Tbsp
• Water-1/4 cup
• Salt-to taste
• Agave-1 tsp (optional)

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 170 celcius to 340 F.

For the Spice rub 

• Dry roast all the spices except cornstarch and pound in mortar and pestle
• Add cornstarch to the pounded spices, mix well.

For roasting cauliflower

• Slice the cauliflower into thick slices.
• Rub the spices on the cauliflower slices evenly-on both sides
• Drizzle olive oil.
• Roast for 15 mins, flip once and roast for another 20 minutes.
• By this time, cauliflower will be very very tender. Flip the tray onto a plate to ensure cauliflower doesn’t fall apart

For Spinach Tahini Sauce

• Blitz all the ingredients in a tiny-blender/food processor until smooth and creamy
• Drizzle over the roasted cauliflower and enjoy 🙂

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Roasted Cauliflower with Spinach Tahini Sauce

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

40 mins

Total time

50 mins

 

Roasted Cauliflower in a special spice rub with a spinach, tahini sauce

Author: Charanya

Recipe type: Main & Sides

Cuisine: English, Lebanese

Serves: 3 pieces, ¾ cup of tahini sauce

Ingredients

For the Spice rub:

• Cumin seeds-1 tsp
• Fennel seeds-1 tsp
• Red Chili Flakes- ½ tsp
• Onion flakes-1 tsp
• Garlic flakes-1 tsp
• Pepper-1/2 tsp
• Salt-1 tsp
• Cornstarch-1 tsp

For roasting cauliflower:

• Cauliflower sliced-3 pieces
• Olive oil-1.5 tsp

For Spinach Tahini Sauce:

• Spinach-loosely packed-1/2 cup
• Tahini-1/4 cup
• Garlic-1 very small clove-else it gets really garlick’y’
• Lemon juice-1 Tbsp
• Water-1/4 cup
• Salt-to taste
• Agave-1 tsp (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 170 celcius to 340 F.

For the Spice rub:

1. Dry roast all the spices except cornstarch and pound in mortar and pestle
2. Add cornstarch to the pounded spices, mix well.

For roasting cauliflower:

1. Slice the cauliflower into thick slices.
2. Rub the spices on the cauliflower slices evenly-on both sides
3. Drizzle olive oil.
4. Roast for 15 mins, flip once and roast for another 20 minutes.
5. By this time, cauliflower will be very very tender. Flip the tray onto a plate to ensure cauliflower doesn’t fall apart

For Spinach Tahini Sauce:

1. Blitz all the ingredients in a tiny-blender/food processor until smooth and creamy
2. Drizzle over the roasted cauliflower and enjoy 🙂

Notes

Adding agave in spinach sauce for a sweet kick. I did not add any sweetener.
Be careful when you flip cauliflower and when you transfer to a plate. They tend break & fall apart.

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