Gobhi Mussallam ( Whole Cauliflower Barbecued Together With Served Inwards A Creamy Onion-Tomato Sauce)

Recently nosotros took our kids apple tree picking to a farm far far away inwards Long Island. This farm also had lot of fresh vegetables grown locally at the farm. While I came abode amongst a patch bounty of fresh vegetables, I peculiarly came abode amongst these humongous orange( cheddar) too white cauliflowers each of which weighed atleast 10 lbs!! Just to supply y'all amongst a mental visual: each cauliflower was every bit large too heavy every bit a huge watermelon! I also already had ii "big" shop bought cauliflowers sitting inwards my refrigerator. What did I practice amongst all these cauliflowers? Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 whole lot actually!! I made stir-fry amongst only cauliflowers, made sambar amongst cauliflower,made vegetable pulao, froze three gallon-sized freezer bags too of course of written report made this amazing dish called Gobhi Mussallam. I induce got been wanting to brand this dish for the longest now. I ever idea that the dish was also deadening to make! But it is not! I had to a greater extent than or less sauce set away inwards my freezer, so, I only marinated the cauliflower,baked it inwards the oven, heated upwardly too modified the frozen sauce, served the cauliflower inwards this sauce amongst to a greater extent than or less dainty peas Pulao. Yummy!!! The cauliflower was dainty too crunchy inwards the shine velvety sauce. Do plough over it a try. It volition last a new experience!

Recipe source: Neeta Kumar

Servings: 4-6

Ingredients:

Cauliflower: 1 whole medium head.

For marination:

Greek yogurt: 1 cup
Ginger garlic paste: ii tsp
Tandoori masala: three tsp
Kashmiri chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
Salt: to taste

For the sauce:

Oil: 2tbsp
Onions: ii medium chopped
Ginger: 1 inch, minced
garlic : 4-5 cloves, minced
Tomato glue : 1 can
Green chillies: four medium
Cashews: 6-8 ( optional)
Almonds : 4-6 ( optional)
Haldi( turmeric powder):1tsp
Coriander powder: 1tbsp
Cumin powder: 1tsp
Garam masala powder: 1 tsp
Chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
Kasoori methi ( dried fenugreek leaves): 1 tsp
Heavy cream: 1/2 cup( tin last substituted amongst almond milk/ kokosnoot milk)
Cilantro leaves: 1 tbsp chopped fine
Sugar:1/2 tsp
Salt: to taste

The Gobhi ( cauliflower):

Clean the cauliflower.

Blanch the cauliflower yesteryear keeping it inwards hot H2O that has a pinch of common salt inwards it for five minutes. Or only operate along it inwards the microwave for ii minutes.

Now marinate it amongst all the ingredients nether 'for marination'. Mix good too operate along it inwards the fridge for at to the lowest degree ii hours.

Line a baking tray amongst foil, house the cauliflower on it too bake it for 30-45 mins at 350 degrees inwards the oven turning ane time inwards between.

You know it is done when y'all tin cutting it easily amongst a fork. The cauliflower volition last crisp ( non mushy).

You could halt at this stage, cutting it into slices too serve every bit cauliflower "steak" amongst to a greater extent than or less rice or bread.

The sauce:

Make the sauce patch y'all are waiting for the cauliflower to last cooked.

Soak the cashew nuts too almonds inwards H2O for at to the lowest degree ii hours.Make a glue inwards the blender too operate along aside.

In a sauté pan/ wok estrus 1 tbsp petroleum too sauté chopped garlic, ginger,onion until it starts to wilt. Add the light-green chillies too sauté for a minute. Switch off the flaming too permit it cool. Once cooled, set it inwards a blender too brand a paste.

Heat the same wok/ sauté pan again, add together remaining oil. Keep the flaming on low.

Now add together the Earth onion-garlic-ginger-green chilli glue to it too sauté until it turns a trivial golden brown.

Add the tomato plant glue too sauté until it begins to operate out oil.

Now add together the haldi powder, coraiander too cumin powders too sauté for xxx seconds.

Add crimson chilli pulverization too garam masala too sauté for to a greater extent than or less other xx seconds.

Add the cashew-almond glue and 1/2 loving cup H2O to sparse the sauce. Let it simmer.

Add Kasoori methi, common salt too pinch of saccharide too mix well.

Add the 1/2 loving cup heavy cream, permit it simmer for 1-2 mins.

Putting it together:

To the higher upwardly sauce, add together the baked/ grilled whole cauliflower. Cover too permit it simmer for five minutes for it to all come upwardly together.

Garnish amongst cilantro leaves.

Serving:
Carve a piece of the cauliflower too serve it amongst a trivial sauce.

Serve hot amongst plainly rice/ jeera/ rice/ peas-carrot pulao or only amongst to a greater extent than or less sort of roti/naan/bread.

Enjoy!

I am bringing this to the weekly fun-filled political party at Angie's Fiesta Friday! Yay! Hilda too Julianna are co-hosting ane time again this weekend! Yay again!!

Cooking made easy:

I tend to brand onion- ginger-garlic- light-green chilli glue too freeze it inwards batches. Whenever I bespeak it, I induce got a portion, thaw it, add together tomato plant paste, the spices too whatever vegetable/ chicken/ paneer. Weeknight dinner is ready!

You tin also brand the whole sauce too freeze it inwards batches, thawing an using it every bit needed.

Tip for salubrious living:

If y'all induce got a cold/cough/sore pharynx drinking ginger-honey-lemon tea volition aid soothe it. This y'all tin practice yesteryear boiling 1 inch ginger that is grated into ii cups water, reducing it to ane cup. Turn off the flame, crush quarter of a lemon too a teaspoon of honey.

Food for thought:

Those who practice non desire to copy anything, attain nothing. Salvador Dali