Easy Cauliflower Curry
This Quick And Easy Cauliflower Curry is so tasty and requires eleven ingredients – wanna guess where I managed to find them all?
Last week, my daughter got away with pulling the wool over my eyes.
You see, last week she came home and told me that we (as in she and I) were to work on her senior locker strip.
Ok, cool. Another fun project to do together, I thought.
We set aside Friday night to do it. And, when Friday night arrived, we Jackson-Pollocked the heck out of her locker strip. We then got misty eyed going through old pictures trying to find some to strategically place over our painted masterpiece – along with little bubble quotes and all.
Then, when I was getting ready to head to her school during the designated time slot to hang the strip up, my daughter insisted on accompanying me.
Ok, cool. Another fun ride together, I thought.
But, when I got there I was confused that she was the only other high schooler there. I happened to ask another parent and was told that the locker strip was something that parents worked on to surprise their kids! Oh gosh! Up until then I thought only beets could turn my olive skin that shade of red!
I looked over at my daughter and she said “mom, you’re a foreigner, your high school experience was different, don’t worry, all my friends with foreign parents did the same thing I did – we helped” and she gave me a big grin! I wanted to remind her that I’d been here longer than she has, but, I was speechless. It always amazes me how much my kid notices what and who I am at my core. For one thing, she was right. All these banners and rings and jackets and photo sessions to celebrate high school weren’t part of my high school experience. And, most of my friends who are from here have younger kids so it didn’t even occur to me to ask them. I dropped the ball, big time!
So, I was determined that I wasn’t going to drop the ball that night when I whipped up dinner. She wanted a vegetarian cauliflower curry and I figured I’d pull one together with mustard seeds and caraway seeds (like my mom sometimes does). And…guess where I found ALL the ingredients that went into this curry? Yes – at Walmart! They are becoming like the Trader Joe’s of the big chain supermarkets! Their spice section has started carrying all kinds of stuff – like even caraway seeds – something I used to be able to get only at a South Asian Store I frequent.
This Cauliflower Curry is so simple and whips up in about 20 minutes! My daughter actually ended up introducing spoonfuls of this curry to her pie hole sans the naan pictured. Then she used the naan to “wipe” her plate clean and tried to pull the wool over my eyes again by trying to convince me that she had washed her plate – what is it with kids and dishes??
When was the last time you had the wool pulled over YOUR eyes?
Ingredients
- 1 red onion – chopped
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
- 1 tsp caraway seeds
- 2 tsps mustard seeds
- 1 cauliflower head cut up into florets
- 13.5 oz coconut milk can
- 12.5 oz tomato paste can
- 2.5 tsps coriander powder
- 2 tsps cumin powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- salt and pepper to taste and cilantro to garnish
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Add the olive oil and onions to a pan over medium heat.
- Let onions cook for about 10 minutes, then add in the garlic, ginger, caraway seeds, mustard seeds, coriander, cumin, and turmeric and saute for 2-3 minutes or till mustard seeds begin to "dance" around in the pan
- Turn the heat up a tad and then add in the cauliflower florets, coconut milk, tomato paste and let the mixture simmer for about 7 minutes.
- Remove from stove, season with salt and pepper, and garnish with cilantro and enjoy with naan or rice.
Nutrition
Ingredients
- 1 red onion - chopped
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp fresh grated ginger
- 1 tsp caraway seeds
- 2 tsps mustard seeds
- 1 cauliflower head cut up into florets
- 13.5 oz coconut milk can
- 12.5 oz tomato paste can
- 2.5 tsps coriander powder
- 2 tsps cumin powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- salt and pepper to taste and cilantro to garnish
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Add the olive oil and onions to a pan over medium heat.
- Let onions cook for about 10 minutes, then add in the garlic, ginger, caraway seeds, mustard seeds, coriander, cumin, and turmeric and saute for 2-3 minutes or till mustard seeds begin to "dance" around in the pan
- Turn the heat up a tad and then add in the cauliflower florets, coconut milk, tomato paste and let the mixture simmer for about 7 minutes.
- Remove from stove, season with salt and pepper, and garnish with cilantro and enjoy with naan or rice.
Nutrition
Want more Curry?
Then try this Bean Pumpkin Curry…
Or, This Spinach and Chickpea one…
I never know what to do with cauliflower so this is a great recipe thank you
Ha Ha. At least it was nothing too serious she tricked you with. As for the curry – totally yum. My kids would probably try licking the plate clean.
Cauliflower is my least favourite veggie til you pop it in a curry. Looks delish! And so glad you’re finding it easier to source your spices. I’m going to check out a few more of your curries now. That pumpkin and green bean curry?! Amazing!
I just posted a cauliflower soup and was saying to one of my readers that I don’t eat it nearly enough. This recipe gives me another excuse to eat it more.
Cauliflower curry is such a staple here!! This looks fantastic though. Would mop up that gravy with some roti right away
I love cauliflower in all forms, but curry is something close to my heart. Your curry looks scrumptious Shashi. And OMG, your daughter looks so cute here. 🙂 <3
I’ve totally noticed that Walmart has upped their spice game, too! I remember going to 3 stores last year looking for poppy seeds (not that strange of an item!). Then this year I found ’em at Walmart on my first stop. Score! Anyways, I feel bad that you got tricked with this photo collage project, but then again the process led to some great memories, right? In hindsight, I think I’d take that over the surprise factor any day of the week! Also, those baby photos of Lil Shashi! 🙂 Speaking of too much, I think I would eat WAY too much of this curry. You do amazing things with cauliflower…love it! Hope you have a great day, my friend! And enjoy these last few weeks of high school with Lil Shashi!
I didn’t have a locker strip, but sounds like a pretty cool idea. Don’t you just totally lose track of time when you go through old pictures?? I know I do. An hour can pass what feels like 5 minutes. I know one thing, though, when you take a pic it may not mean like a lot at the time, but flash forward a few years and it means so so much, doesn’t it? Sounds like you and Lil Shashi are the best of buds!! I can totally understand why she wiped her plate clean with the naan. I would too! I absolutely love cauliflower…and curry and would devour so much of this dish. I’ve noticed Wal-Mart stepping up their game too. I’ve often noticed their prices are usually a lot better than a lot of the same items at the grocery – score! Thanks for another scrumptious recipe, my friend! Cheers to a wonderful weekend! XO
Yummy! I am stealing that phrase: “Jackson-Pollocked” !
Awwww your daughter is just the sweetest! I love how close you guys are, Shashi! And those pics of your daughter when she was little? Priceless!!! For the record, I’ve never even heard of locker strips before.. and I’m from Florida. lol. If I had a daughter in high school I sure would hope she would be as kind as yours and help me out (or trick me. wink wink). 🙂 Anyways, I send Boy to do the walmart shopping because I just can’t deal with how packed that place always is. I’ll have to ask him if they have stepped up their game and report back. LOL! Cauliflower is one of my favorite veggies, because it’s just so gosh darn versatile, so this curry is calling my name! Plus MAJOR points for being so delicious AND quick n’ easy!! YES! Cheers, dear friend! XOXO
Your daughter is so sweet, Shashi.
The curry looks so good and I love cauliflowers..this is definitely a perfect dinner for me.
This looks beautiful and yummy!
Shashi, you don’t even know how much I’m craving this curry right now!!! It’s been raining nonstop here in Maine… it’s been chilly, gloomy, and generally just making me wish I were chillin’ on the couch with a big bowl of this! Meanwhile, I’ve never heard of these locker strips! Sounds like you had quite the experience with your daughter. I think it all ended up being better that you got to do it together. <3 Also, I could never imagine you dropping the ball on anything–esp since you're such an amazing mother. Just sayin'. Big hugs! xoxo
Such a comforting meal!
I love cauliflower and I love curry, so this is a winner in my book!
I love that this dish is so easy to make yet so delicious!
Delicious! So easy and quick to make. Have gone off my usual curry so thought I’d try this and it will definetly be a keeper. I did add a bit of water but it all got absorbed by the time it was cooked. Yum yum.
I think that was kind of your daughter to do! And as for this curry, I might have to give it a go tonight for our dinner 🙂
Oh my goodness Shashi. Yum!
But what really gets me about this recipe (and your photographs) is just how delicious that sauce looks in all its gleamingness!
If only the internet was a real window and I could just reach inside the screen and grab that bowl of curry! 🙂
Hey SHASH – I’m so teary about your girl and that locker strip. Teary and speechless. Truth be told, I didn’t know what a locker strip was either. So maybe you’re not so foreign and it’s just a GA thang? Mebbe mebbe mebbe. I love this beautiful curry – the perfect dinner after a sweet time fixing up lockers. I love all the pics. Sweet sweet. Thanks for sharing your life my friend, so enjoy it. XO
awww what a sweet daughter you have! I loved reading this story. Just so cute. This meal is everything! Sounds so tasty.