Wood Fired Recipes Community Cookbook
Curried Cauliflower With Chickpeas and Golden Raisins
Aug 14, 2012Posted by guestchefPrintThis dish is actually one of my wife’s specialties. As a cook, I work in the evenings and thus miss out on dinner at a normal time, so it is a comforting feeling when I walk in the door and can tell just by the aroma of curry in the air that my late-night meal on the couch is going to be delicious and satisfying. I’ve done a little tweaking to the recipe, adapting it for the wood oven and adding golden raisins to the mix, which I think provide a nice sweet counterpoint to the earthy one-two-three punch of cauliflower, garbanzos and curry.
Curried Cauliflower With Chickpeas and Golden Raisins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 T vegetable oil
- 1 large head cauliflower cut into bite-sized florets
- 1 15- oz chickpeas can, drained
- 1/2 red onion sliced thickly crosswise
- 6 cloves garlic peeled and quartered
- 1/4 c golden raisins
- 2 tsp curry powder
- salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- In your wood oven, preheat a roasting pan or skillet large enough to hold the cauliflower in one layer. Add the vegetable oil to the pan – it should be hot enough that the oil is just starting to smoke. Add the cauliflower and season with salt and pepper. Allow to roast for 2-3 minutes or until the florets have begun to caramelize on the pan side.
- Add the chickpeas to the pan and stir. Roast for another 2 minutes or until the cauliflower is even more caramelized and the chickpeas have begun to blister. Add the sliced onion and garlic, stir to distribute, and cook for another 2-3 minutes, until the onion and garlic have softened and begun to frizzle around the edges and the cauliflower is al dente.
- Add the raisins and curry powder and stir well to distribute. Cook for one minute more to allow the raisins to plump and the curry to toast and perfume the dish. Remove from the oven and serve. This dish would be a great accompaniment to roasted lamb, or simply serve it over cooked rice or orzo with a dab of sambal for an easy and tasty vegetarian meal.
