Pic of Roast spiced cauliflower with yoghurt dressing

Roast spiced cauliflower with yoghurt dressing

Show ingredients

Roast spiced cauliflower with yoghurt dressing

Starter Serves 4 35 min
A quick roasting intensifies cauliflower's nuttiness. With its Indian-spiced yoghurt marinade this recipe manages to get a huge amount of flavour out of only a few ingredients. As ever with cauliflower, blanch the florets only briefly or you'll risk them getting soggy and tasteless.

Ingredients

  • 1 cauliflower, separated into florets
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1½ tsp ground cumin
  • 1½ tsp ground coriander
  • ½ tsp ground black pepper
  • salt
  • 4 tbsp plain yoghurt, creamy if possible
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • juice of ½ lemon, or more to taste
  • handful fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped
  • salt and pepper

Method

Prep time: 5 min
Cooking time: 30 min

  • Step 1

    Heat your oven to 200°C/Gas 6.

  • Step 2

    Boil the cauliflower florets for a couple of minutes in salted water, so they are not quite raw but not soft.

  • Step 3

    Toss in the oil, then combine the spices and salt in a bowl and roll the cauliflower in the mix to coat.

  • Step 4

    Transfer the florets to a roasting tray and cook in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until tender.

  • Step 5

    Combine all the remaining ingredients except the coriander to make the dressing, and pour over the slightly cooled cauliflower. Finish with a sprinkling of chopped coriander.