Spiced cauliflower salad: Lawrence Murphy
With the temperature outside the kitchen hotter than inside, the coolest part of the day was late at night in the courtyard.
On our day off we invited a few friends around for a barbecue.
We set about marinading some chicken and putting prawns on skewers ready for the hot coals.
Beer and wine were chilling in the fridge and all we needed were a few salads to complete our preparations. Vine tomatoes, chopped shallots and extra virgin olive oil is fab at this time of year and we also made one of our favourite vegetable salads – spiced cauliflower.
Ingredients – serves 6
1 medium cauliflower cut into small florets
1 onion finely chopped
3 cloves garlic finely chopped
Tspn cumin
Tspn coriander seeds
12 cardamom pods crushed
12 cloves
Tspn fennel seeds
Good pinch of saffron
Sea salt
Pepper
100ml olive oil
Method
1. Heat a large pan on a low heat and add the olive oil followed by the cumin and fennel seed. Cook for one minute, stirring.
2. Now add the onion and garlic and cook for 3 mins.
3. Stir in all the other ingredients and cook for 7 mins until the florets are softening but still have bite.
4. Pour the mixture onto a tray to cool and season.
5. Store in the fridge overnight to allow flavours to develop.