There are so many different ways to cook cauliflower like this recipe of mustardy cheese cauliflower by Ottolenghi, it’s a versatile vegetable.
But I find the fact to keep it whole and roast it, it’s the most visually stunning way to cook a cauliflower.
This whole spicy cauliflower will make a star centerpiece at any dinner party specially Indian one. It’s easy to make, very flavourful and guaranteed to impress your guests . It can be served as a side or a vegetarian main dish. And the best of all, you can make the yogurt sauce ahead of time and marinate the cauliflower overnight, and cook it the next day.
Tandoori is a traditional spice blend from India, it can include paprika, cayenne, cumin, ginger, and coriander. You’ve probably heard of it before, because of the famous “tandoori chicken” one of the most popular dish of Indian cuisine, we’ll use the same marinade in the following recipe for “tandoori cauliflower”.
But the word tandoori actually means “an Indian method of cooking meat or vegetables on a spit in a tandoor”, the English word comes from Hindi / Urdu tandūr, which came from Persian tanūr which all mean oven, typically made of clay.
Now here is what you need to make this wonderful cauliflower.
