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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Melissa's Curried Califlower with Couscous

1 large head of cauliflower-chopped into florets
1 cup fresh tomato-chopped
3/4 tablespoon mustard seeds
1/2 tablespoon cumin
3/4 tablespoon graham masala(available at any middle eastern store)
1/2 tablespoon turmeric
one cinnamon stick
one small onion-chopped
2 cloves garlic-chopped
1 tablespoon fresh ginger minced
4 tablespoons olive oil (or whatever oil you want)
1/4 lemon
1 cup water
4 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar

Heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds. Cook the mustard seeds until they pop,(they will start jumping out of the pan at you.) Add a few tablespoons of water to cool it down, then add the onions and garlic over a medium heat and cook until onions become translucent usually about 8 minutes, stir them around so they dont get stuck and burnt in the pan. Once onions are translucent add 1/2 cup water, cauliflower, cinnamon, cumin, graham masala, sugar, soy sauce, and ginger. Cover and let cook for 5 minutes, if you run out of water add more. Then add tomatoes cook until everything is tender. Stir everything around and taste, see what flavors are missing and then correct it, does it need more soy sauce, masala powder etc. Squirt one lemon wedge over the dish and serve with couscous...and whatever else you want.
dont eat the cinnamon stick!

For the couscous I usually make about one cup of Tri-color couscous made by the brand Rice Select. It's duram wheat with sundried tomato and spinach flavor, and it's tasty, and will take you less than a few minutes to make, you just add boiling water and butter to it.

An added zip to this dish is to put a dollop of Face greek strained 2% plain yogurt on the top. It's so good.

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