After two days of sweet dishes, we now explore some spicy bakes. Though everyone participating in this Baking marathon is doing sub themes, some how I didn’t try to choose any theme. I didn’t even try to organize my posts and drafts. My drafts folder is like a puzzle box and I am picking a recipe a day from that. Today I will be writing about a very very easy recipe which is so Indianized, if it is the word!! I had a beautiful head of cauliflower and decided to make casserole. When I was going through the recipes, every recipe I came across used loads and loads of cheese and white sauce. As my folks at home don’t even try to taste it, I was looking for an alternative. Then I came across low fat versions using tomato sauce and different types of sauce. That is the moment I got the idea of making an Indian version of the casserole. My hubby likes anything that is spicy. Red chilly powder needs to be added so that I can tempt him into eating it. And also the casserole needed a liquid element to cook the vegetables.
So here is the idea I came up with. I made a spicy onion tomato mix and used ground coconut as the sauce. It is so South Indian, right? You guessed it right. My hubby loved it. We had it as a side dish for our lunch. The remaining was refrigerated and used up in the next dish. Will talk about the next dish in a couple of days. I used cauliflower and green peas as they make a wonderful combination. And casserole is always topped with bread crumbs to make a nice crispy crust. So I didn’t omit it. All in all it turned out fabulous and I am so happy!!!
Ingredients:
Cauliflower – 1 medium sized
Green Peas – 1 cup
Oil-2 tbs
Onion-1
Tomato-1
Ginger-a small piece
Garlic-3-4 pods
Sambar Powder-2 tsp
Turmeric-1/4 tsp
Salt-to taste
Grated Coconut-1 cup (grind to smooth paste along with a cup of water)
Bread crumbs-1/2 cup
Coriander Leaves-2 tbs
Procedure:
Cut cauliflower into even sized florets.
Boil it along with green peas for 3-4 minutes and drain.
In a pan add oil and saute onion and ginger garlic paste until brown.
Add in the tomato and spices and salt and cook until it becomes mushy.
Cook until it is dry.
Now preheat oven to 200°C.
Grind coconut with water to a smooth paste.
In an 8″ * 8″ pan, add half of the vegetables.
Top them with half the onion tomato spice mixture.
Add half the coconut paste.
Now repeat the steps again.
Finally top it with bread crumbs.
Bake in the oven until the top is nicely brown. It may take 30-40 minutes.
Remove from oven, top with coriander leaves and serve hot.
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Spicy Cauliflower Casserole
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Cauliflower - 1 medium sized
- Green Peas - 1 cup
- Oil-2 tbs
- Onion-1
- Tomato-1
- Ginger-a small piece
- Garlic-3-4 pods
- Sambar Powder-2 tsp
- Turmeric-1/4 tsp
- Salt-to taste
- cup Grated Coconut-1 grind to smooth paste along with aof water
- Bread crumbs-1/2 cup
- Coriander Leaves-2 tbs
Instructions
Procedure
- Cut cauliflower into even sized florets.
- Boil it along with green peas for 3-4 minutes and drain.
- In a pan add oil and saute onion and ginger garlic paste until brown.
- Add in the tomato and spices and salt and cook until it becomes mushy.
- Cook until it is dry.
- Now preheat oven to 200°C.
- Grind coconut with water to a smooth paste.
- In an 8" * 8" pan, add half of the vegetables.
- Top them with half the onion tomato spice mixture.
- Add half the coconut paste.
- Now repeat the steps again.
- Finally top it with bread crumbs.
- Bake in the oven until the top is nicely brown. It may take 30-40 minutes.
- Remove from oven, top with coriander leaves and serve hot.
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Baked vegetables in all forms are a family favorite at my house. Nice one.
That is one casserole redolent with Indian flavors.
Yup, that one is definitely ‘Indianized’ and in particular, ‘South Indianized’ :-)). No wonder the family loved it:-) I am still dilly dallying about baking a whole cauliflower head with Indian fillings!
wauuuu…..really nice and yummy looking….today only i will try and post same to u….thnx and love u mam
Finally this dish makes its appearance and I totally love the innovation involved!
Gayathri I am a big fan of fusion dishes and I try them also. this one is really a fantastic recipe. the recipe tempting me a lot will give a try for sure..
That’s a nice change from all those bakes, very well made and good that we will get a surprise from your puzzles:))
Wow.. lovely change from you cake bakes. This is soo good. Bookmarking it.
Gayathri, if I was a judge, I would give this dish ‘the most creative’ and the ‘best fusion’ awards 🙂 what a flavorful and interesting flavors in the casserole. It’s like eating cauliflower curry but in a westernized way. Absolutely amazing. Great job!!
What lovely way to enjoy cauliflower!! Yummy casserole desi touch..
Nice indianised version of casserole, sounds innovative and interesting..
South Indianized! Wow! How creative it is! And same case here Gayathri.Hubby will eat anything that is spicy ! I have to try this dish…
Makes an excellent meal, love that way prepared this casserole with our Indian flavours..
coconut is an interesting addition in this delicious casserole!!! beautifully baked!!
Indian sabji baked as a casserole – Thumbs up!!
this is a classic brit dish and you have done it very well, loved crust on the top
Gayathri, you are too creative. This looks super good and must have tasted awesome
Even I need chili powder if it is an Indian or Indianized dish. This looks delicious and an innovative Indian fusion casserole
very innovative and mouth watering.. in my family too, they need it to be spicy enough even for kids to taste.. bland food just doesnt sell.. this is a wonderful recipe for me to try !!
What a creative dish! I have always wanted to make a vegetable casserole pertaining to Indian flavors and now I have a recipe 🙂
Best fusion!! Loving that ground coconut as the liquid for the bake!! We Indians we that chatpata taste in our dish!!! Casserole looks absolutely tempting!! 🙂
Yes this is really yummy, I too have made one yet to post it.
Okay Gayatri this one needs to be tried by me. My hubby keeps gettin so much cauliflower that I want some new dishes that I can feed myself with .