I know the name of the dish is weird. But let me explain. I have started with paleo diet and am finding it difficult to find filling meals. This is a meat based diet but being a vegetarian, it is tough to find sources of protein. It is R & D daily in my kitchen and this dish is one of our success dishes. When I found about the cauliflower rice, I was so happy. And now we get cauliflower in abundance. So I have two to three cauliflowers in my fridge always. This rice can be used as a regular rice and can be made into variety of flavours. With the need to incorporate as many vegetables as possible, I am learning the art of variety cooking. I use this rice atleast once in a day and try to vary the flavours. Till now I have tried biryani, fried rice, mushroom rice and vegetable pulao. All the recipes turned wonderful and hubby is so happy with my cooking. I think all these years in blogging is helping me so much with this diet.
For this recipe, I have used vinegar and home made green chilly sauce. I am not sure about the other sauces I usually use in fried rice, but need to do a little research. With the part of the vegetables, I also made a soup to go with the rice and we had a filling dinner now. The only thing I find difficult is the chopping of veggies. It takes so much time and I am literally spending most of the time in kitchen standing. So to make things easier, i tried chopping veggies in food processor and wow, it was so quick. I put together the whole meal within 30 minutes. As cauliflower takes very little time to cook, the rice can be made in a jiffy. I am extremely sorry for the dull pictures. As I am cooking for dinner, I had to take the photos after dark. Without natural light, they are dull. I have updated the post with new photos. Hope you guys like it.
Ingredients:
Cauliflower -1 medium sized
Ghee – 2 tbs
Onion – 1
Green Chilly – 2
Cabbage – 1/4 cup
Carrot – 1, shredded
Capsicum – 1, shredded
Salt – to taste
Pepper Powder – to taste
Vinegar – 1 tsp
Green Chilly Sauce ( click for recipe) – 1 tbs
Ginger – a small piece, julienned
Coriander Leaves – 2 tbs
Procedure:
In a pan add ghee and add chopped onions.
When they are golden, add in the cabbage, carrot and capsicum.
Also add the ginger.
Sauté on low flame until they are slightly soft.
Clean the cauliflower florets, wash them and take them in the food processor.
Run until the cauliflower is chopped to the size of rice grains.
Add green chilly sauce, vinegar, salt and pepper powder to the vegetables and cook for another minute.
Add in the cauliflower rice and mix well.
Cover and cook for 2 – 3 minutes or until the rice is soft.
Remove from flame, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with soup.
Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Cauliflower -1 medium sized
- Ghee - 2 tbs
- Onion - 1
- Green Chilly - 2
- Cabbage - 1/4 cup
- Carrot - 1 shredded
- Capsicum - 1 shredded
- Salt - to taste
- Pepper Powder - to taste
- Vinegar - 1 tsp
- Green Chilly Sauce - 1 tbs
- Ginger - a small piece julienned
- Coriander Leaves - 2 tbs
Instructions
Procedure
- In a pan add ghee and add chopped onions.
- When they are golden, add in the cabbage, carrot and capsicum.
- Also add the ginger.
- Sauté on low flame until they are slightly soft.
- Clean the cauliflower florets, wash them and take them in the food processor.
- Run until the cauliflower is chopped to the size of rice grains.
- Add green chilly sauce, vinegar, salt and pepper powder to the vegetables and cook for another minute.
- Add in the cauliflower rice and mix well.
- Cover and cook for 2 - 3 minutes or until the rice is soft.
- Remove from flame, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with soup.
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I have never tried cauliflower rice though I have heard a lot about it. Good luck with your diet.
Nice and healthy recipe,looks colorful..
All the best with your diet and I am sure htis rice must have turned out delicious, the pictures tell so…and if your hubby is happy your cards are all perfect:))
It looks like cauliflower upma. Must try it.
Just loved this idea.. Awesome and it wil be a treat to any veggie lover 🙂
definitely worth a try – looks great ! Cauliflower is in abundance here too ! will try ur recipe soon Gayatri !
Have read so much about this cauliflower rice but couldn’t get myself make it. Your version looks so good and inviting Gayathri..was expecting a sbs pics though..:)..good luck with the diet!
Heard of cauliflower rice when you mentioned it yesterday. It looks good and is a filling meal.
All the very best for your diet Gayathri ans this looks very delicious!!
I have heard a lot about Cauliflower rice myself. Yet to try it out. Your version looks really pretty!!
Worth to try, heard lot about paleo diet but i dont have much guts to start a diet, kudos to u.
fried rice is always such a treat no matter what we put withit
This sounds more like subji and so I am sure my family will not have problem finishing it off 🙂
Cauliflower rice looks like nice idea for Paleo diet.Looks yum.
Awesome and quick recipe..
Hi Gayathri!!! You had this only cauliflower rice as lunch during complete paleo diet cycle?if not can you share other lunch paleo recipes also
I try to vary the flavour of the rice, but yes, it is what I have regularly.
I made today. Was amazing
hi gayathri .thanks for the paleo diet recipies.started with the diet.being fully vegetarian and summer too ,its difficult to get my hands with cauliflower.can i substitute the same with millets instead.willl that work?
Hi Vimala, millets are not paleo. Try using surakkai instead. Just squeeze out the water and use it like cauliflower rice.