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Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpea Salad

November 25, 2015 by Tania 30 Comments

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Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpea Salad

Spice Roasted Cauliflower , Chickpea Salad with mint smoked almonds and pepitas

Have you got someone funny in your family? By funny I mean sometimes predictable, always quirky and that person that just makes you roll your eyes and chuckle because that’s what family do. My sister is creative and arty and is a great talker. Hell you can plonk her in a room with any person in the world and she could talk to them until they plain ran out of words.

Spice Roasted Cauliflower Salad

Last month it was our brother in law’s birthday he loves music and doesn’t have an ipod, so she very thoughtfully bought him a CD. It was a little while before they crossed paths so when she had coffee with our other sister she passed the CD on to be given to the brother in law. The other sister took the CD home to him wrapped very nicely and he was excited to see it was a CD he was really looking forward to listening to. When he opened it to have a listen the box was empty. No one was surprised, no not one of us.

When we were having a laugh at her expense at lunch the other day, not only could she not find the CD still, she couldn’t even remember listening to it. Eye roll.

There were no eye rolls when we ate this  Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpea salad though. It’s the sort of salad that you can eat warm or anyway it comes but whatever temperature you eat it it will be on a big plate, a great salad for any time of the year.

Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpea Salad with Mint

It’s roasty and fresh and has lots of crunchy bits. It’s got one of my favourite ingredients oh no two chickpeas and cauliflower. It packs a surprising amount of  flavour and will be the most popular dish on the table. I guarantee it.

a moroccan dish with Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpea salad with herbs and almonds

 

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Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpea Salad

Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Chickpea Salad

This is a delicious salad with all of the elements you need for pleasure. Crunchy, herby and dressed with a lovely spicy dressing. Eat it warm or room temperature and serve with Chicken, Lamb or Fish or just by Itself with Chickpea mayonnaise. It makes enough for a large gathering
5 from 5 votes
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Course Salad
Cuisine Vegetarian
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

Roast Cauli

  • 900 gm cauliflower broken into florettes or 1 large head
  • 2 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 1 Tablespoon sumac
  • 1 Tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 125 ml olive oil

Flavour dressing

  • 800 gm chickpeas drained- 2 cans
  • 2 Tablespoons wholegrain dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon sumac
  • 150 gm Spanish onion sliced thinly
  • 60 ml lemon Juice 3 Tablespoon
  • 40 ml olive oil optional
  • 1 cup English Spinach leaves
  • 1 cup coriander leaves picked & all the stalk and roots finely chopped
  • 1 cup mint leaves
  • 1/2 cup pepita seeds roasted green
  • 50 gm smoked almonds
  • 2 Tablespoons dukkah optional

Instructions
 

  • Take a large bowl and toss the cauliflower pieces with the cumin, salt, sumac, smoked paprika, sesame seeds and olive oil till well coated. Put this onto the prepared tray in batches and roast for approximately half and hour or till nicely browned and scorched. Pour into a bowl big enough to mix all the salad ingredients together, and set aside
  • Meanwhile prepare the flavour boost.
  • Put a non stick pan onto the stove and warm it. Add a little oil and the sliced onion. Toss for a minute till just starting to soften. Add the spices and heat through. Add the chickpeas and cook until fragrant.
  • Turn off the heat and let cool a bit before adding the 3 tablespoons lemon juice, the dijon mustard and the very finely chopped coriander stems.
  • pour all of this into the cauliflower and mix well. Add the coriander, mint and spinach.
  • Sprinkle with the roasted seeds and Dukkah ( if using)

 

 

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  1. Willow

    January 15, 2016 at 4:58 am

    This sounds amazing! Now I am curious about dukkah. I’m going to have to see if my grocery store carries it, so that I can try it.
    Willow recently posted..Sesame Ginger Tofu with Thai NoodlesMy Profile

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    • My Kitchen Stories

      January 15, 2016 at 6:51 am

      Hi Willow. It’s a really useful mix that I tend to useon everything!

      Reply
  2. Lynn | The Road to Honey

    January 14, 2016 at 5:26 am

    Your sister sounds like quite the hoot. She clearly has the mind of an artist. But the big question is did she ever find that cd? Or is she still searching high and low for it?

    While you might not have the cd. . .at least you have this chickpea salad. I am a huge fan of chickpeas and I absolutely adore all the different flavors you’ve added to this salad.
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    • My Kitchen Stories

      January 14, 2016 at 1:36 pm

      Yes my sister is quite a hoot and definitely”arty”. She did find the CD and we even played it when we were together again at Christmas!. Yes I have the chickpea salad and i have it often!

      Reply
  3. Brian Jones

    January 13, 2016 at 7:11 pm

    I Lurve roasted cauliflower and the north African/Arabic seasoning you have on yours sounds delightful!

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  4. Fareeha

    January 12, 2016 at 4:07 am

    This looks so superbly fabulous. Loving the look of it.

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      January 12, 2016 at 7:41 am

      Thank you Fareeha

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