Cauliflower Thoran Recipe

Packed with essential nutrients, cauliflower (cabbage flower) is one of familiar vegetables. Its compact flower heads hold numerous health benefiting phtyo-nutrients such as vitamins, indole-3-carbinol, sulforaphane etc., that help prevent overweight, diabetes and offer protection from prostate, ovarian, and cervical cancers.

Botanically, it is a member in the cruciferous or brassicaceae family of vegetables and has similar nutritional and phyto-chemistry profile as that of other brassica family veggies like broccoli and cabbage.

Cauliflower Thoran is a lovely and tasty recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Cauliflower   250 gm
2. Oil    2 tablespoon
3. Mustard seed  ½ teaspoon
4. Shallot (finely chopped) 2 desert spoon
5. Pepper powder  ¼ teaspoon
6. Grated coconut  2 desert spoon
7. Green chilly (slit in half) 4
8. Curry leaves  1 stem
9. Salt     As required

Preparation:

Cook the cauliflower in little water and salt.

In a pan, heat oil, splutter mustard seeds.

Add chopped shallot, green chilly, pepper powder, curry leaves and sauté.

Now add grated coconut and cooked cauliflower and cook on a low flame.

Sprinkle little pepper powder and remove from fire.

Footnotes: Before cooking you have to put cauliflower into boiling water to kill germs inside in the cauliflower.

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