Roasted cauliflower with spicy pea sauce

This wonderful recipe, shared by Starts at 60 reader Kumar, will transform a simple vegetable into an incredible, flavour-packed experience.

Ingredients

• 1 whole cauliflower, trim off leaves and cut the stalk so the cauliflower sits flat
• 1/2 cup natural yoghurt
• 2 tbsp curry powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• salt

Method

• • Place the cauliflower into a deep casserole dish or dutch oven on some baking paper.
  • Mix the curry powder and turmeric into the yoghurt add salt to taste and brush thickly over the cauliflower.
  • Sprinkle with the chilli flakes, cover and bake in a preheated oven 190º for 30 minutes.
  • Remove cover, test by piercing with a skewer, and if it is still firm bake for 15 minutes more.
  • When it is just tender, remove cover and bake for a further 15- 20 mins so the surface of the cauliflower gets charred.
  • Slice into chunks and serve hot with spiced split pea curry sauce (recipe below)

Spiced split peas

Ingredients

• • • 1 cup yellow split peas, washed
    • 2 tbsp curry powder
    • 1 brown onion – chopped
    • 1 clove garlic – chopped
    • 1 tomato chopped
    • 1 sprig curry leaves
    • 1 cinnamon stick
    • 1 tsp turmeric powder
    • 1 green chilli – sliced
    • salt

Method

• • • In a small saucepan, add all the ingredients except for the coconut milk and salt.
    • Add enough water to cover the split peas and cook until tender (about 15- 20 mins). Add more water if required.
    • When the split peas are just tender, add the coconut milk and salt and cook until split peas are tender – add further salt and chilli to taste if required.

Optional extra topping

• • • In a small frying pan, heat up 4 tbsp of vegetable oil
    • When hot, add 1 tbsp black mustard seeds and a few fresh curry leaves. Cover with a lid.
    • As soon as mustard seeds splutter, take off heat and add this (oil, mustard seeds and fried curry leaves) to the cooked lentils, and stir through.
    • Serve over the cut chunks of roasted cauliflower.