Spiced cauliflower and courgette with yellow rice - this delicious vegan dish is easy to make, healthy and full of flavour. Spiced roasted cauliflower and courgette are served with flavourful yellow rice and a tangy tomato coriander salsa. Post sponsored by HelloFresh.
When HelloFresh asked me to recreate one of their recipes for the blog, it took me a long time to decide which of their delicious looking vegan meals to go for. They all looked so good!
After much deliberation I settled on this spiced cauliflower and courgette with yellow rice and tomato lime salsa.
It is a delicious, fresh, flavourful dish of spiced roasted cauliflower and courgette with seasoned yellow turmeric rice and a tangy lime, tomato and coriander salsa.
A scattering of raisins add delicious bursts of sweetness and chopped pistachios add a nice textural contrast.
It is quick and easy to make and is a lovely healthy meal that is also satisfying and absolutely delicious too.
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How To Make Spiced Cauliflower And Courgette With Yellow Rice:
(For ingredients and full instructions see the recipe card below)
Start by chopping your cauliflower up into florets and slicing the courgette into strips. Spread them out in a roasting tray, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with nigella seeds, turmeric and salt.
Toss it all together so that the vegetables are well coated then roast for 25 minutes until the vegetables are tender and lightly browned.
To make the yellow rice, finely chop an onion and fry in some olive oil over a low heat for about 5 minutes until softened.
Add chopped garlic, turmeric and yellow mustard seeds and cook for another minute. Add the rice and stir to coat then add water and vegetable stock.
Bring up to a simmer, pop a lid on the pan and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes. Switch off the heat and leave to steam for 10 minutes; don't open the pan until the 10 minutes is up!
Once the rice is cooked, stir in some raisins and chopped pistachios.
To make the salsa, finely chop a couple of vine tomatoes and a handful of coriander. Place them in a bowl with a thinly sliced spring onion and grate in the zest of half a lime. Add the juice of half a lime and a good pinch of salt.
Serve the rice and roasted vegetables topped with the salsa and a scattering of chopped pistachios.
More Healthy Vegan Meals:
Lentil, vegetable and butter bean chilli
Spiced carrot and pumpkin soup
Easy lemongrass and coconut curry
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Spiced Cauliflower And Courgette With Yellow Rice
Ingredients
Vegetables:
- 1 medium cauliflower
- 1 medium courgette
- 1 teaspoon nigella (kalonji/onion) seeds
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Yellow Rice:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small brown onion peeled and finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic peeled and crushed
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 480 ml (2 cups) water
- 1 vegetable stock cube
Salsa:
- 2 vine tomatoes
- a handful fresh coriander (cilantro)
- 1 spring onion (scallion)
- finely grated zest of ½ lime
- juice of ½ lime
- a generous pinch salt
- 3 tablespoon pistachios roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon raisins
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 200°C/180°/400°F. Chop the cauliflower into florets. Cut the courgette lengthways into four strips, cut each strip into three pieces.
- Spread the vegetables out in a roasting tray, sprinkle over the nigella seeds, turmeric and salt and drizzle with the olive oil. Toss everything together to coat then roast for 25-30 minutes until the vegetables are tender and lightly browned.
- Meanwhile, to make the yellow rice, heat the olive oil in a saucepan over a low heat and add the chopped onion. Cook for about 5 minutes until softened.
- Add the crushed garlic, turmeric and yellow mustard seeds and cook for another minute. Add the rice and stir to coat then add the water and vegetable stock cube.
- Bring up to a simmer, pop a lid on the pan and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes. Switch off the heat and leave to steam for 10 minutes; don’t open the pan until the 10 minutes is up!
- While the rice is cooking make the salsa. Finely chop the tomatoes and coriander and thinly slice the spring onion. Place them in a bowl with the lime juice and zest and a generous pinch of salt. Stir it all together.
- Once the rice is ready, stir in the rasins and half the pistachios. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Serve the rice topped with the roasted vegetables, the salsa and a scattering of pistachios.
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Albertina
Very easy to make and delicious! My husband loved it so I will make it again!
Lorna
Amazing absolutely delish