Cauliflower Pepper Fry (soy-free, nut-free, gluten-free)

South Indian Crispy cauliflower pepper fry stars cauliflower coated in a flavor-packed peppery batter, that’s baked and tossed in a scrumptious onion curry leaf chili sauce with much more black pepper! It’s an incredible appetizer or facet dish, and I’ve suggestions for make it a meal, too! Gluten-free Soyfree nutfree

That is one other pepper fry from South Indian delicacies. It’s a easy veggie pepper fry recipe with cauliflower. We’re making the dry model of this, which you function an appetizer, like my potato pepper fry.

Normally, the cauliflower is deep fried after which tossed with this onion, black pepper sauce combination. For this model, I’m baking the cauliflower. I’m coating it on this easy, flavorful batter after which baking it in order that it will get good and crispy. Then, you toss it with the pepper fry sauce.

You’ll be able to bake the pepper fry sauce in the identical pan with the cauliflower or cook dinner it in a pan on the stovetop whereas the cauliflower bakes within the oven.

Cauliflower pepper fry is a facet dish or and appetizer, however if you wish to make it into a complete meal you’ll be able to add some cooked chickpeas ultimately or some crisped up tofu together with the cauliflower and serve it with rice or flatbread of selection.

Nonetheless you serve it, cauliflower pepper fry is insanely scrumptious! You do need to serve it instantly after mixing it with the sauce, because the sauce has a little bit of moisture and it’ll take away from the crunch of the cauliflower. However even when it has gone a bit smooth, it’s nonetheless very very tasty! so don’t have to fret about that if in case you have leftovers. If any is left, Simply retailer within the fridge, reheat on a skillet or oven or microwave, and serve it as a facet.

Why You’ll Love Cauliflower Pepper Fry

• crispy cauliflower in peppery spicy pepper fry sauce
• scrumptious appetizer or facet dish with choices to make it a meal
• sauce makes use of so many sorts of contemporary and dried peppers!
• baked not fried for a lighter dish than the unique
• soy-free, nut-free, and gluten-free

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Cauliflower Pepper Fry

Cauliflower Pepper fry. This South Indian facet has pepper within the batter and black pepper, chilies and inexperienced pepper within the sauce! This onion curry leaf black pepper sauce is addictive! Serve with a curry or with fried rice! Gluten-free Soyfree nutfree

Prep Time15 minutes minutes

Cook dinner Time25 minutes minutes

Complete Time40 minutes minutes

Course: Appetizer, Facet, Facet Dish

Delicacies: Indian, South Indian

Key phrase: cauliflower pepper fry, south indian pepper fry

Servings: 4

Energy: 121kcal

Writer: Vegan Richa

Substances

For the Cauliflower

• 3 cups (300 g) cauliflower florets about an inch or smaller in dimension

Dry Batter Substances

• ½ teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder or use paprika
• 1 teaspoon freshly floor black pepper
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons rice flour or use all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch or tapioca starch

Moist Batter Substances

• 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste or use ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons oil
• 2 to 4 tablespoons water

For the Pepper Fry Sauce

• 2 teaspoons oil
• 1 cup (160 g) sliced pink onion
• 3 cloves garlic finely chopped, not minced however chopped
• 1 scorching inexperienced chili corresponding to Serrano, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons chopped or thinly sliced inexperienced bell pepper
• ½ teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder or use paprika
• ½ teaspoon freshly floor black pepper
• 1 teaspoon floor coriander
• ½ to 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 6 curry leaves, contemporary, frozen, or dried is okay
• ¼ teaspoon salt

To Add Simply Earlier than Serving

• ¼ cup (37.25 g) chopped tomato
• ¼ cup (4 g) chopped cilantro
• lime juice

Directions

Make the cauliflower.

• Preheat the oven for 410° F (210° C)

• Chop the cauliflower, if you have not already, and set it apart.

• In a bowl, add all of the dry batter substances and blend it nicely. Then, add the moist batter substances, beginning with the two tablespoons of water. Combine nicely, including in additional water, as wanted, to make a thick batter. We would like a thick batter to evenly coat, so don’t skinny it an excessive amount of.

• Add within the cauliflower florets, and toss nicely to a coat.

To make the cauliflower and sauce collectively within the baking pan

• Unfold the cauliflower onto one half of a greased baking pan that is sufficiently big to suit the cauliflower on one facet and onions on the opposite.

• On the opposite facet of the baking pan, combine the onion, garlic, peppers, and curry leaves with the oil.

• Combine all spices collectively in a small bowl, and sprinkle that all around the onions, then combine nicely and unfold on the opposite facet of the baking dish.

• Bake for 25 minutes, stirring the onions at 20 minute mark. If the onions are beginning to scorch, deliver them collectively, cowl that a part of the dish with parchment, and proceed baking.

• After baking, test if the cauliflower is cooked to desire. Then toss the cauliflower within the onion combination. Simply earlier than serving, add the chopped tomatoes, cilantro and a great squeeze of lime juice, and function an appetizer or as a facet. You may as well use this cauliflower as a filling for wraps or tacos.

To make the pepper fry sauce on the range as an alternative

• As a substitute of spreading the cauliflower into half of a baking pan, unfold it onto a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes. In the meantime, make the sauce.

• Warmth the oil in a big skillet over medium warmth. As soon as the oil is scorching, add the onion and a great pinch of salt, and cook dinner for 3 to 4 minutes.

• Combine within the garlic and add splashes of water, as wanted, to assist the onion proceed to cook dinner evenly. Cook dinner for an additional 3 to 4 minutes, till the onion is beginning to flip golden.

• Add within the inexperienced chili and bell pepper, and blend and cook dinner for half a minute, then stir in the entire floor spices, the curry leaves, and the salt. Scale back warmth to medium.

• Take the cauliflower out of the oven, and switch to this sauce combination and toss nicely to coat the cauliflower evenly.

• Swap off the warmth, add the chopped tomatoes, cilantro and a great squeeze of lime juice, and function an appetizer or as a facet with curries or fried rice.

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Notes

This recipe is soy-free and nut-free. It’s gluten-free so long as you utilize rice flour as an alternative of all-purpose flour.
So as to add extra protein to the dish, use simply 2 cups of cauliflower florets and a cup of cubed tofu as an alternative of the three cups of cauliflower, and comply with the recipe(bake tofu with the cauliflower) as written. Or add a cup or extra of cooked chickpeas to the sauce together with the cooked cauliflower, and toss nicely. Add in just a little bit extra salt and a few additional garam masala for the chickpeas, and serve.
You may as well add in some toasted nuts together with the tomato and cilantro to up the crunch and so as to add some extra protein.

Diet

Diet Details

Cauliflower Pepper Fry

Quantity Per Serving

Energy 121
Energy from Fats 36

% Day by day Worth*

Fats 4g6%

Saturated Fats 0.5g3%

Trans Fats 0.01g

Polyunsaturated Fats 1g

Monounsaturated Fats 3g

Sodium 509mg22%

Potassium 348mg10%

Carbohydrates 19g6%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 4g4%

Protein 3g6%

Vitamin A 374IU7%

Vitamin C 76mg92%

Calcium 43mg4%

Iron 1mg6%

* % Day by day Values are based mostly on a 2000 calorie food plan.

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Substances and Substitutions

• cauliflower – If you would like extra protein, substitute 1 cup of the cauliflower with tofu or cooked chickpeas. In case you do add chickpeas, add just a little bit of additional salt and garam masala.
• dry batter substances – You’ll want Kashmiri chili powder or paprika, salt and pepper, rice flour, and cornstarch. You should use all-purpose flour as an alternative of rice flour, however the batter received’t get fairly as crisp, and the dish will not be gluten-free. You should use tapioca starch as an alternative of cornstarch, should you desire.
• moist batter substances – Ginger garlic paste or garlic powder, oil, and water add extra taste and moisture to the batter.
• oil – To assist the veggies get crisp.
• aromatics – Sautéed onion and garlic give the sauce a lot taste!
• contemporary peppers – Scorching inexperienced chili, like Serrano, plus inexperienced bell pepper begin bringing the pepper flavors into the sauce.
• dried spices – For the sauce, you’ll additionally want Kashmiri chili powder, black pepper, coriander, garam masala, curry leaves, and salt. That’s two extra sorts of pepper (Kashmiri chilis and black pepper)!
• toppings – Simply earlier than serving, add tomato, cilantro, and lime juice.

The right way to Make Cauliflower Pepper Fry

Make the cauliflower.

Preheat the oven for 410° F (210° C)

Chop the cauliflower, should you haven’t already, and set it apart. 

In a bowl, add all of the dry batter substances and blend it nicely. Then, add the moist batter substances, beginning with the two tablespoons of water. Combine nicely, including in additional water, as wanted, to make a thick batter.

Add within the cauliflower florets, and toss nicely to a coat.

Unfold the cauliflower onto one half of a greased or parchment lined baking pan that’s sufficiently big to suit the cauliflower on one facet and onions on the opposite. (If making the sauce within the pan as nicely)

On the opposite facet of the baking pan, combine the onion, garlic, veggies, and curry leaves with the oil.

Combine all spices collectively in a small bowl, and sprinkle that all around the onions, then combine nicely and unfold on the opposite facet of the baking dish.

Bake for 25 minutes, stirring the onions at 20 minute mark. If the onions are beginning to scorch, deliver them collectively, cowl that a part of the dish with parchment, and proceed baking.

After baking, toss the cauliflower within the onion combination. Simply earlier than serving, add the chopped tomatoes, cilantro and a great squeeze of lime juice.

Function an appetizer or as a facet. You may as well use this cauliflower as a filling for wraps or tacos!

In case you desire, you can also make the pepper fry sauce on the stovetop.

As a substitute of spreading the cauliflower into half of a baking pan, unfold it onto a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes. In the meantime, make the sauce.

Warmth the oil in a big skillet over medium warmth. As soon as the oil is scorching, add the onion and a great pinch of salt, and cook dinner for 3 to 4 minutes.

Combine within the garlic and add splashes of water, as wanted, to assist the onion proceed to cook dinner evenly. Cook dinner for an additional 3 to 4 minutes, till the onion is beginning to flip golden. 

Add within the inexperienced chili and bell pepper, and blend and cook dinner for half a minute, then stir in the entire floor spices, the curry leaves, and the salt. 

Take the cauliflower out of the oven, and switch to this sauce combination and toss nicely to coat the cauliflower evenly. 

Swap off the warmth, add the chopped tomatoes, cilantro and a great squeeze of lime juice, and function an appetizer or as a facet.