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Lemon Cauliflower Rice

Indian · side

Ingredients

  • 4 cups (12 oz package) riced cauliflower
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric
  • ¼ cup avocado oil
  • 2 tablespoons roasted peanuts or chana dal
  • 2 teaspoons white urad or moong dal
  • 2 whole dry red chilis
  • 15-20 curry leaves
  • ¼ teaspoon hing (asafoetida)
  • ¼ teaspoon fenugreek seeds
  • 2-3 tablespoons lemon juice (½ a lemon)

Instructions

  1. Add the cauliflower to a nonstick skillet with a bit of oil and turmeric and cook at medium heat until it stops giving off a raw cauliflower smell
  2. While the cauliflower rice is cooking, temper the rest of the ingredients (ideally in a tadka pan) in ¼ cup oil over medium heat.
  3. Add the hing and wait until it splutters
  4. Add the red chilies, curry leaves, dal, and peanuts and fry for 5 minutes, making sure they don’t burn
  5. Add the tempering ingredients to the cauliflower rice and mix well
  6. (optional) roast the fenugreek seeds over medium heat and grind them with a spice grinder or mortal and pestle
  7. Add the lemon juice and roasted fenugreek at the end