Recipe: Chermoula Roast Cauliflower

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Recipe and Pic from Olive Magazine

This recipe calls for roasting a cauliflower whole, which it quite lovely presentation-wise, but if you prefer you can slice yours into thick “steaks” before roasting which will cook much more quickly!

1 cauliflower, trimmed

2 tbsp tahini

2 tbsp plain yogurt

1 tbsp, toasted pumpkin seeds

Chermoula

handful, finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

handful, cilantro finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, crushed

1 tsp smoked paprika

1 tsp ground cumin

1 lemon, zested and juiced

olive oil

To make the chermoula, mix the herbs, garlic, spices, lemon zest and juice with 3 tbsp oil and a good pinch of salt.

Heat the oven to 400 degrees Brush the cauli with oil and season then put on a baking tray and roast for 30 -40 minutes or until tender. Take out, spoon over the chermoula and leave to sit for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix the tahini and yogurt with enough water to make a drizzleable sauce and season. Lift the cauliflower onto a plate, drizzle with the tahini sauce then finish with a scatter of toasted pumpkin seeds.