Oven baked Cauliflower In Tahini Sauce. (Vegan).

Name: Oven baked Cauliflower In Tahini Sauce. (Vegan).
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 large head of cauliflower, approx 1.5 kg; 1 large onion, chopped.; 3 cloves of crushed garlic.; 1/2 a teaspoon of black pepper.; 2 tablespoons of olive oil.; 1 cup of tahini.; 1 cup of water (to add gradually).; 1/2 a cup of lemon juice.; 2 Tablespoons of Grapefruit Juice). If available.; 2 teaspoons of Mandarin juice. If available.; 1 teaspoon of orange zest.; 1 teaspoon of salt.

10 steps

Prep:20minCook:30min

Cauliflower with tahini in the oven, a Lebanese appetizer dish, simple and rich in healthy nutritional ingredients with a sauce of tahini, garlic, and lemon juice, suitable also as main course.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:38:33 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories310.3 kcal (16%)

Total Fat25.2 g (36%)

Carbs18.2 g (7%)

Sugars4.4 g (5%)

Protein9 g (18%)

Sodium465.8 mg (23%)

Fiber6.3 g (22%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

1 headcauliflower

1onion

large, chopped

3 clovesgarlic

crushed

½ teaspoonblack pepper

2 tablespoonsolive oil

1 cuptahini

1 cupwater

to add gradually

½ cuplemon juice

2 TablespoonsGrapefruit Juice

If available

2 teaspoonsMandarin juice

If available

1 teaspoonorange zest

1 teaspoonsalt

Instructions

Step 1

Prepare an oven dish suitable for serving, preheat the oven to a temperature of 180 degrees Celsius.

Step 2

Chop the cauliflower using a knife to equal florets.

Step 3

Heat the oil in a large frying pan, and fry the florets in the oil, stirring with a spoon until they become golden in color.

Step 4

Transfer the florets to kitchen paper towel to get rid of the excess oil.

Step 5

Heat olive oil with a little florets frying oil in a deep frying pan. Add onions, Garlic and stir with a wooden spoon until soft.

Step 6

Put tahini, water and lemon juice in a deep dish, then add salt and black pepper. Stir the ingredients with the hand mixer until a smooth mixture is formed. (you may adjust the thickness by adding water gradually).

Step 7

Add the tahini mixture to the onion in the pan and bring it to a boil.

Step 8

Place the roasted florets in an oven tray and pour the tahini mixture with onions on top.

Step 9

Put the tray in the oven for 30 minutes, until the sauce becomes little thick.

Step 10

Take the tray out of the oven, pour it in serving dish, decorate it with chopped parsley & roasted pine nuts, and serve hot.