cauliflower curry with roasted coconut and tamarind | cauliflower theeyal

Soak the tamarind in hot water and let it be for atleast 15mins. This is optional, you can also use tamarind paste.

Lets roast the ingredients under the "Roasting & Grinding" section. Add coconut oil to a pan and add when its hot add shredded coconut and curry leaves to it. Roast it on medium flame till the coconut turns dark brown. As soon as it turns dark brown, add the coriander powder and chilli powder to it. switch off the flame and let it roast for a few mins with the heat of the pan. Spread it on a flat plate and let it cool.

Once it cool, add it to a mixie jar and grind it without adding water. Grind it to a fine liquid paste. Keep it aside

Take a pan and add coconut oil to it. Once it hot add mustard and when it splutters add dry red chillies. Add onions to it and saute for a min. Add the cut cauliflower, green chillies, curry leaves, salt and turmeric to it and let it saute on high flame for atleast 5 mins till the water is evaporated

Add the tamarind water to this (should be around 2 cups of soaked tamarind water or a tsp of tamarind paste) and the ground coconut paste to this. Mix and let it boill for around 5 mins on high flame. Serve with hot rice.