Warm spiced cauliflower and chickpea salad with pomegranate seeds
At a Glance
- Prep
- 30 minutes
- Cook
- 30 minutes
- Total
- 60 minutes
- Servings
- Serves 2
Categories
- Main Course
- Roasting
- Easy
- Main course
Dietary
- Low lactose
- Low-calorie
- Vegan Iet
- Vegetarian
Servings & Nutrition
Original recipe serves 2. Current scale: 1x.
This is one of my favourite suppers, although there’s nothing that says you can’t serve this as a vegetable side. And you could also bolster it further by crumbling in some feta. But for me, it is perfect just as it is. Each serving provides 483 kcal, 17g protein, 39g carbohydrate (of which 14g sugars), 26g fat (of which 3.5g saturates), 15g fibre and 2.7g salt.
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Equipment
large bowl, small oven tray
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp regular olive oil
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 small head cauliflower, trimmed and divided into small florets
- 250g/9oz home-cooked chickpeas (drained weight) or a 400g tin chickpeas
- 1–2 tbsp harissa, to taste
- 4 small ripe vine tomatoes (approximately 150g/5½oz), quartered
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes, or to taste
- 3–4 tbsp pomegranate seeds
- large bunch (approximately 100g/3½oz) flatleaf parsley
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7.
Pour the oil into a large bowl, add the cinnamon and cumin seeds, and stir. Tip in the cauliflower and toss to coat. Pour into a small oven tray (I mostly use a disposable foil baking tray measuring 30x20cm/12x8in) and place in the oven for 15 minutes. Don’t wash out the bowl you’ve been using.
Add the chickpeas to the bowl, and add the harissa, tasting it first to see if you want both tablespoonfuls. Toss to coat. Add the tomatoes to the bowl, and stir to mix.
Remove the cauliflower and quickly tip the chickpeas and tomatoes over the cauliflower. Toss to combine and return to the oven for 15 minutes, or until the cauliflower is tender.
Remove from the oven and sprinkle the salt over the vegetables, add half of the pomegranate seeds and toss to combine. Divide between 2 bowls. Divide the parsley leaves – without chopping them – between the 2 bowls and toss to mix. Scatter with the remaining pomegranate seeds and serve.
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