Cauliflower Fried ‘Rice’

It was that time again to do a massive fridge clean out and make sure that I had used up all of the fresh ingredients I had left in my fridge! This is a fantastic way to make sure that you are not wasting any food and therefore money, each week. I cannot recommend it enough!

With my fridge clean out, came this creation… Cauliflower Fried ‘Rice’

Now, you can either use a little manual hand blitzer (I got mine from Kmart here) or a food processor, however I find the food processor makes the cauliflower too fine.

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For anyone who hasn’t bought edamame salad before, this is what I buy from the freezer section at Woolworths!

This recipe is high in plant protein and full of flavour! I hope you enjoy it 🙂

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Cauliflower Fried ‘Rice’

Serves: 5
Time: 30 mins

What you need:

Blitzer/chopper, wok or big fry pan, measuring utensils, chopping board, knives.

Ingredients:

1 tbsp (20ml) minced ginger
1 tbsp (20ml) minced garlic
2 tbsp (40ml) tamari or to desired taste
1 or 2 tsp sesame oil
pinch of chilli flakes
1 bunch of broccolini cut into cm pieces
2 cups of baby spinach
1 packet of edamame salad frozen
2 tins of organic brown lentils, rinsed and drained
1 cauliflower, blitzed into ‘rice’
2 tsp of olive oil
1 tsp pink salt
1 tbsp black sesame seeds
black pepper to taste

*coriander optional to serve

Method:

1. Begin by placing florets of the cauliflower into the blitzer. Pulse until it meets a ‘rice’ consistency, but it’s not too fine. Do it in small batches, I did about 4.
2. Drain and rinse the lentils.
3. Heat the olive oil in the wok over a medium heat. Add in the garlic and the ginger and cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
4. Add the cauliflower rice and stir to coat in the garlic and ginger, cooking for 2 minutes.
5. Add in the spinach, broccolini and the edamame salad, stir well at frequent intervals. Cook for 8 minutes until the vegetables have softened but broccolini is still firm to the bite.
6. Add in the tamari, chili flakes, lentils, salt and sesame oil. Stir and cook for a few minutes until well flavoured.
7. Add the sesame seeds and serve.

You may choose to add more tamari or chili flakes, depending on your taste buds.

Happy cooking lovely’s

Steph xx