Why I love this...
This is my go to for a warming breakfast. Served with banana, berries and some honey (or any fruit, or granola, or maple syrup...the options are endless really) this is so comforting and yet so light. Plus it's vegetable based so it packs in a double-whammy of vitamins and the fresh ginger adds both spice and an immunity boost. It's the ultimate combination of comfort and health! But the amazingness doesn't stop there - it also makes a great savoury dish topped with my Miso Mushrooms, cooked chicken, a veg medley....you get the idea, it's incredibly versatile and therefore makes the perfect batch cook option meaning it also saves you precious time. AMAZING!!! Go make it now and thank me later.
Ingredients
1 Medium Cauliflower
5cm Piece of fresh ginger
1 Tin Coconut milk
5 Cloves
5 All spice berries
1 Cinnamon stick
1 Tsp Vanilla essence*
Pinch salt
25g Desiccated coconut
3-4 Tbsp Coconut yoghurt (optional, but it does make it amazing)
Want a version with carbs that are heathy and release energy slowely to give you that longer boost? Add 100g of uncooked, well-washed brown rice from the beginning!
*If you are making a general, versatile batch leave this out and add it to the sweet option later if you wish.
Equipment
Chopping board
Knife
Medium saucepan with lid
Wooden spoon
Teaspoon
Grater/Microplane
Scale (to measure your coconut if using)
Appliances: Food Processor, Hob
Tip: if you don't have a food processor a grater will work too; it will just take longer
Preparation
Chop cauliflower into manageable chunks and either pop in your food processor on the ricing setting (the disk with holes) or grate. It should be a pile of rice-like consistency after. Put it in your saucepan
Peel (use the teaspoon!) and grate your ginger over the cauliflower
Add the spices, coconut milk and another half tin’s worth of water in a pan on the hob and bring to a gentle boil.
Cover and let it bubble away for 30 minutes stirring occasionally and checking on water level. Go do something else!
For the last 10 minutes take the lid off, add the desiccated coconut, turn the heat up a little and let it thicken.
Fish out (most) of the whole spices; chances are you'll miss a couple but just watch out for them when eating.
Add your coconut yoghurt if using and let it simmer gently for another 3 minutes before serving in bowls
TOP TIP:
This saves and reheats really well so I often make a batch and then keep it in the fridge for those moments when I need a quick and warming healthy meal