This healthy, gluten free Cauliflower Pomegranate Salad with Yogurt Dressing is a delicious vegetarian dish that’s perfect for sharing!
CAULIFLOWER POMEGRANATE SALAD WITH YOGURT DRESSING
This Cauliflower Pomegranate Salad with Yogurt Dressing can be enjoyed cold or warm, as a veggie side or even main dish, served with rice or quinoa. As it contains essentially one vegetable , i.e. cauliflower, it won’t wilt or get soggy after 10 minutes (which is about as long as most salads manage to stay fresh for), so you can put it in a plastic container and take to a party or enjoy for lunch at work. In short, this salad is a very practical, handy dish that can be used according to individual needs.
I roast my vegetables whenever possible (if I don’t want them raw), and roasted cauliflower is so much more tasty than cooked or even steamed. Although delicious on its own (when roasted), I thought I’ll make an extra special dish that would really show off this fabulous vegetable. I used pomegranate seeds for sweetness and crunch and coriander to add a fresh herb flavour and a bit of green, and coated my 3 ingredients in a smooth, creamy aromatic dressing. You’ll notice I’ve used Skyr to make the dressing – Skyr is my latest discovery which I mentioned in my previous post (Butternut Squash Vegetarian Chilli) and I’ll be using it a lot from now on, though Greek yogurt is always a good alternative.
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I strongly recommend sprinkling the cauliflower pieces (before roasting them) with some cayenne pepper for a bit of bite. Enjoy!
This Cauliflower Pomegranate Salad with Yogurt Dressing was shared with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday
- 1 medium cauliflower
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
- 4 tablespoons cilantro finely chopped
- Salt and cayenne pepper to taste
- For the dressing:
- 4 tablespoons thick yogurt Greek or Skyr
- 1 small garlic clove crushed
- 3 tablespoons rapeseed oil plus more for drizzling over the cauliflower
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon each cumin and turmeric powder
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Preheat the oven to 400 F/ 200 C/ gas mark 6. Roughly chop up the cauliflower, tip onto a baking tray, season with salt and cayenne pepper and drizzle with oil (3-4 tablespoons). Bake for 20-22 minutes, turning half way. Remove from the oven and set aside.
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Combine all the dressing ingredients, stir thoroughly and set aside.
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In a large bowl combine the roasted cauliflower with the pomegranate seeds and coriander. Pour the dressing over, stir thoroughly, adjust the seasoning if necessary and serve.
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Ooh now that sounds gorgeous Monika, and I love the pomegranite seeds sprinkled on top for extra crunch – but also the colour they bring is beautiful. I must say, and I have no idea why, but I’ve never tried roasting cauliflower, I’ll have to try that I imagine it will bring so much more flavour than just steaming it as you say.
Angela x
Thank you Angela! I started roasting cauliflower only recently myself and now I just won’t have it any other way, it’s really so delicious! Hope you give it a go too:)
I love roasted cauliflower but don’t like it any other way. This sounds so delicious that it’s going on my things to make list!
Thank you Corina! Hope you like it if you do make it:)
Golly this salad sound really delicious. I will have to give this a try so I am pinning it for later. It looks so colourful too .
Thanks Jacqui! Cauliflower tastes really nice prepared like this. This is my new favourite way of eating cauliflower:)
I love cauliflower, but the others are not so keen. I think I’ll try roasting it to see what they think. This salad looks delicious! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Thanks Kirsty! I hope they like it roasted, my youngest son won’t touch cooked cauliflower but he loves it roasted.
This looks incredible!! I so agree with you about roasting the cauliflower. And those flavours just sound like the perfect match…this is definitely one of those ‘I wish I’d thought of that’ recipes!! 😀 Eb x
Thank you! I have to say this has got to be one of my favourite (new!) ways of eating cauliflower.
I love roasting cauliflower, it gives it such a great flavour.
I agree, it’s my favourite method of preparing cauliflower:)