Curried Cauliflower

This is a good recipe for curried cauliflower. But it's not Murali's (my Indian-Singapore ex-roomate) mom's curried cauliflower. Which in addition to removing the lining of your mouth it was delightfully flavorful each bite a little balance of pleasure versus pain. I like this version, until I can beg the recipe off Murali it'll have to be good enough.

This is a fairly common dish in India. Sometimes Potato is mixed in during the cooking.

5 T oil
3 t cumin seed
2 t fennel seed
1 large onion
3 T ginger garlic paste
1 t turmeric
2 t Cayenne
2 t ground coriander
1 C water
1 small tomato
1 t salt
2 lb cauliflower
3 t Garam Masala
2 in ginger fine julienned
Cilantro for garnish

Heat the oil in a pan, add cumin and fennel seed, brown lightly. Add the onion, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, cayenne, coriander and tomato. Bhunao this mixture until the water is gone and the oil starts to leach from the food. Add a little bit of the water if it starts to burn.

Add the cauliflower and cook stirring until it starts to brown. and the rest of the water and cover, cook on medium heat for 10 minutes or until the cauliflower is tender.

-Nom!