# Baked cauliflower salad with mint dressing

This warm vegan salad is a surprisingly good dish, even for those who aren't typically salad or roasted vegetable enthusiasts.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 370 g roughly cut cauliflower
- 1 can chickpeas
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp crushed caraway seeds
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- olive oil
- 150 g couscous/bulgur
- 20 mint leaves
- 1 bunch parsley
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 2 tbsp yogurt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 0.5 lime/lemon
- salt and pepper
- 160 g cauliflower leaves (or any other vegetable on hand)
- 1 medium onion
- 0.5 lime/lemon
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil

## Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
2. Cut the cauliflower into florets and drain the chickpeas.
3. Put everything along with the seasoning on a sheet tray and bake for around 20 minutes.
4. Cook bulgur per package instructions or soak it in 2:1 of water to bulgur ratio with boiling water covered with a lid.
5. For pearl couscous: toast the couscous with 1 tbsp of olive oil until golden brown.
6. Add 1 1/2 cups of water and bring it to boil.
7. Turn the heat to low and cover it with a lid for 15 minutes.
8. Cut the cauliflower leaves and onion into thin strips.
9. Put the rest of the ingredients, mix well and set aside.
10. Put all the ingredients for the dressing in a blender.
11. Add some more water or oil to adjust the thickness.

## Equipment

- oven
- sheet tray
- blender
- lid
- bowl

## Tips

- You can either mix everything in one bowl or serve in this order: Slaw, couscous, baked cauliflower and dressing.
- You can eat the green stuff on the bottom of a cauliflower.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/wBNWj7fpg48?si=zU003NW0b7SV_rWU
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1422204f-8ff7-4bd7-b678-4a37593d1623
- Extracted: 2026-04-05

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