Cauliflower Recipes - with Ketchup

Introduction to the Tomato Ketchup Cauliflower Recipe:

Another favorite of mine. Cauliflower is a flower that plays the role of a kind of vegetable. It is not like other vegetables which are usually the fruit of the plants in concern. I like this concept actually.

Although I loved enjoying all cauliflower recipes out there before I had ever tried to cook any of them, I didn’t realize how hard it is to cook it out until I came to know a very simple trick – putting them into hot water.

Yes, hot water will rinse and carry some nutrients away, but will also make things easy.

Ingredients of the Tomato Ketchup Cauliflower Recipe:

Cauliflower: 500 g (I normally use one)

Tomato Ketchup: 50 g

Seasonings:

Salt: 4 g

MSG: 2 g

White Sugar: 3 g

Finely minced ginger: 1 teaspoon

Starch: 1 teaspoon

Vegetable soup stock: 1 cup

Peanut oil: 20 g

Preparation Work:

1. Pour some clean water into a pot and turn on the high heat;

2. Break the cauliflower up into small pieces with hands;

3. Put the cauliflower pieces into boiling water;

4. Strain them out of the hot water after 3 minutes (when the cauliflower is done);

5. Mix the starch with clean water of appropriate amount.

Cooking Steps:

1. Preheat the peanut oil in the wok;

2. Drop the minced ginger and ketchup in;

3. Stir until the liquid gets very red;

4. Pour the vegetable soup stock into the wok;

5. Add in salt and white sugar;

6. Wait until it boils;

7. Skim the floating bubbles away;

8. Put the cauliflower pieces into the wok;

9. Add the MSG into it after 5 mintues;

10. Add in the water starch to thicken the soup.

Tips for this tomato ketchup cauliflower recipe:

1. It’s difficult to wash cauliflowers because some dirt or small insects are hidden in the small gaps. Here is a little tips for this. Immerse the cauliflower with cool water and add some salt into the water. All foreign substances will come out after some time.

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