Cauliflower Fried "Rice"

Do you think this is ridiculous? Grating cauliflower into small bits and pretending it is rice? Fake rice. At least it is safe and edible unlike the plastic fake rice that has been making it's rounds on social media recently.

Cauliflower is now the in-thing as a low carb substitute for rice, mash and also pizza crust. I was curious of course and made my first cauliflower rice here on the rare occasion when I found fresh cauliflower at the supermarket.

I find it difficult to buy fresh cauliflower because by the time I get to them during the weekends, they already have brown spots on them and look quite yucky.

So one evening at Tesco, I spotted an almost pristine head of cauliflower and I immediately grabbed it. Time for another round of fake rice!

What I did was wash the cauliflower, drained it and then grated the florets using a grater like this :

I avoided the stems as they come off in bigger pieces, unlike the florets which once grated, resembled fine rice grains. Once I was done, I simply went about cooking it as if it were rice.



The ingredients I used are onions, mushrooms, bacon, spring onions and coriander. If you don't like coriander, don't torture yourself, just leave it out. I find the addition of spring onions and coriander very fragrant. I enjoyed the cauliflower fried rice very much and if I can have my "fried rice" with less carbs, why not?

Cauliflower Fried Rice
Recipe source : Adapted from Nom Nom Paleo (page 161)

Ingredients :
- Cauliflower, grated into fine grains
- bacon, cut into small pieces
- onion, diced
- fresh shitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
- fish sauce
- omelette, cut into strips
- spring onions, finely sliced
- coriander, finely chopped

Method :

1. Heat oil in wok and fry bacon until crispy.
2. Remove the bacon and set aside.
3. Using the same oil, saute onions until slightly browned and fragrant.
4. Add mushrooms and fry until they soften.
5. Add grated cauliflower and stir fry briskly.
5. Cover and let cook for about 5 minutes on low heat until it is tender but not too soft (taste to test!)
6. Add fish sauce, spring onions, coriander, sliced omelette. and bacon. Mix everything together and serve.

This post is also linked to Cook-Your-Books #23 hosted by Joyce of Kitchen Flavours.