Recipe: Cauliflower “Couscous” with Hazelnuts, Feta and Kale

In case you’re stuck in a recipe rut this month, here’s a fail-safe favourite to add to your repertoire. Happy cooking and eating!

Serves 3 to 4

From: Frog Michaels, Author of A Helping Hand: Delicious Recipes in English & Tagalog

Ingredients:

• ½ cauliflower
• ¼ red cabbage (around 300g), cored and finely shredded
• 2 kale leaves, central stalk removed and leaves finely shredded
• 180g feta cheese (1 packet), cut into one-centimetre cubes
• 45g hazelnuts

Ingredients for dressing:

• 5 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• Salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Make the couscous first by breaking up the cauliflower into florets. Cut away any protruding stalks and discard.
2. Pulse it in a food processor. Stop when all the cauliflower has broken up into couscous-like granules. Invariably there are the odd bits that somehow escape the chopping process and remain defiantly intact. Remove the successfully pulverised pieces and then re-blitz any escapees.
3. Toast the hazelnuts (around five minutes) in a dry frying pan over a low heat. Set them aside to cool.
4. Whisk all the ingredients for the dressing together in a small bowl.
5. Combine the cauliflower, cabbage, kale and feta and toss well. Add the cooled, toasted nuts and the dressing just before serving and combine gently.

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This article first appeared in the March 2017 edition of Expat Living Singapore. Subscribe now!