Grilled Cauliflower Steaks in Home Made Buffalo Sauce, served with Mint Quinoa and Parsley Chives Yogurt Dip – A Meatless Monday Meal!

 

 
Home made Vegeatrian Buffalo Sauce – This sauce is native to the city of Buffalo in New York state of USA, invented in a bar to give a new spin to chicken wings. It is my take on this fired up sauce.

Kitchen Equipemnts Required 

Microwave safe bowl and Blender

Ingredients 

Dry Red Chillies, whole – 4

Garlic cloves – 2 big

Distilled white vinegar – 1 tsp

Soy sauce – 1 tsp

Kashmiri lal mirch powder or fancy paprika – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Hot water – 3 tbsp

Butter, cold – 1/2 tbsp

Method 

1. Take a microwave safe bowl. Add water and dry red chillies to the bowl. Microwave for 1-2 minutes. Bring out the bowl and add rest of the ingredients to soak in hot water along with chillies, besides butter. Soak for 10 minutes.

2. Take the blender and add all the ingredients from the bowl to it along with cold butter. Blend till it is smooth. Buffalo hot sauce is ready.

Grilled Cauliflower Steaks

Kitchen Equipments Required

Chopping board, knife, electric grill or you may grill in the pan too.

Ingredients 

Cauliflower Steaks – 4 steaks, half inch thick. From steak I mean, flat thick slab of cauliflower cut from in between.

Hot Buffalo Sauce – 2 tbsp

Method

1. Slather the hot buffalo sauce on both sides of the cauliflower slabs.

2. Heat the electric grill to medium high. Place the cauliflower slabs on the grill. Cook from each side for about 5-6 minutes each, till caramelized. Cauliflower Steaks are ready.

Mint Quinoa

Method 

1. Toss 1 cup of cooked Quinoa with some finely chopped mint, lemon juice and salt. Mint Quinoa is ready.

Parsley Chives Yogurt Dip

Method

1. Take the blender. Add 1/2 cup thick yogurt, salt to taste, 1 tsp chopped parsley and 1/2 tbsp chopped chives to the the blender cup. Give it a quick churn and dip is ready. Yogurt Dip is ready.

Serving Suggestion

Take a plate. Layer 1/2 cup of mint Quinoa on it. Layer with Cauliflower steaks, some yogurt dip, lemon slice and some fresh garden salad on the side.