Oven Roasted Cauliflower with Cumin and Coriander {Gluten-Free, Vegan}

Oven roasted cauliflower spiced with cumin and coriander makes for the simplest yet most appetizing 4 ingredient side dish. Perfect on Thanksgiving or just about any other evening! You’ll want to eat the whole tray yourself. Vegan, gluten free and paleo too!

Oven roasted cauliflower is my new favorite side dish. Scratch that it’s just my new favorite dish period. I can eat oven roasted cauliflower like I would popcorn – and by that I mean in large quantities and with zero self control.

Luckily for me it’s ever so slightly healthier and better for you than popcorn. Any one else sometimes confuse cauliflower with popcorn and mimic that same eating style with faced with a large tray of heavenly scented oven roasted cauliflower straight out of the oven?!

Tell me I’m not alone here.

Please share all the ways in which you eat cauliflower. I’m also all about roasted cauliflower soup and cauliflower rice tabouli, but growing up I had no idea cauliflower was so versatile.

As a child I was only fed cauliflower one way – dredged in egg and flour and then sauteed in oil. Oh and then I dipped it in mayonnaise.

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It wasn’t until I became I full blown adult that I came to find out you can even eat it raw with dip.

I continued to be surprised to find out that there are oh so many other ways that cauliflower can be prepared. And oven roasted cauliflower is my new favorite. Definitely healthy, full of flavor and simple to make. I do (sometimes) get tempted to dip this in mayonnaise (oh those Russian roots of mine), but so far I’ve resisted the urge. : )

While you can prepare oven roasted cauliflower with a medley of different spices I always stick to the same two – cumin and coriander. These two spices are simply magical together and the aroma that will fill your kitchen as the cauliflower bakes in the oven is nothing short of mesmerizing. If you do not have cumin seeds on hand, ground cumin works well too (trust me, I’ve tested both)

The key to get the cauliflower somewhat crisped up and charred is not to overdo it on the olive oil, and not to move the cauliflower around too much. I only stir the cauliflower half way into cooking, otherwise I do not touch it.

Overall this is my favorite side dish or sometimes I even just roasted a whole tray for myself as a snack!

In the comments below please share your favorite ways to prepare cauliflower!

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Oven Roasted Cauliflower

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

25 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

Oven roasted cauliflower spiced with cumin and coriander makes for the simplest yet most appetizing side dish. Perfect on Thanksgiving or just about any other evening! You'll want to eat the whole tray yourself. 

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Healthy

Servings: 4

Calories: 68 kcal

Author: Vicky Berman

Ingredients

• 1 head cauliflower
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt/pepper to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

1. Add cut up cauliflower florets to a bowl and toss with spices.  Drizzle a little bit of olive oil and shake the bowl to make sure all florets are coated. 

2. Place florets on baking sheet in a single layer . Cook 20-30 minutes or until cauliflower is slightly browned. Serve hot.

Recipe Notes

If you do not have cumin seeds, use ground cumin instead