Basmati Rice with Cauliflower Steak and Pumpkin Sauce

It's time to think about delicious and nutritious Lenten recipes. This year, we've made an effort to provide you with several interesting, different, and easy-to-prepare plant-based recipes. We hope that more and more people will turn cooking during Lent into an enjoyable experience.

In today's article, we've prepared something different that we're sure will impress not only with its appearance but also with its incredible taste. Let's see together how to prepare Basmati rice with cauliflower steak and pumpkin sauce.

Ingredients for the steak:

• 1 small head of cauliflower
• 3 tbsp olive oil/vegetable oil
• 1 tsp smoked or regular paprika
• 1/2 tsp organic turmeric
• 2 tsp curry
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
  Ingredients for the rice:
• 1 cup organic white basmati rice
• 2 cups water
• 1 small onion
• 1 small carrot
• 1 tbsp olive oil/vegetable oil
• salt and pepper to taste
  
  Ingredients for the pumpkin sauce:
• 1/2 cup cooked pumpkin
• 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 1/2 cup organic raw cashews
• 1/4 cup water
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• salt to taste
  
  For garnish: organic black sesame and edamame, if desired.
  
  Method of preparation:
  
  Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a baking tray with baking paper.
  
  Clean and wash the cauliflower, cut it into "steaks" about 1.5-2 cm thick, and arrange them carefully on the tray.
  
  In a small bowl, mix the olive oil, paprika, turmeric, curry, black pepper, and salt.
  
  Brush the cauliflower well with the mixture, cover the tray with aluminum foil, and bake for 20 minutes.
  
  Meanwhile, prepare the rice: in a small pot, sauté the thinly sliced onion until golden in 1 tbsp olive oil. Chop or grate the carrot into small juliennes and add to the onion. Once the vegetables are sautéed, wash and add the rice, pour in 2 cups of water, cover the pot with a lid, and let it simmer for about 10 minutes.
  
  After 20 minutes, remove the cauliflower from the oven, take off the aluminum foil, and bake for another 15 minutes.
  
  Finally, prepare the sauce by blending all ingredients until smooth.
  
  Serve a medium-sized pile of fluffy rice in a bowl, sprinkle with black sesame. Drizzle the aromatic cauliflower steaks with the pumpkin sauce and raw edamame beans.
  
  *The recipe for Basmati rice with cauliflower steak and pumpkin sauce was created for us by Tanya Gardzheva, known on social media as tanyagardzheva.
  
  We hope our recipe has been helpful to you. This year, we have prepared many more Christmas Lenten recipes to make Lent an enjoyable experience.