Easy Keto Cauliflower Cheese Bake with an Indian Twist
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A simple and quick Keto recipe to whip up is a slight variation of the Cauliflower cheese bake… a Cauliflower Cheese Bake with an Indian Curry flavour twist. By adding coconutmilk and Indian spices we make this dish a little more exotic then its original.
You can use this Keto Cauliflower Cheese Bake recipe as a main dish or as a side dish when you cook for a bigger group.
You can replace the Mozzarella cheese for another type of cheese, but we do recommend using either Parmesan or Grana Padano, to give the dish even more flavour.
And for the vegans among us, you can just replace the Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese with a vegan cheese variant of your liking.
How to make this Indian flavored Keto Cauliflower Cheese Bake?
Just follow the following 4 simple steps to make this Indian Style Cauliflower Cheese recipe:
Ingredients for the Keto Cauliflower Cheese Bake
There are not a lot of ingredientsto buy, although there are a fair amount of different herbs and spices to add.
- 1 medium size cauliflower
- 400 ml / 1 can of coconut milk
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 0.5 tbsp black pepper - to taste
- 0.5 salt to taste
- 1 tbsp indian curry herbs - to taste
- 0.5 tbsp curcuma powder - to taste
- 0.5 tbsp cumin powder - to taste
- 1 tbsp paprika powder - to taste
- 0.25 tbsp cayenne pepper - to taste
- 225 grams / 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
- 45 grams / 0.5 cup grated parmesan cheese
Macros Keto Cauliflower Cheese Bake
In the below table we have depicted an estimate of the amount of carbs, protein and fat in this Keto dish. So you can easily add the macros in your keto app for your intake monitoring.
As a side dish you can get about 6 servings out of this dish, which is equal to about 8 grams of carbs (net carbs might differ depending on products used).
1. Clean, cut and boil the cauliflower
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius/375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Wash the cauliflower, before cutting the head of the cauliflower into little pieces. Boil the cauliflower for about 15 minutes in slightly salted water.
When ready, drain the water from the pan.
2. Add seasoning and coconut milk
Now we will add the following herbs to the cauliflower: indian curry herbs, cumin, paprika, curcuma, black grounded pepper, Himalayan salt and a bit of cayenne pepper.
Then add a can of coconut milk to the pan. Boil the cauliflower in the coconut curry for about 20 to 30 minutes until a bit soft.
3. Transfer to an oven tray and add the cheese
Add the mixture to an oven tray that has been greased with a bit of olive oil.
Then add grated mozzarella cheese and grated Parmesan cheese on the top.
4. Bake for 10 / 15 minutes
Bake the dish in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes, until the cheese has melted. Now your quick and easy Keto Indian Cauliflower Cheese bake is ready to eat!
Ready to add a dessert? Check out our delicious Keto Pumpkin Cheesecake!
Or have a hearty Keto Butternut Squash Soup as a starter.
Easy Keto Cauliflower Cheese Bake - Indian Curry Style
Equipment
- Frying pan
- Oven tray
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1 unit cauliflower medium size
- 400 ml / 1 can of coconut milk
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 0.5 tbsp black pepper to taste
- 0.5 tbsp salt to taste
- 1 tbsp indian curry herbs to taste
- 0.5 tbsp curcuma powder to taste
- 1 tbsp paprika herbs to taste
- 0,25 tbsp cayenne pepper to taste
- 225 grams /2 cups of grated mozzarella cheese
- 45 grams / 0.5 cup of grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius/375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Wash the cauliflower thoroughly.
- Cut the head of the cauliflower into little pieces.
- Boil the cauliflower for about 15 minutes in slightly salted water.
- Drain the water from the pan.
- Season the cauliflower with the following herbs: indian curry herbs, cumin, paprika, curcuma, black grounded pepper, Himalayan salt and a bit of cayenne pepper.
- Then add a can of coconut milk to the pan.
- Boil the cauliflower in the coconut curry for about 20 to 30 minutes until a bit soft.
- Add the mixture to an oven tray that has been greased with a bit of olive oil.
- Cover the cauliflower curry mixture with grated mozzarella cheese and grated Parmesan cheese.
- Bake the dish in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes, until the cheese has melted.
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