Cauliflower Stew-Turkey

There are a lot of foods I equate with Turkish cuisine, cauliflower is not one of them. However, perusing the pages of Ayla Algar’s cookbook, Classical Turkish Cooking clearly showed where my culinary ignorance levels were at. Its name in Turkish is Karnibahar Musakka and if you can pronounce that, I am most impressed.

I recently borrowed this cookbook from my library and had grand illusions for making a Turkish feast on Friday night but fatigue paired with typical Friday laziness saw that only one thing was made, cauliflower stew. Although in my defense I was planning on making the recipe for a yogurt and pistachio cake that was also from the cookbook but my local, LARGE supermarket had no pistachios save for ones that were in mixed nut collection. I was most disappointed.

But back to the cauliflower stew-I know I probably say this a lot but it truly was beyond simple to make. You blanch the raw cauliflower, cook some onions, add the cauliflower and remaining ingredients and voila. And lest anyone think that cauliflower stew doesn’t necessarily sound the greatest, ground lamb or sirloin is also in it making it a hearty dish.

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