Broccoli biryani

Indian food is one of my favourite cuisines as it is so full of flavour and surprsies, that I am actually entertained by the food I eat! I used to focus on heat rather than flavour and just go for the spiceiest option, but now my tastebuds enjoy a tasteful jalfrezi or balti over a fire burning vindaloo. So why not embrace the culture and give my own recipe a try? Well that is what this bizarre creation turned out to be :)

Ingredients:

Salad

• 1 head of broccoli
• punnet of mushrooms (chestnut are my favourite)
• 350g of spicy cherry peppers (or you can use one red bell pepper)

Sauce

• 4 large vine tomatoes
• 1/2 zucchini/courgette
• 1 very hot chilli
• 2 spring onions
• 1 heaped tsp garam masala (this is what provides that indian flavour sensation)

Instructions 

1. Begin by making the base of your salad, chop and food process the whole head of broccoli until it forms a rice like consistency (sometimes I prefer it fine, sometimes chunky, so just follow your tastebuds!) and place into a seperate bowl.
2. Chop the mushrooms and peppers into bite sized portions and mix with the broccoli 'rice'.
3. Now move onto the best part...the dressing! Finely chop the tomatoes, zucchini, chilli, onions and place into a blender and add the garam masala, simply let your blender do the work! Unfortunately, I do not have this privilege as my blender is in blender heaven ;)  So, I had to hand blend in a bowl, but it is definitely worth it! 
4. Add the dressing to the salad mixture and stir thoroughly until it is all coated with the delicious sauce. You can be civilised and use a spoon to do this, but I personally like to get involved with my food and mix my hands (you get the added bonus of licking your fingers this way!)
5. Et Voila! Enjoy as it is or put in lettuce or collard leaves and make indian tacos (if that even exists.)

Hope this satisfies your indian cravings and you enjoy the flavours! Let me know what you think by joining the google crowd and commenting below, and please inform me what else you would like me to post about! I would love to hear your thoughts and interests.