Cauliflower Croquettes

Name: Cauliflower Croquettes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 piece Cauliflower (1 Cauliflower (gobi) cut into small pieces); ½ cup All-Purpose Flour (1/2 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)); 1 cup Whole Milk (1 cup Milk); 2 tbsp Butter (2 tablespoon Butter (Salted)); 4 cloves Garlic (4 cloves Garlic chopped); 1 tbsp Rosemary (1 tablespoon Rosemary); 1 tbsp Dried Thyme (1 tablespoon Dried Thyme Leaves); 3 tbsp Hot Sauce (3 tablespoon Tabasco Original - Hot Sauce); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); 1 piece Egg (1 Whole Egg); ½ cup Wheat Breadcrumbs (1/2 cup Whole Wheat Bread crumbs); 0 pieces Vegetable Oil (Oil for frying)

Cauliflower croquettes are made by cooking and mashing cauliflower, combining it with a thick béchamel-like sauce and seasonings, shaping into cylinders, breading, and shallow-frying until golden brown.

60 minFrench

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making the Cauliflower Croquettes Recipe, we will first pressure cook the cauliflower with little water and sprinkle some salt and cook it for 2 whistles.
2Keep it aside and allow the pressure to release naturally.
3In a sauce pan, heat milk, add butter, garlic and little salt and bring it to a boil. Once it starts boiling, slowly add flour and keep whisking till it comes together and forms a lump.
4Set aside and rest for few minutes till the mixture cools down.
5In the mean while take the cauliflower out and blitz it in a blender to a coarse mixture.
6Heat a saucepan, add a little butter and some chopped garlic and allow it to sizzle for few seconds.
7Add the ground cauliflower mixture, sprinkle the seasonings like rosemary, oregano and tabasco sauce and check for salt as well.
8Keep cooking the mixture for around 10 – 15 minutes and set aside to cool down.
9Once done, mix the cauliflower into the flour and milk mixture and shape them into cylindrical shapes.
10Refrigerate the croquettes for at least 15 minutes in the freezer before you fry them.
11Whisk the egg in a plate and keep it ready, keep the bread crumbs also by the side.
12Heat a flat skillet and add some oil to shallow fry the croquettes.Take the croquettes out and dip them in egg and coat evenly with bread crumbs and shake off any excess crumbs.
13Drop them into the hot oil carefully and shallow fry the till they turn golden brown. Skim the croquettes and drain it over a paper napkin.
14Serve the Cauliflower Croquettes Recipe along with Tzatziki Recipe - A Greek Yogurt Dip or Cottage Cheese Dip Recipe With Pepper and Olives to make it even more appetizing during any house parties.