Easy Asian Cauliflower Rice + Video

Asian Cauliflower Rice is a delicious recipe which tastes just as good as your favourite Asian style fried rice. The best part is that it’s healthy, Keto, whole 30, low carb, paleo and vegan too. Here is how to make Asian Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe.

What is Cauliflower Rice?

It’s basically cauliflower broken down into very small rice sized pieces and then stir fried just like you would do for rice. It tastes delicious and is a very very healthy option as compared to eating rice. For people who want to cut down on crabs, this is a great option. This cauliflower rice is

• Healthy
• Keto
• Vegan
• Paleo
• Whole 30
• Low Carb
• Easy to make
• Super quick
• Filling
• loaded with asian flavours
• Customisable

Is Cauliflower Rice Good For you?

Cauliflower have 25 calories per cup of serving as compared to 215 for a cup of rice. It is loaded with fibres, vitamins and mineral and is in fact one of the healthiest vegetable. Making this rice using cauliflower gives you access to all these good things.

Does Cauliflower Rice taste good?

To be frank, I was a little skeptical about the taste initially, but one spoonful and I was in love with this concept. This rice does not taste like the regular rice but it tastes good surprisingly. In fact it taste very very good. You have to try it once to believe it. This is all I can say.

How to make Cauliflower Fried Rice without a Food Processor?

If you don’t have a food processor, you can make cauliflower rice using a grater. Use the medium grate to grate the cauliflower and then use it in the recipe.

Can this rice be frozen?

This rice can be very easily frozen. So go ahead, double the recipe and freeze it for later use. Just thaw it on counter for an hour and then microwave until warm before serving.

Some stores have started to sell readymade frozen cauliflower rice. So you can pick that as well if you want the process even more fast.

Tips to make best Asian Cauliflower Fried Rice Recipe

Use a food processor or a grater to make the cauliflower rice. Using these will ensure that the result is rice like and not a paste of cauliflower.

You can add shrimp, pork, beef, shredded chicken or eggs to your rice if you wish to.

You can add veggies of your choice to this rice. Try adding corn, peas, capsicum etc.

Increase or decrease the amount of sauces according to your taste.

You can ass some szechuan sauce if you like your food spicy.

To save time, you can rice the cauliflower in bulk and freeze it in small batches and use whenever needed.

Tools Required to make Cauliflower Rice

You should have a food processor or a grater to make cauliflower rice.

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How to make Asian Cauliflower Rice Step by Step

Wash the cauliflower and cut it into pieces. Add the pieces in a mixer and grind to make a coarse mixture.

Heat oil in a pan. Once the oil is hot, add garlic and fry for a few seconds.

Add onion and fry for a minute.

Now add carrot, capsicum and  broccoli and fry for another minute.

Add the ground cauliflower, salt, black pepper powder, soy sauce, oyster sauce and vinegar and mix well. Cook for a minute.

Ready Cauliflower rice.

Asian Cauli Rice Video Recipe

Asian Cauliflower Rice Recipe

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Asian Cauliflower Rice

Healthy Asian Cauliflower Rice is a delicious recipe which tastes just as good as your favourite asian style fried rice. It's gluten free too.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Asian

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4 people

Calories 85 kcal

Author Neha Mathur

Ingredients

• 1 Cauliflower Medium Size
• 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
• 4-5 cloves Garlic Crushed
• 1/2 cup Onion Finely Chopped
• 1/4 cup Carrot Finely Chopped
• 1/4 cup Capsicum Chopped
• 1/4 cup Broccoli Cut into small florets
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp Black Pepper Powder
• 2 tsp Dark Soy Sauce Use Tamari for gluten free version.
• 1 tbsp Oyster Sauce Leave it for vegan version
• 1 tsp Rice Wine Vinegar
• Spring Onion Greens For garnishing

Instructions

1. Wash the cauliflower and cut it into pieces.

2. Add the pieces in a mixer and grind to make a coarse mixture.

3. Heat oil in a pan.

4. Once the oil is hot, add garlic to it and fry for a few seconds.

5. Add onion and fry for a minute.

6. Add carrot, capsicum and broccoli and fry for another minute.

7. Now add the ground cauliflower, salt, black pepper powder, soy sauce, oyster sauce and vinegar and mix well.

8. Cook for a minute.

9. Garnish with spring onion greens.

10. Serve hot with any Indo Chinese style gravy.

Recipe Notes

Use a food processor or a grater to make the cauliflower rice. Using these will ensure that the result is rice like and not a paste of cauliflower.

You can add shrimp, pork, beef, shredded chicken or eggs to your rice if you wish to.

You can add veggies of your choice to this rice. Try adding corn, peas, capsicum etc.

Increase or decrease the amount of sauces according to your taste.

You can ass some szechuan sauce if you like your food spicy.

To save time, you can rice the cauliflower in bulk and freeze it in small batches and use whenever needed.

Nutrition Facts

Asian Cauliflower Rice

Amount Per Serving

Calories 85 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Fat 6g9%

Saturated Fat 5g31%

Sodium 184mg8%

Potassium 164mg5%

Carbohydrates 5g2%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 1g1%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 1370IU27%

Vitamin C 20.9mg25%

Calcium 21mg2%

Iron 0.2mg1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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