Rice with cauliflower: a single and balanced dish – Italian Cuisine

Rice with cauliflower: a single and balanced dish


We prepare rice with cauliflower, a unique and nutrient-rich first course, which helps our body to fill up with minerals and antioxidants, useful for fighting natural cellular aging and slowing down oxidation.

Staying at home without being able to perform physical activity outdoors or in a gym, as we used to do until a few weeks ago, obliges us to reduce daily calories, to avoid accumulating unpleasant extra pounds. For this reason, we suggest an easy-to-prepare, low-calorie recipe that can be a tasty and satiating single dish at the same time: rice with cauliflower, a combination of cereals and vegetables, perfect for a healthy diet without too many fats.

Cauliflower, all properties

This vegetable belongs to the family of cruciferous and it is rich in minerals, including potassium, phosphorus, calcium and magnesium, useful, among other things, to regulate blood pressure and the nervous system. In addition to this, cauliflower is a source of vitamin A and C, which intervene to strengthen the immune system and to slow down cellular aging. The vegetable also boasts anti-tumor and purifying properties for the liver, as well as anti-inflammatory. In short, a food that we should always have on our tables!

Turmeric in rice with cauliflower

In this recipe of rice with cauliflower you can add a spice, turmeric, which derives from a plant that comes from southern Asia, whose root, yellow or orange, is the part that is used as a coloring or as a spice. The most important active ingredient in turmeric is curcumin, known for its anticancer properties, as it reduces the inflammatory processes that can develop in the body. Turmeric in the kitchen is the main ingredient of Indian curry and is used as a spice on meat, fish, vegetables or cereals, especially rice, which gives it a more rounded taste. In this dish, it also goes very well with cauliflower.

The recipe for rice with cauliflower

To prepare this dish you will need 320 g of Carnaroli rice, 1/2 cauliflower, 1 clove of garlic, 1/2 glass of white wine, 50 g butter, Parmesan cheese, extra virgin olive oil, 2 l vegetable broth and turmeric ( optional).

First of all reduce the cauliflower in many florets, wash them and keep them aside. In a pan put a drizzle of oil, the peeled garlic and brown it. When it is ready, take it off. Then add the cauliflower florets and brown them for a few minutes. Add the rice, toast it two minutes and then put the wine. Once it has evaporated, add a few ladles of hot broth, little by little, until the rice is ready. It will take about 16 minutes. In the end, if you like, add the turmeric. Once the rice is ready, let it stir in the Parmesan and then serve.

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