BAKED WHOLE CAULIFLOWER - WHOLE CAULIFLOWER STUFFED WITH MINCED SOY GRANULES AND POTATOES , TOPPED WITH CHEESE SAUCE AND BAKED......SERVED WITH POTATO WEDGES..... 

Ingredients :

Cauliflower - 1 piece (appx 1/2 kg)

Potatoes - 150 gms (boiled and mashed)

Soy Granules - 400 gms (boiled, squeezed)

Green chili - 2 Tsp

Onions - 1/4 cup (chopped finely)

Ginger - 2 Tsp (grated)

Coriander leaves - 2 Tsp (chopped)

Tomato ketchup -2 Tbsp

Tabasco - 10 drops

Pepper powder - 1/2 Tsp

Chives - 2 Tbsp

Salt - according to taste

Butter  - 4 Tbsp + 2 Tbsp

Cheddar cheese - 4 Tbsp + 4 Tbsp

Milk - 200 ml

All purpose flour -1 Tbsp

Oil - 2 tbsp

For Wedges :

Potatoes  - 4

All purpose flour - 1 Tbsp

Cooking oil - 2 Tbsp

Salt - to sprinkle

black pepper - to sprinkle

Method :

Cut the stalks off the cauliflower, ensuring the flower remains intact.

Wash and steam it until stiff and tender....could even boil it in open pan.

Apply 2 Tbsp of oil all over the steamed cauliflower and grill it for five minutes until it turns light golden.

Mix mashed potatoes, soy granules, 4 Tbsp cheese, green chilies, grated ginger, chopped onions, coriander leaves, tomato ketchup, chives, tabasco, pepper powder, 4 Tbsp butter and salt together.

Fill this above made mixture carefully into the cauliflower. Fill the space in between the florets and the gaps at the base.

Cover the entire cauliflower with the mixture.

On the other hand, cut the potatoes into wedges and par boil in an open pan.

Drain off the water, apply the oil, salt and flour on them.

Place the dressed cauliflower in a baking dish in the center and scatter the potato wedges along its sides and sprinkle the pepper over them.

Bake in an oven with both top and bottom rods on for half an hour at 200 degrees.

In a pan heat the 2 Tbsp of butter with a 1 Tsp of oil (prefer olive oil ), mix in the flour and over a low flame cook until it turns golden. Slowly add the milk and keep stirring or else it shall form lumps. Cook until it thickens...Add salt and cheese and mix well.

Pour this above made sauce over the baked cauliflower and further bake for 15 minutes

Could be garnished with julienne tomatoes....

Serve hot.