I was given a copy of Hemsley Hemsley – a cookery book for my birthday last month and I’ve tried a couple of the recipes so far. This one is suitable for vegans!

1 heaped tablespoon of desiccated coconut
1 quantity of uncooked cauliflower rice
3 tablespoons of coconut milk
grated zest and juice of half a lime
a pinch of diced fresh red chilli (optional)
salt and black pepper

To make cauliflower rice

Remove the cauliflower leaves and tough stalk. Us the ‘S’ blade of a food processor to whizz up the cauliflower until it resembles rice.

!. Toast the desiccated coconut in a dry frying pan for two minutes until golden brown. Transfer to a plate and set aside.

2. Place the uncooked cauliflower rice in the same pan, add the coconut milk and stir together.

3. Cook over a medium heat with a lid on the pan, for 4 – 6 minutes until tender. After 3 minutes check to make sure that the liquid hasn’t boiled dry.

4. When the cauliflower rice is cooked add the grated zest and squeeze in the lime juice and season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with chilli if you’re using it.

I really liked this dish, I love just plain cauliflower but this was a nice change and I really liked the texture of it.

Jack was less impressed though, he wasn’t too keen on the coconut aspect of it – you can’t please everyone I suppose.