zaatar cauliflower

Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Zaatar Spice and Tahini Sauce- a healthy vegan side dish bursting with Middle Eastern flavor. Easy and delicious! Allow 90 minutes roasting time!

Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini Sauce 

cauliflower

olive oil, divided

salt

zaatar spice

water

Batch TAHINI SAUCE

Trim the cauliflower &#8211; either cutting off the stem (easier) or leaving it intact, trimming and slicing the bottom  so it stands up straight.

Place it in an ovenproof skillet or dutch oven. Drizzle 1 tablespoon oil all over the cauliflower, sprinkle with salt and Zaatar spice.  Pour one cup of water into the bottom of the pan. 

Cover tightly with the lid or foil and bake for 45-60 minutes- or until tender all the way to the middle, when pierced with a knife. Smaller cauliflower heads may only take 45 minutes, larger can take up to 60.

Make the Everyday Tahini Sauce! Follow the link to the recipe.

Very carefully take the lid or foil off, minding the hot steam (it will burn!). Drizzle with a little more olive oil, place back in the oven for 30 minutes, perhaps rotating halfway through. At this point it should be deeply golden, but if not, continue roasting until it is&#8230; please no pale cauliflowers here!!!

Remove from the oven and sprinkle more zaatar if you like, fresh herbs, optional aleppo chili flakes,  and either drizzle the tahini sauce over the whole thing right in the pan, or cut it up, like a cake, into wedges and serve the tahini sauce on the side.

If i could give this 10 stars I would. Exquisite.

So good.  Loved the presentation of keeping it whole and roasting upright

I overcooked the cauliflower, but the family loved it.  The tahini sauce is soooo good.

Can i prepare the whole roasted cauliflower with dukkah spices instead of  zaatar spice because of its unavailability during the lockdown. TIA.

My Family LOVE it Wonderful and easy recipe .The Tahini sauce it is easy to make and taste good with another’s veggies too.
Thank You so much

I did that 2 days ago, and again my husband and me, we love it!
Super easy to do. Flavors were amazing!
Thank you so much for the recipe!

I seriously can’t stop making this! It’s super easy and SO good. I made it for some friends last week and they loved it too. I’ve been making it with sautéed greens or salad on the side. It ends up on my grocery list most weeks because it’s so simple and satisfying. Thanks for another great recipe!

This was so delicious, my family ate the whole thing in one sitting. We made it again the very next night! I also tried chopping the cauliflower and tossing with the oil and spices and it wasn’t as good.

A simple recipe for Middle Eastern Zaatar Roasted Cauliflower Steaks with Green Tahini Sauce. Vegan and Gluten-free!

Zaatar Cauliflower Steaks with Green Tahini Sauce

leaves

olive oil

salt and pepper

lemon juice

garlic

herbs

jalapeno (optional)

1/2-1 teaspoon salt, start with 1/2, add more to taste

tahini paste

Trim leaves off cauliflower leaving the long stem intact. Slice the very end off the stem. Slice the Cauliflower into 5-6 slices about ½-¾ inches thick. See photos.

Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sprinkle generously with zaatar spice and place on a parchment lined sheet pan in the oven, to roast until fork tender about 20-25 minutes.

While it&#8217;s roasting make the green tahini sauce.

Place all the ingredients except the tahini paste in the blender, and blend until combined (but not smooth). Add the tahini paste and blend again until desired smoothness. Adjust salt to taste. Add more water to thin it out if you like.

Plate up the Zaatar Cauliflower Steaks and Drizzle with Green Tahini Sauce! Serve alongside the Everyday Kale Salad!

Wow! Like every FeastingAtHome.com recipe, this was spectacular. Not difficult to make and so delicious. I made my own Zaatar. My hubby and I are looking forward to using the leftover green tahini sauce for other dishes during the week. The sauce is similar to Cava's green tahini dressing.

This was really good! I made it into a bowl dish by cutting up the cauliflower into smaller pieces and roasting with chickpeas. Served it over barley and topped it all with the sauce, slaw, and some pine nuts. We loved it. I did have to add some maple to the sauce to cut the bitterness—not a recipe problem but a tahini quality problem. Still in search of a non-bitter tahini...

So beyond delicious! The Zaatar gave the cauliflower such a great flavor and paired with the green tahini sauce made it even more addictive.

Delicious! I had two servings. I made this last night. My tahini was a little bitter so next time I will be sure to buy a better brand.

I made the tahini sauce with Italian parsley and it was delicious with the roasted cauliflower.

Sauce was amazing, creamy and hit the spot for the dairy obsessed non vegan.

Sauce was amazing. So creamy, this is just right for the dairy obsessed normly non vegan.

So easy to make but so delicious. Great for healthy, yummy dinners. Thanks!! :)

I made this tonight and it was absolutely delicious! I made your za'atar seasoning on Sunday which is how I found this recipe. Even my nearly seven-year-old daughter approved of this recipe! We served it with leftover veggies from last night which consisted of summer squash (from our garden), zucchini, bell peppers and red onions. I topped the cauliflower with the incredible green tahini sauce and toasted pepitas! Can't wait to try more of your recipes!

We did this recipe via video with my cooking coach and it was perfect! My birth boyfriend loved his roommate loved it and it was totally easy to do once I figured out how to cut the cauliflower

Hi!  This was delicious :-). The recipe doesn’t actually say to sprinkle on the spice, so I assumed that you do it before roasting.

The green sauce in this recipe is to die for!!! So tasty. I made the cauliflower and sauce over a bed of couscous and I forgot to buy kale so I added chickpeas instead! And one day this week I added olives on the side for a little something extra. I love your recipes!

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