Cauliflower Shawarma Recipe (2024)

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This cauliflower shawarma recipe features spiced cauliflower and a creamy yogurt tahini sauce; it’s a vegetarian dinner recipe perfect for Meatless Monday!

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Cauliflower has had a major comeback lately. It wasn’t so long ago that it was the lonely last survivor on a party veggie tray, but these days it’s positively sexy. We started roasting cauliflowerback when we started this website 9 years ago, and went crazy over the stuff. Roasting makes it tender and almost sweet, and we’ve been using it in recipes for ages. There’s our crispy cauliflower tacos with yum yum sauce, and our Moroccan -spiced cauliflower soup. Basically, we’re junkies. So a cauliflower shawarma recipe? Yes please. And it’s from a cookbook about cauliflower too! Keep reading for the recipe.

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About the book: Cauliflower

When we found out our friend Kristin just wrote a Short Stack about Cauliflower, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on a copy. It’s where this cauliflower shawarma comes from. So what’s a Short Stack? Short Stack is a series of small-format cookbooks authored by America’s top culinary talents. Each edition is a collectible, single-subject booklet packed with recipes that offer ingenious new ways to cook our favorite ingredients. The design is spot-on and we’ve seen them in book stores and gift shops. Each subject is written by a different author, and it’s the perfect little gift for someone who loves to cook!

Kristin is a dear friend of ours who we first met in person in Seattle, when we both happened to be in the city at the same time. She’s author of the book Modern Potluck (which we featured here) and an overall incredibly lovely person. Her volume is just what we imagined: full of inventive, mouthwatering recipes like Wedge Salad with Buffalo Cauliflower and Bacon and Egg Fried Cauliflower Rice. And of course, this cauliflower shawarma recipe.

Order the book: Cauliflower by Kristin Donnelly

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Making this cauliflower shawarma recipe

For our recipe to feature, we chose this shawarma pita. We have a weakness for Mediterranean flavors, so this one was right up our alley! Of course, it was fabulous. Roasted, spiced cauliflower is nestled in a warm pita and then smothered in a cool, creamy tahini-yogurt sauce. It was perfect for a light weeknight meal and would go well with a green salad like this one — though we just ate a whole lot of roasted cauliflower instead!

To make the cauliflower in this shawarma recipe, you’ll mix cauliflower florets with olive oil, coriander, cumin, and paprika. Then pop them in the oven and roast at 425 degrees for about 30 minutes. Once the cauliflower is done, you’ll mix it with chopped cilantro.

This cauliflower shawarma recipe is served with a creamy tahini yogurt sauce: which is very easy to whip up while the cauliflower roasts. Simply mix tahini, yogurt, and lemon juice, then whisk in finely grated garlic clove and salt and pepper. It’s similar to our Lemon Tahini Sauce, which you could use if you prefer a vegan recipe.

What is tahini?

What is tahini? It’s a paste made of sesame seeds, typically used in Middle Eastern or Mediterranean dishes. Tahini is perfect for making creamy sauces for salads and tacos, but it’s also fantastic for desserts like cookies or as a replacement for peanut butter for peanut allergies. We use it in many of our vegan recipes as a creamy alternative to dairy.

Related:Got left over tahini? Here are our13 Best Tahini Recipes.

Looking for more easy dinner recipes?

Outside of this cauliflower shawarma recipe, here are are few of our favorite easy dinner recipes:

  • Creamy Yogurt Mac and Cheese with Spinach
  • Spiced Chickpea Tacos with Avocado Cream
  • Creamy Vegan Pasta Marinara
  • Raw Falafel Buddha Bowls
  • Refried Bean Tacos

Did you make this recipe?

If you make this recipe, we’d love to hear how it turned out. Leave a comment below or share a picture onInstagramand mention@acouplecooksand @kristincdonnelly.

This cauliflower shawarma recipe is…

Vegetarian. For gluten-free, use gluten-free bread or pita.

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  • Author: a Couple Cooks
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
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This cauliflower shawarma recipe features spiced cauliflower and a creamy yogurt tahini sauce; it’s a vegetarian dinner recipe perfect for Meatless Monday!

For the cauliflower:

  • 1 large cauliflower (about 3 pounds)
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 lemon
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro

For the tahini yogurt sauce: (for vegan, sub our Best Tahini Sauce)

  • ¼ cup tahini
  • ½ cup full-fat yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 small garlic clove
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

For serving:

  • Warm pita bread (purchased or homemade), for serving
  • Romaine lettuce, for serving

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees and place a rack in the lower position. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Chop the cauliflower into florets. Chop the cilantro and set it aside.
  3. In a bowl, toss the cauliflower with the oil, coriander, cumin and paprika and season generously with salt and pepper. Spread it out on the baking sheet and roast for about 20 minutes, or until browned. Stir and roast until tender, about 10 minutes longer.
  4. Squeeze the juice from the lemon over the cauliflower and toss. Let it cool for about 5 minutes, then toss with the chopped herbs.
  5. Meanwhile, make the tahini-yogurt sauce: In a bowl, whisk together the tahini, yogurt, lemon juice, and 2 tablespoons of water. Add more water as necessary to loosen the sauce. Finely grate the garlic over the sauce, then whisk it in; season with salt and pepper.
  6. Pile the cauliflower into pitas and drizzle with the sauce, then serve.

Notes

Reprinted with permission from Cauliflower by Kristin Donnelly

  • Category: Main Dish
  • Method: Roasted
  • Cuisine: Mediterranean

Keywords: Cauliflower Shawarma Recipe, Roasted Cauliflower, Shawarma Recipe, Pita

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  • Cauliflower
  • Coriander
  • Cumin
  • Mediterranean
  • Paprika
  • Roasted
  • Shawarma
  • Tahini
  • Vegetarian Recipes
  • Weeknight Meal

About the authors

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Sonja & Alex

Hi, we’re Alex and Sonja Overhiser, married cookbook authors, food bloggers, and recipe developers. We founded A Couple Cooks to share fresh, seasonal recipes for memorable kitchen moments! Our recipes are made by two real people and work every time.

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