Vegannosaurus Rex

I had a monumental failure Sunday (10/14/07) night.

[Before I continue, i want to add a disclaimer. I love the site goneraw.com, its community listing of raw and recipes in which you can comment on the recipes others submit. Its a god-send. I have made many recipes from this site to great success.]

Sunday night, i didn’t feel like going to the farmer’s market so i was a little desperate to figure out something for dinner from my meager existing ingredients. I found this recipe for raw cauliflower korma on goneraw.com. It required the following ingredients:

• 1 Small Carrot, Chopped
• 1 Small onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons Water
• 2 tablespoons Mild curry powder
• 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• 1 small red bell pepper
• 1 small handful cashew nuts
• 1 sprinkle turmeric
• 1 sprinkle cumin
• 1 clove garlic
• ½ head Cauliflower
• ¼ cup raisins
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1 large date or 2 small

I didn’t have the dates ore the raisins, but i decided to give it a try anyway. I replaced the small onion with half an onion, and used a large roma tomato. I didn’t have mild curry powder, so for some strange reason i decided that i could use garam masala in place of the curry powder.

I would consider my attempts to make this dish a monumental disaster. First of all, the onion was overpowering, and i cut the quantity in half. But that is simply a personal preference. i really think the garam masala ruined this dish. And, for the record, the failure is 100% attributable to user error. I plan to give it another shot with the proper ingredients (i.e. curry powder) at a later date.