Panch Phoron (also spelled a few different ways Phoran) Is a North Eastern India 5 spice blend. Panch Phoran is equal parts of cumin seeds, fennel seeds, black mustard seeds, nigella seeds, and fenugreek seeds. You toast the seeds till fragrant, let them cool, and then grind. After I made this I thought it really needed just one teaspoon of sugar to brighten the flavors. Then it needed one teaspoon of sea salt and one teaspoon of a pepper……..Out of the spices I have (and I have many) I thought Aleppo pepper would be the best tasting. This got mixed with one stick of melted sweet butter and it transformed cauliflower into something amazing. Each cauliflower and serving size out there might be a different size. For me this made 6 dinner side servings.

Ingredients for around 6 side servings

1 cauliflower – break down to florets

optional – 1 onion – cut into slices

optional -3 carrots – cut into slices

optional 8 mini bell peppers – long way – slices

1 stick sweet butter 4 ounces – melted

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 teaspoon fennel seeds

1 teaspoon black mustard seeds

1 teaspoon nigella seeds

1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds

1 teaspoon course sea salt

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon Aleppo pepper

non stick spray

Directions

Set the oven to 450 degrees F.

Sheet pan(s) get sprayed with non stick spray and put to the side.

The cumin, fennel, black mustard, nigella, and fenugreek seeds get toasted till fragrant. You can do this in a pan stove. in a pan (but in a low oven) or in a bowl in your microwave for about 30 seconds. This needs to cool and then you blend the seeds in a spice grinder. This seed mixture gets mixed into the butter along with the sea salt, sugar, and Aleppo pepper.

The cauliflower and optional vegetables go on sheet pans in a single layer and get drizzled with all of the Panch Phoron Butter.

This goes in a preheated 450F oven for at least 30 minutes or until browned and fragrant. At 30 minutes I thought mine wasn’t done yet so I turned the heat up to 475 and left it in just 15 minutes more and I thought perfect.

This made the house smell so FORKING AMAZING!

Even my husband came out and wondered what that amazing smell was.

This is one that almost everyone will enjoy!