In Arabic the name of this dish is Khrnabeet bil Dajaj or more commonly Zahra bil Dajaj. Zahra means flower—Palestinians refer to the cauliflower as Zahra because the vegetable resembles a flower; the actual name is Khrnabeet.

Normally it is a vegetarian dish (I will provide the recipe later) but my mom, who rarely cooks, incorporated chicken because as she puts it, her favorite dishes are ones that take 15 minutes and use one pot! In other words, no pain and a full meal!

Ingredients:
4 cloves of garlic peeled and crushed
3 tablespoons of olive oil (vegetable if you prefer)
3 tablespoons of fresh cilantro chopped finely
1 head of cauliflower broken up into florets (or the frozen bags)
2 tablespoons of tomato paste
1 cup of no salt chicken broth
1.5 teaspoons of cumin
1 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of black pepper
1 teaspoon of garlic powder (optional)
1 teaspoon of paprika
2 teaspoon of Cayenne pepper (optional—I add it because of my love of hot food).
1 small whole chicken deboned and cut into cubes (or you can get the ones already cut)
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Clean chicken. Rub it thoroughly with salt and black pepper and cinnamon. Rub evenly so that all pieces get an even coating.
2. Coat pan/skillet with oil. Let heat for a little bit.
3. Sauté the chicken until browned in the oil.
4. Add garlic and continue to sauté and turn until the garlic is mostly cooked but not burned.
5. Dissolve tomato paste into half of your chicken broth.
6. Add to pot. Mix well. Cover.
7. Add cilantro.
8. Add cauliflower. Mix and turn and cover again. Leave for a few minutes until florets begin to slightly soften and wilt.
9. Add remaining spices and remaining chicken broth.
10. Mix well and making sure that all the ingredients receive the spicing.
11. Bring to boil. Cover and cook on medium heat until the chicken is fully cooked and the cauliflower is tender and edible.

Notes:
1. In the USA, cinnamon seems to be used mostly in sweet foods. In our part of the world cinnamon is used in sweets but mostly with meat and poultry products. It is used not only to spice and give aroma and taste but also to cleanse the meats. That is true, cinnamon does remove the stinky smell that comes from meats and that strange aftertaste one may get if the meat is bad or unclean. Of course, if you add too much, and you fail to counter with other spices, your food may turn sweet so be careful.
2. Cumin is another spice that we use regularly. We use it a lot with vegetable and bean dishes in order to counteract the bloating that vegetables have on humans.
3. If you would like to sample the original vegetarian version, all you have to do is omit the chicken and the cinnamon. The rest is the same.

Let me know what you think!
SheShe

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SheShe
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wow- i feel like i'm in an ethnic cooking class! thanks for your additions, sheshe....i haven't gotten to trying these or the eggplant one yet, but am looking forward to giving them a go.

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Sheshe, this looks good. Thanks for posting it.

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Henry

I CANNOT WAIT to try this!!!

OMGosh, my mouth is already watering... Thanks so much!

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Summer