Cauliflower rice - which type of blender do you use?

[LittleGreyCat]

[Noting that I do really like steamed cauliflower with butter.]

I am planning to experiment with cauliflower rice.
I don't really fancy the box grater because my fingers flinch at the thought.

I have a stick blender - has anyone tried that to produce cauliflower rice?

I have a NutriBullet style thing in the loft (going searching for it shortly).

Or I could but a bigger food processor. There are some cheapish ones on offer around the £40 mark but more toys may not be met with enthusiasm by my partner.

I feel too idle at the moment to just chop with a big knife, although preparing vegetables with a knife is why we haven't had a food processor for years.

Any advice and experience welcome.

 

[Antje77]

I don't really fancy the box grater because my fingers flinch at the thought.

I find a box grater perfect for the purpose, cauliflower grates very quick and lightly, nothing like grating cheese.
As for grating fingers, yes, I do that, but that's only because I'm an idiot. If you stop grating when you're still a safe distance away from the grater you should be all good, and you can throw the leftover bits into any type of soup or stew or oven dish. Or get guinea pigs of course.

 

[AndBreathe]

I tend to use the rough grating disc on the food processor. That is efficient.

Your question made me think, and I should try it on the Tefal grating thingy (https://www.amazon.co.uk/MB756G31-F...4&psc=1&mcid=ad0209a8a1443f8f82dca524adb6f50f)

For a long time, I really didn't like the grater thingy too much - until I grated a kilo of hard cheese in a few minutes. I tend to grate about 100gr blocks, directly into little plastic bags, then freeze a load. I do that 1kg at a time, for cooking cheese.

So much better, and quicker in my view, than grating smaller amounts more often.

 

[andromache]

Supermarket frozen cauliflower rice tends to be quite fairly priced. It’s no more processed than if you did it yourself (but minus the extra knuckle protein) and a frequent purchase in this house.

 

[lovinglife]

I just buy the frozen now, less labour intensive, but then I only use it very occasionally, may once every 2 or 3 weeks so it’s also more cost effective for me too.

 

[LittleGreyCat]

Found my toys.
Weren't in the loft, but waiting to go up!
Took me over an hour to discover this, though.

I have a Kenwood mini chopper and a Silver Crest NutriBullet look alike.

I will see which option produces the best chopped cauliflower.

If results aren't good I'll try the boring manual methods.

 

[LivingLightly]

If already in use, I find my food processor plus its grater attachment quickest. Otherwise, my box grater takes a little longer, but does the job and creates less washing up.

 

[ianf0ster]

The amount of washing up is a serious consideration when using a food processor. My wife always does a big batch of grated cauli for cauli rice for that reason. It keeps well in the freezer and takes just a couple of minutes to microwave a portion while serving the curry and stirfry dishes.

 

[MrsA2]

I tend to use the rough grating disc on the food processor. That is efficient.

Your question made me think, and I should try it on the Tefal grating thingy (https://www.amazon.co.uk/MB756G31-F...4&psc=1&mcid=ad0209a8a1443f8f82dca524adb6f50f)

For a long time, I really didn't like the grater thingy too much - until I grated a kilo of hard cheese in a few minutes. I tend to grate about 100gr blocks, directly into little plastic bags, then freeze a load. I do that 1kg at a time, for cooking cheese.

So much better, and quicker in my view, than grating smaller amounts more often.

I tried one of those but never found it any good, too much got stuck. Is there a knack?

 

[jjraak]

[Noting that I do really like steamed cauliflower with butter.]

I am planning to experiment with cauliflower rice.
I don't really fancy the box grater because my fingers flinch at the thought.

I have a stick blender - has anyone tried that to produce cauliflower rice?

I have a NutriBullet style thing in the loft (going searching for it shortly).

Or I could but a bigger food processor. There are some cheapish ones on offer around the £40 mark but more toys may not be met with enthusiasm by my partner.

I feel too idle at the moment to just chop with a big knife, although preparing vegetables with a knife is why we haven't had a food processor for years.

Any advice and experience welcome.

Well at the risk of being different.

I tried the 'substitutes' to recreate semi forbidden dishes .

In the end I just reassessed what I was really trying to do.

It isn't rice, no mater how much I wished it to be.

Most meals are just meat with some filler, imho.

So why try to make something that it it isn't...?

I make whatever and just roast slices of cauliflower to add to any meal .
(Touch of turmeric makes it double tasty )

Just my way of seeing it .

Good luck finding the blender that works for you .

 

[aylalake]

This might be a cheap option. Might get one myself. Saves dragging the Big Beast out of the cupboard.

Amazon.co.uk

 

[AndBreathe]

I tried one of those but never found it any good, too much got stuck. Is there a knack?

The cheese should be very cold at the start and don’t hang about. The colder the better for grating Straight into the poly bag

 

[JoKalsbeek]

I tried a food processor, but my kitchen was such a mess I just went for store-bought ever since. It's a little more expensive but saves me a LOT of frustration, and no more icky kitchen...

 

[LittleGreyCat]

Had a look in Sainsbury and the prepared (not frozen) was £7.50 a kilo.
So I bought a cauliflower for 90p
Weighed it and it is .85 of a kilo (although there will be some wastage when I remove stalk etc.).
I will weigh the florets before processing.

Edit: 513 grams of florets after washing and cutting up.
So roughly £1.80 a kilo.
Still way cheaper that the Sainsbury offering.
I will check Iceland and Waitrose frozen sections to see what they have.

 

[LittleGreyCat]

This might be a cheap option. Might get one myself. Saves dragging the Big Beast out of the cupboard.

Amazon.co.uk

My Mum used to have one of these (not plastic) in the 1950s.
No idea how old it was then, but Mum never threw anything away.
I was wondering if they still made them.

I wonder how much more an electric version would be?

 

[MommaE]

The cheese should be very cold at the start and don’t hang about. The colder the better for grating Straight into the poly bag

Straight into the bag…why have I never thought of that?

 

[Antje77]

although there will be some wastage when I remove stalk etc.

I only cut a small slice from the stalk where it's dried out and remove leaves. I use the stalk as well just like I use the florets.

You can even eat the leaves, they're not bad at all to have as a veggie!

 

[LittleGreyCat]

Kenwood Ch180A
This is the chopper I bought hears back with the intention of making my own mayo.
Before realising that Hellmans was pretty good and involved less effort.

 

[JenniferM55]

I've got a mini type food processor thing, it's not too big and it chops cauli perfectly. Usually I chop the whole head, or sometimes a couple of cauli heads and bag the rice up in 100g quantities and freeze them, usually putting one or two in the fridge for imminent cooking.

While I've got the thing out I also chop up the stalks and leaves, it makes perfect food for the 1000 little mouths I feed in my wormery, their compost is black gold for the garden.

 

[AndBreathe]

Straight into the bag…why have I never thought of that?

Those bags with the handles facilitate it extremely well. Saves mess, and time.