Harissa chickpea and cauliflower bowls

Not Keto · 4 servings · US measures · 12 min active per base batch per four-serving batch

Total time: 40 min

Harissa chickpeas and cauliflower with yogurt.

Stir and swap pans once halfway through roasting.

The listed pan and basket capacity, cook times, and thermometer endpoint are for four servings.

Ingredients are scaled; keep food thickness, spacing, settings and safe endpoints fixed. Timings assume the four-serving batch and specified shortcuts. More food can require additional batches.

These recipes include household adaptations and recipes adapted from the linked publishers. The adaptations have not been kitchen-tested. Nutrition provenance and source limitations are listed with each recipe; missing nutrition stays unreported.

Ingredients

• 480g Canned chickpeasdrained, rinsed, patted dry · Drained weight; canned yield varies. · About 2 × 15 oz (425 g) cans, assuming ~240 g drained per can; check actual yield.
• 680g Cauliflower floretsabout 1 inch across
• 27g Olive oilas purchased · Mix with harissa.
• 60g Mina mild harissajarred · Measured Mina mild harissa; half for roasting and half for yogurt. Hot concentrated pastes are not equivalent.
• 2g Ground cumin
• 2g Garlic powderFor yogurt sauce.
• 3g Fine saltHalf for roasting and half for the yogurt sauce.
• to taste Black pepperTo taste in yogurt.
• 600g Plain strained Greek yogurtplain, strained · At least 9 g protein and no more than 4 g total carbs per 100 g.
• 30g Lemon juiceunsweetened
• 20g Hemp heartshulled · Use hulled hemp hearts in the measured portion.
• 142g Salad greenswashed, ready to eat · Buy by scaled edible weight.

Before you start

• Oven at 425°F on bake
• Two 18×13-inch half-sheet pans

Prepare cold sides first. Keep raw-poultry tools separate; use clean serving utensils. Probe more than one thick piece. A timer is not a doneness test.

Cook

1. Prepare

   Heat the oven to 425°F. Mix oil, half the harissa, cumin and half the salt. Toss thoroughly dried chickpeas and cauliflower with it. Spread across two half-sheet pans without crowding.

2. Cook

   Roast for about 22–25 minutes, stirring once and swapping racks halfway, until cauliflower is tender and browned. Chickpeas should still be soft inside.

3. Finish

   During roasting, mix yogurt with the remaining harissa and salt, lemon, garlic and pepper. Divide all the yogurt evenly among the selected number of plates, then add greens and roasted ingredients. Finish with hemp. This uses the specified mild harissa; hotter concentrated pastes do not inherit the same quantity or nutrition.

Where your attention goes

• Preheat and load · 10–12 min

  Dry rinsed chickpeas; toss with cauliflower, oil, half the mild harissa, cumin and half the salt; spread over two pans.

• Roast · 22–25 min

  Stir once and swap racks halfway. Mix yogurt with remaining mild harissa/salt, lemon, garlic and pepper during cooking.

• Assemble · 2 min

  Divide the full scaled yogurt amount equally among plates; add greens, roast, and hemp.

Stages can overlap. Do not add every row as separate elapsed time. Safe endpoints and actual appliance behavior override the estimate.

Why this works

Cumin-roasted cauliflower and soft-centered chickpeas meet a cold lemon-harissa yogurt sauce. Splitting the mild harissa between roast and sauce keeps some pepper flavor out of the oven; a little salt seasons the full yogurt portion.

• The full scaled strained-yogurt amount is required for the stated protein per adult.
• Chickpeas should remain soft inside.
• Pat chickpeas dry with a clean towel before seasoning; wet surfaces steam instead of browning. The doubled mild-harissa dose is a design improvement that still needs tasting.

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 426 kcal; protein: 28.8 g; total carbs: 45.4 g; fiber: 12.0 g; net carbs: 33.4 g

Per adult: base includes measured sauces, seeds and sides. Family nutrition adds one selected starch portion. US net carbs = total carbohydrate − fiber. Labels and food variation matter; no guarantee of ketosis.

Vitamin C

107 mg · 119% DV

Manganese

1.7 mg · 74% DV

Folate

227 mcg DFE · 57% DV

Copper

0.5 mg · 56% DV

Riboflavin (B2)

0.5 mg · 40% DV

Vitamin B6

0.6 mg · 38% DV

Phosphorus

478 mg · 38% DV

Vitamin A

315 mcg RAE · 35% DV

Sodium

652 mg · 28% DV

Magnesium

115 mg · 27% DV

Zinc

2.7 mg · 25% DV

Thiamin (B1)

0.3 mg · 24% DV

Calcium

284 mg · 22% DV

Potassium

1052 mg · 22% DV

Total fat

16 g · 20% DV

Saturated fat

3.5 g · 18% DV

Iron

3.2 mg · 18% DV

Niacin (B3)

2.1 mg · 13% DV

Vitamin E

1.9 mg · 12% DV

Cholesterol

15 mg · 5% DV

Listed allergens: milk. Check purchased labels and cross-contact.

First-cook checks

• Ordinary yogurt or omitted yogurt changes protein and calories.
• Mina mild harissa label underlies nutrition; concentrated alternatives need a new calculation.
• Check harissa and yogurt labels for additional allergens. This data is not an allergy guarantee.
• For six/eight servings preserve the original single-layer spacing with extra pans or base-size batches. Original cook times apply to the original four-serving batch; more pans or rounds can extend total time.

Leftovers

Refrigerate in shallow containers within two hours, or one hour above 90°F. Use within 3–4 days or freeze; reheat to 165°F. Keep cold greens and yogurt separate.

Sources

• USDA FoodData Central source data
  https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/download-datasets/
• FoodSafety.gov safe minimum temperatures
  https://www.foodsafety.gov/food-safety-charts/safe-minimum-internal-temperatures
• Mina mild harissa
  https://mina.co/products/mina-harissa-mild

These recipes include household adaptations and recipes adapted from the linked publishers. The adaptations have not been kitchen-tested. Nutrition provenance and source limitations are listed with each recipe; missing nutrition stays unreported.