Breaded cauliflower cutlet sandwich B.I.S.S.

This is my entry to B.I.S.S. which is brought to you by Hive account@mondoshawan who was once a fierce and dedicated competitor in a sandwich contest given by Hive account@jaybird who has since spread his wings and landed on a piano keyboard where he remains.

I was there as an oddball who had nothing but plant based sandwiches. It was a nice get together and I met quite a few friends like Hive account@lizelle the master chef that makes everything drool worthy.

Today I come with another plant based sandwich.

I had gone to the supermarket across the street which has a poor selection and overpriced. To my astonishment I saw a bin of cauliflower for a dollar each. I have seen cauliflower for as much as eight dollars before.

Yes you bet I grabbed four heads. I should have grabbed more and put them in the freezer. In these times you never know if you'll need to reach for an emergency supply of cauliflower.

There was no doubt that this would be in my sandwich. But who eats a cauliflower sandwich? I would have to make it fun so I sliced it and made some cutlets out of it.

I used chickpea flour which I ground up from dried chickpeas. I thought I would keep it gluten free. That didn't happen.

I added a dash of salt, pepper, paprika, thyme, cumin, garlic powder and onion powder.

I made a slurry out of soy milk and tapioca starch. I dipped the cauliflower in the chickpea flour, then the slurry then the panko.

At this point it changed from gluten free to not gluten free. This was going to make it more fun.

To keep the damage down I browned it in a pan with oil then put it in the oven on 400F to cook completely. It was nice and crispy on the outside.

At the end I decided to go into a direction of sweet and spicy Asian-ish sauce. I chopped up some sweet peppers, jalapeno pepper which is all I had for heat, garlic, onion, and ginger. I added soy sauce, agave nectar, rice vinegar, and a little tapioca starch. I would have used cornstarch but I didn't have any. It worked fine as a thickener.

The bread was slightly redeeming. It was spelt which was low gluten. It was nicely toasted in the oven, because I don't have a toaster.

I put the cauliflower on the bread moving it around to make it fit. A bun would have been easier.

The sauce and some lettuce would be all that could fit. The sauce did the job of any other ingredients.

I had to press it down a bit to manage it.

Don't forget to make your sandwiches and drop them in the post folks. Everyone makes sandwiches. No excuses!