Cauliflower: recipes for cooking certain dishes

Cauliflower in Russia is known since the XIX century, but it was not widely spread at that time, because it was expensive enough and was affordable only for rich people. It is not so popular at the present time, at least not as widely as, say, white-collared, but this injustice will undoubtedly be eliminated with time, since this plant has very high indicators of useful properties. Cauliflower contains almost all vitamins, 14 minerals and 18 amino acids. But besides all, it has very few fats and carbohydrates, the energy value per 100 g of the product is only 24 kcal. It can strengthen the immune system, remove excess fluid from the body and prevent the development of breast cancer. Indispensable cauliflower in dietetics, especially when treating obesity.

Cooks around the world gave this unique vegetable a lot of attention and came up with a lot of useful and delicious dishes from it. Prepared cauliflower, the recipes of which we will discuss in this article, very quickly, literally for 5 minutes. Cook it in slightly salted water. That cauliflower, cooking recipes from which further frying is supposed, should be pre-cooked anyway.

Very popular cauliflower in batter, the recipes for cooking this dish are very simple and can differ only in small nuances. Cabbage forks should first be disassembled on inflorescences, rinsed under running water and then lowered, literally for 3-5 minutes, into boiling water. To inflorescence is not darkened, you can add a spoonful of vinegar into the water. While cauliflower is being cooked, recipes for cooking batter or, in other words, a batter, you can choose ready-made or invent yourself from the available products. The simplest of them is prepared from flour, eggs and water with the addition of salt, pepper and other spices to your own taste. A piece of cooked cabbage is gently punctured with a fork and lowered into the batter so that it completely encases it, then put on a hot frying pan with a lot of oil and quickly fried. Finished cauliflower in batter, the recipes of which provide a crisp crust, is very tender and unusually tasty.

Actually, the batter is an alternative to breading and its task, first of all, is to save the product from loss of juiciness and nutrients. But the composition and taste of the batter plays a very important role, all the recipes for its preparation are based on three components: fluid, flour and all kinds of additives. In addition to water, liquid basis can be taken milk, sour cream, kefir, beer, fruit and vegetable juices, alcoholic drinks, mineral water or a mixture of these ingredients. As additives are taken a variety of products - from all sorts of spices to chopped nuts, vegetables and sesame. According to the consistency, the claret should be, like, sour cream or slightly thicker. In general, in this respect, a very wide field opens up for the cook to manifest fantasy.

Similarly, roasted cauliflower is prepared, the recipes of these dishes are very similar, but you do not need to cook the dessert, but you still have to beat the egg. In the beaten egg, pre-salted and peppered, with a fork, dip cooked pieces of cauliflower, and then roll them in flour and fry in a well-heated frying pan, on any oil. Fry just a few minutes. You can roll cabbage in breadcrumbs, chopped walnuts or sesame.

Whichever way cauliflower is prepared, the recipes of which are available in abundance in different sources, it is a very tasty and useful product. It can not only be fried, but cook soups from it, cook sauces and stew, bake in the oven. It is worth trying a few recipes and cauliflower will be your favorite product.