Cauliflower has a soft and very delicate taste. This circumstance makes this vegetable a very popular product in the diet of those who monitor their health and strive to preserve their natural beauty. The fact is that cauliflower is not only tasty, but also extremely useful.
Firstly, cauliflower contains more vitamin C than white cabbage we are used to. Secondly, it contains many useful trace elements, including iron. And thirdly, cauliflower is low-calorie, and it is easily absorbed by our body.
In addition, many vegetables can be prepared from this vegetable. Moreover, there are very simple recipes for cooking cauliflower. For example, even just boiled cauliflower, sprinkled with butter, is already a finished and tender dish.
It is easy to cook such an exquisite dish as cauliflower in batter. We need medium sized cauliflower forks. Choosing this vegetable in the store, you should pay attention to its appearance. If the cabbage is fresh, then its inflorescences have a white color and sufficient elasticity. And the outer leaves are bright and dense. It is better to choose forks, the inflorescences of which are tightly pressed against each other. If dark go yellow spots are visible on the surface of the cabbage, and its leaves have faded, then these are signs of “stale” vegetables. It is better not to take such cabbage so as not to be disappointed in the taste of the cooked dish.
But back to our recipe. To prepare the dish "Cauliflower in batter", we additionally need vegetable oil, two eggs, a little flour and seasoning.
We clean the cabbage from the outer leaves and disassemble it into inflorescences. Then we lower them in salted boiling water and cook after boiling for seven minutes. To keep the cabbage in color, add a teaspoon of table vinegar and the same amount of granulated sugar to the water. We discard boiled cabbage in a colander and pour over cold water. Let it cool down a bit, and ourselves are engaged in cooking batter.
Beat eggs with salt and seasonings. Then add a little flour to them to make a batter. To make the batter more tender, you can add a tablespoon of sour cream to it. Now we put a frying pan with high sides on fire, pour in it up to half the volume of vegetable oil.
Each cabbage inflorescence is dipped in batter and put in hot oil. Fry cabbage on both sides until it is covered with a golden brown. Put the finished pieces on napkins to remove excess oil, and then serve.
Cauliflower in batter can be served hot. In this case, you can offer it fresh sour cream or tomato sauce. Fans can sprinkle fried inflorescences with grated cheese. In addition, cauliflower in batter is tasty and cold, so it can be offered as a snack or take with you on a picnic.
Cauliflower can also be used for many other snacks. For example, it can be used as a component of vegetable salads, previously boiled. This type of cabbage is perfect for making soups. For example, you can cook delicious mashed soup from it or simply add inflorescences to any vegetable soup.
And for the second you can cook delicious cauliflower cutlets. To do this, you need to chop the boiled colored cabbage, then add the egg, a little flour and seasoning to it. From the resulting mass we form small cutlets and fry them in oil. Simple and delicious!
It is just as easy to make a casserole, the main component of which will be cauliflower. Even a novice cook can cook this dish. Boiled cauliflower is ground in a blender, then two yolks, salt, seasonings and three to four tablespoons of semolina are added to it. At the end, add the whipped whites in a strong foam and mix the mass very carefully. We spread the cabbage in a greased form and send it to the oven warmed up to one hundred and eighty degrees. Serve cooked casserole with sour cream.
Cauliflower goes well with other vegetables and mushrooms, so it can be used as part of "complex" dishes, such as stews or casseroles.
A delicious casserole is obtained from cauliflower and mushrooms with cheese. Boil inflorescences as usual. And cut the mushrooms into slices and fry in butter until they are browned. Now we take the baking dish, grease it with oil, sprinkle breadcrumbs on the walls and bottom and spread the cauliflower mixed with the fried mushrooms. Sprinkle with grated cheese very densely on top and bake the dish in the oven until golden brown.
Served cauliflower with mushrooms, divided into portions. Sour cream garlic sauce is very good for her.