Asparagus is a spring vegetable that is very good for health, because it contains a huge amount of carotene and B vitamins. Moreover, the calorie content of asparagus is very small - only 25 calories in 100 grams, so it is simply an indispensable product for those who follow for his figure. However, asparagus must be served with the sauce, and in order for the asparagus dish to not become very high-calorie because of it, it is better to give preference to the sauce in olive oil.
Asparagus can be fried, boiled, baked, and also added to soup or even to cakes.
The best way to cook asparagus is considered to be when it is in an upright position (so the stems are in water, but the tops are not, and they are more likely to steam than to boil). After cooking, asparagus can easily break, so it is better to tie it with a thread before that. The process for making dry asparagus is slightly different, so it is important to know how to make dry asparagus.
About 180 grams of asparagus can be placed in a glass, in this amount will be only 0.2 g of fat.
How to cook dry asparagus?
Original Dry Asparagus Salad
For cooking you will need:
• approximately 600 grams of asparagus
• 4 tomatoes
• 2 bunches of chives
• 2 eggs (hard boiled)
• 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise
• 200 g of yogurt
• 100 g cream
• 3 tablespoons of vinegar (wine)
• 1 lemon (juice)
• 2 tablespoons of mustard (not too spicy)
• 20 ml of egg liquor
• lettuce
• sugar
• salt
• pepper
• parsley
Cooking process:
1. Dry asparagus must first be cut into thin circles and soaked for two to three hours.
2. Peel the tomatoes, extract the seeds and finely chop.
3. Also finely chop and chopped onion.
4. All the above ingredients are laid out in a salad bowl and gently mix.
5. Next, cut the eggs in half. Wipe the yolk through a sieve and put in a bowl, and finely chop the protein.
6. In a bowl with yolk, add mayonnaise, cream, yogurt, vinegar, lemon juice, egg liquor, mustard and mix everything very carefully until a homogeneous consistency. At the end, add salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar.
7. Lettuce spread on the leaves of green lettuce, and then pour the sauce, which is obtained from egg yolk.
8. Sprinkle egg white and dumb parsley over the sauce.
Dry asparagus will fit perfectly into any salad. And help you keep a diet.
How to cook dry asparagus in a salad?
Fried asparagus salad
For this dish you will need:
• 200 g asparagus
• one egg
• 20 g of starch
• one bouillon cube
• 50 g sesame seeds
• a couple of cloves of garlic
• soy sauce
Cooking process:
1. Put asparagus in a saucepan and pour boiling water over it. Leave under the lid for about 30 minutes so that it swells.
2. Throw asparagus into a colander.
3. Cut it into small pieces, moisten them in a mixture (egg, starch and a cube of broth, diluted in a very small amount of cold water).
4. Then fry these pieces of asparagus.
5. Put the fried asparagus in a salad bowl, sprinkle with crushed garlic and sesame (previously fried in a pan).
6. Then pour our salad with soy sauce (about 2-3 tablespoons), add a pinch of ground coriander and mix everything very carefully.
How to cook soy asparagus?
Fried soy asparagus
To prepare this dish you will need:
• 100 g dried soy asparagus
• 1 little onion
• 1 little carrot
• a couple of cloves of garlic
• vegetable oil (approximately 50 g)
• cilantro - greens
• ground pepper
• one tablespoon of soy sauce
Cooking process:
1. Soak dried soy asparagus in cold water for about four hours.
2. When you see that the asparagus has become more white, and its volume has doubled somewhere — this means that it can be removed.
3. Now thoroughly wash the asparagus and cut into small pieces.
4. Cut onions and carrots. You can also add green beans. All this is fried in a pan for about five minutes.
5. Add asparagus to our frying, add salt, make a small fire and simmer for another five minutes under the lid.
6. Then add pepper, garlic, cilantro, soy sauce.
7. Mix everything carefully and cover with a lid so that the dish absorbs all the aroma of spices.
8. Now you can turn off the stove.
9. Such a dish is best served with rice, or it can be done independently.
Knowing how to cook dry asparagus, regular and soy, you will surprise everyone with their new dishes.