Do you know how to cook broccoli, the most valuable food? This type of cabbage is rich in vitamins (group B, provitamin A, C, PP, K, E), iron, zinc, phosphorus, manganese, potassium, magnesium, calcium, fiber. In addition, it helps to overcome the common problem of our time - low immunity. The use of broccoli will help strengthen the body after infectious diseases, in the fight against kidney diseases. Doctors strongly recommend that broccoli be included in the daily menu more often.
You can cook broccoli with different products. It goes well with meat and fish, vegetables, with lemon juice, olive sauce and smoked meats, pasta, etc.
Broccoli with vegetables in an omelet.
Before cooking broccoli cabbage , boil it in boiling salted water. This process will take a little time - a maximum of 5 minutes. Cut the onion into half rings, grate the carrots on a coarse grater, chop the bell pepper into strips, zucchini and eggplant into cubes. In a deep frying pan, heat the oil and put the vegetables in the following sequence: onions, carrots, zucchini, bell pepper, eggplant, cabbage. Mix everything, salt to taste, simmer until vegetables are ready. A few minutes before the end of cooking, add finely chopped garlic, and then pour the vegetables with an egg-milk mixture (for two eggs 1/3 cup of milk). When the egg mixture is baked, sprinkle the dish with green onions.
How to cook broccoli in the oven.
For this dish, boil the cabbage in boiling salted water. Boil rice and need (1 cup), and then rinse in cold water. Fry the mushrooms with onions in a pan. Cover the baking sheet with baking paper, put the mushrooms down, rice on top, then broccoli. The next layer is fresh tomatoes, sliced in thin rings, sprinkled with grated cheese. Bake at medium temperature until cheese is cooked.
How to cook broccoli stew with vegetables and minced meat.
Before stewing, you need to fry all the vegetables separately in a frying pan in very hot oil. Disassemble the cabbage for inflorescences, fry. Potato julienne, eggplant and zucchini rings, diced in flour and salt, then carrots and bell peppers. Peel the tomatoes, add in the oil. Fry minced meat with onions. Now we put everything in layers in a pan with a thick bottom, simmer for about 15 minutes, sprinkle with plenty of greens.
How to cook broccoli in batter? Before cooking, divide into small inflorescences, blanch, then dip each inflorescence in a beaten egg, roll in breadcrumbs, fry in butter until a crust is obtained.
What about a salad? It is also possible. Boil broccoli, cool. Cook the squid. Finely chopped boiled egg. Put cabbage, squid, egg, corn, green peas in a salad bowl, season with mayonnaise.
Make a lighter salad with almost raw broccoli (keep it in boiling water for just one minute). Cut into slices, add fresh cucumbers into cubes, apple into cubes, hard cheese into slices, salt and season with vegetable oil.
Like white cabbage, broccoli can be used to make fritters. Finely chopped boiled cabbage. Drive five eggs into the vegetable mass (the amount can be changed depending on the amount of cabbage), add milk (fifty grams), crushed garlic. Now add flour until the dough is suitable for the fritters. Bake in vegetable oil. While the pancakes are hot, sprinkle them with finely chopped dill.
How to cook broccoli in the microwave.
In a special bowl, put the cabbage inflorescences, pour a little water, put in the microwave for a few minutes. See, sprinkle with lemon juice. Put it again.
Broccoli is also used for making soups - mashed potatoes. Having boiled potatoes with cabbage, add cheese, beat all the ingredients in a blender. Serving on the table, sprinkle with herbs.
Enjoy your meal!