The symbol of the coming year according to the Eastern calendar is the Yellow Pig or Boar. And many meat lovers must have thought about how to please the "owner" of the year so that he brings only good luck and happiness. Recipes with photos of festive vegetarian dishes that even meat-eaters with experience will appreciate will come to the rescue.
Vegetarian "Herring under a fur coat"
This salad is an integral part of any meal. However, far from all are ready to eat it without fish. We bring to your attention one of the most popular recipes for festive vegetarian dishes - "Herring under a fur coat". It is almost impossible to determine for sure whether there is fish in it or not. For a salad you will need:
- two large beets;
- three medium-sized carrots;
- three medium potatoes;
- 2 sheets of nori seaweed;
- one onion;
- two pickles;
- 300 grams of light mayonnaise or sour cream.
The cooking technology is classic. Boil the vegetables until cooked. Potatoes should not be digested so that it does not turn into mashed potatoes in a salad.
Grate beets, carrots and potatoes on a fine grater, cut cucumbers into small cubes. Nori leaves must first be soaked in cold water for several minutes so that they swell. On the dish we spread the products in the following order: potatoes, nori leaf, pickles, another nori leaf, then carrots and beets. Each layer, with the exception of algae, is liberally greased with mayonnaise to avoid dryness. Add salt and pepper to taste and refrigerate for three to four hours. Before serving, you can decorate with greens.
Olivier with champignons
The beloved "Olivier" is considered to be the king of recipes for festive vegetarian dishes. Only without meat. To replace it comes a useful and tasty product - champignons.
For 8 servings you will need:
- 500 grams of fresh or canned champignons;
- three medium-sized fresh carrots;
- two large potatoes;
- three pickles;
- can of peas;
- a bunch of green onions;
- mayonnaise - 4 tablespoons with a slide;
- salt and pepper.
If you use fresh champignons, you must first boil them in salted water along with carrots and potatoes. Finely chop mushrooms and vegetables, add green onions, salt and pepper to taste. Mix all ingredients and season with mayonnaise, refrigerate. After an hour you can serve. Easy and tasty salad without meat is ready.
Celery salad
To prepare a tasty and healthy salad, it does not take much time.
And the list of products is as follows:
- 2 medium-sized carrots;
- 100 g celery root;
- 2 medium beets;
- 3 potatoes;
- 100 g of cucumbers;
- 1 red onion;
- 1 tomato;
- a bunch of parsley or cilantro;
- 200 g of sauerkraut.
You will also need to make the sauce. For it, you will need several tablespoons of vinegar, one spoon of mustard, a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and 200 grams of yogurt. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Cook vegetables until cooked and cut into small slices. Just chop the cucumbers and onions. Mix the ingredients for the sauce until smooth and season the vegetables. Mix gently. Sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.
Salad "Taiga"
Vegetarian dishes on the festive table are prepared not only according to classic recipes. For example, the Taiga salad is perfect for a festive table.
To prepare it, you must buy in advance in the store:
- four large potatoes;
- two medium carrots;
- a jar of forest pickled mushrooms;
- a glass of cranberries;
- a can of peas;
- a bunch of greenery.
A tablespoon of vegetable oil, salt and pepper are also useful. Rinse the vegetables, clean them from the ground, cook and cut into cubes, the smaller the better. Add cranberries. Stir everything in a large bowl, add oil, salt and pepper. Garnish with herbs and can be served.
Eggplant hot appetizer
Those who have long excluded animal products from their menu know that delicious treats without meat can also be prepared for the New Year. Festive vegetarian dishes not only diversify the menu, they are also deliciously delicious. If you want to surprise your family and guests with something unusual - prepare a hot appetizer with eggplant.
You will need a minimum of products: eggplant, tomatoes, onions, herbs, garlic to taste.
Eggplant must be washed, wiped dry and fry in a hot pan until dark crust. If you have a grill, then use it. When the fried eggplants have cooled, cut them along, clean the center.
Cut tomatoes into small cubes, mix with eggplant pulp, add spices, chopped garlic and herbs. Cilantro is an ideal option, but you can use parsley. We season with oil and vinegar, we insist for two hours.
Before serving, preheat in the oven or microwave. A delicious snack will appeal to both children and adults.
Original "red caviar"
Delicious vegetarian dishes on the festive table should also be beautiful. Prepare an unexpected and spectacular dish for your guests - vegetarian red caviar.
Products will need the simplest:
- packaging for seaweed;
- one carrot;
- ½ beets;
- half a glass of water;
- 1 cup sunflower oil;
- ½ teaspoon of salt.
You will also need a regular large-volume syringe. Cooking will take some time, but the result is worth it. First of all, put vegetable oil in the freezer for 4 hours. Then soak agar agar in cold water for 15 minutes.
Beets and carrots need to be grated and squeezed juice. Strain. The remaining vegetable meal should be boiled in boiling water for five minutes. Then strain the broth, drain the liquid into a container, and discard the cake. Put the resulting broth on the fire, bring to a boil again. Add agar agar and carrot juice to boiling water. Add beetroot juice over a teaspoon. This is required in order to control the color of the decoction. Perhaps all the juice is not useful to you. Bring to a boil and boil for several minutes.
Pour the finished broth into the syringe. Remove the oil from the freezer and drip the broth into the oil in small portions. Try to keep the drops the same size. "Eggs" in oil harden and sink to the bottom. If the vegetable broth has cooled and become viscous, it can again be heated. The red caviar is ready. To remove fat, you can rinse it in water. This is one of the most original vegetarian holiday dishes, which does not go unnoticed.
Potato with apples
Sounds weird. The usual option is a duck with apples. But since vegetarian hot dishes on the festive table do not accept animal products, potatoes replace the bird. Moreover, very successfully.
Products will require a minimum:
- a kilogram of potatoes;
- five small sweet apples, it is preferable to choose a variety of "golden";
- a glass of sour cream;
- three tablespoons of olive oil;
- salt, pepper to taste.
Heat the oven to 200 degrees. Peel the potatoes and cut into thin slices, about half a centimeter thick. Put the mass in a baking sheet, add oil, salt and pepper to taste. Put in the oven.
While the potatoes began to bake, wash and peel the apples, remove the core. Cut each into four slices. Each cut into strips. Add the apple mass to the potatoes, pour all the sour cream and put in the oven again. Bake at 180 degrees for about 45 minutes. As soon as the potatoes turn golden, it's time to take out the pan. The dish is very unusual and tasty. Serve only hot!
"Fish in batter
Festive recipes for vegetarian dishes are very diverse, contrary to the beliefs of people who are all used to cooking with meat. If you want to surprise, for example, meat-eating friends, be sure to present them with hot "fish" in batter. The recipe is as simple as possible. Ingredients:
- Adyghe cheese - 1 pack;
- nori seaweed;
- soy sauce - 4 tablespoons mixed with the same amount of water;
- three tablespoons of olive oil;
- half a glass of kefir;
- flour;
- spices to taste;
- soda - 0.5 teaspoon.
First you need to cut the cheese into small cubes, about one centimeter wide. Nori sheets also need to be reduced by cutting in half or into four parts. Each leaf is smeared with soy sauce to avoid integrity damage. Then a piece of Adyghe cheese is wrapped in it and tightly twisted.
To prepare the batter, mix the kefir, spices and flour thoroughly until the consistency of liquid sour cream. Add soda just before frying the cheese so that it does not react with kefir ahead of time. It remains to fry the cooked cubes in olive oil - and the delicious dish is ready.
Classic Ratatouille
For birthday celebratory vegetarian dishes can also be prepared. The recipe that we offer will appeal to even gourmets. He gained wide popularity with access to the wide screens of the cartoon of the same name. It's about the Ratatouille. For cooking you will need:
- zucchini - 3 pieces;
- tomatoes - 9 pieces;
- eggplant - 5 pieces;
- greens, preferably cilantro and parsley;
- sweet red pepper;
- basil;
- thyme;
- olive oil;
- salt, black pepper to taste.
Particular attention should be paid to vegetables when buying. It is best to choose them of the same diameter, since for the classic Ratatouille, vegetables must be cut into circles. The dish will look incredibly beautiful while respecting the proportions.
Pre-washed and dried zucchini, tomatoes and eggplant cut into rings about three millimeters thick. A little tip: sliced eggplant before cooking, you need to salt and discard in a colander to leave bitterness.
In a dish prepared for baking, pour 100 grams of sauce, put the vegetables in the form of a snail - in small stacks in a circle - and pour the remaining sauce on top. Sprinkle the dish ready for baking with finely chopped herbs and put in the oven for 1.5 hours. Bake at 185 degrees. Get a great vegetarian festive meal at no extra cost.
Sauce
Finely chop peeled peppers, thyme and basil leaves peeled from stalks and seeds. Mix everything, place in a pan and simmer in hot olive oil over medium heat. Then cut into small cubes 5 tomatoes and add them to the pan. Close the lid and simmer for about half an hour until it is completely softened. Add spices to taste. They must be very soft. Some experts recommend pouring boiling water over tomatoes and peeling them before stewing.
After cooking, cool the vegetables to room temperature, add a teaspoon of sugar to reduce the acid of the tomatoes. Place the mixture in a blender and beat until sour cream. The sauce is ready.
Lazy Ratatouille
For those who have very little time before guests arrive, a lazy ratatouille recipe is suitable. The list of products remains the same as for the classic ratatouille, but without tomatoes. Conventional tomato paste will suffice. Cut the zucchini and eggplant into large cubes, salt, to leave the bitterness, rinse. Immerse in a pan or slow cooker, pour sauce, tightly close the lid and simmer over medium heat for about 40 minutes. After cooking, sprinkle with herbs, add seasonings - and you can surprise guests with an incredibly delicious dish.