Lenten dishes in a slow cooker can be obtained in a variety of ways. You can cook not only the first or second, but even pastries and drinks. Fasting is a special period that is associated with rather strict dietary restrictions. Depending on religions, this may be a ban on certain foods or a time limit on their consumption. In fact, even at the post you can cook and pamper yourself with a wide variety of dishes that will fully comply with the Orthodox canons.
Post restrictions
Lenten meals in a slow cooker must comply with the restrictions that apply throughout the fast. So, it is strictly forbidden to eat eggs, any meat and dairy products. Basically, the diet should include exclusively plant foods. It can be eaten both hot and cold, it is allowed to add vegetable oil. These are the main criteria that recipes must meet during this period.
At the same time, do not forget that on certain days of fasting, more stringent restrictions apply. For example, a ban on the use of vegetable oil is periodically imposed or only cold food is allowed. There are several days when eating fasting is generally not recommended, and from time to time fasting is allowed for fish. Therefore, keep in mind that the concept of lean dishes is actually quite vague. You need to carefully monitor what restrictions and permissions are valid on this day of fasting.
Lean pilaf
Lent pilaf in a slow cooker is one of the simplest varieties of this dish. It is not difficult to do it, so even a novice housewife will cope with this task.
To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:
- 200 grams of pilaf;
- 200 grams of carrots;
- 180 grams of onions;
- head of garlic;
- 500 ml of water;
- 5 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- seasoning for pilaf and salt - to taste.
Cooking pilaf in a post
Pilaf is a traditional Central Asian food that is usually cooked in a cauldron, but you can make this lean dish in a slow cooker. Most often, it is cooked with meat, but there are recipes with dried fruits or vegetables.
If you decide to make lean pilaf in a slow cooker, then do not forget that spices will give it a special taste and aroma. They can be purchased in the store or on the market a special set, or you can just use your favorite.
We start cooking by pouring oil into a multicooker bowl and heating it. We pour carrots thinly cut into strips there, fry them for several minutes on the program "Frying", without closing the lids.
Then we send finely chopped onions into the bowl, mix and fry for another 4 minutes. Add salt and seasonings for pilaf. We lay out the washed rice in a slow cooker without stirring. Experienced cooks are advised to take steamed rice.
Now we pour hot water into the bowl and close the lid. We put on the program "Pilaf". At this time, cut the head of garlic in half, a quarter of an hour after the start of the program, reduce the temperature to 100 degrees, open the lid, put the halves of garlic in and cook the dish for another half hour.
This dish is ideal for a lean menu in a slow cooker, it will be not only tasty, but also beautiful.
Lean soup
You can cook lean dishes in a slow cooker for the first one. For example, you get great soups. As an example, we will analyze the soup with beans. Such a dish will be cooked quickly, and the beans in it will turn out fragrant and very soft.
To prepare lean soup in a slow cooker, you will need the following components:
- 3 potatoes;
- bulb;
- carrot;
- 150 grams of beans;
- a teaspoon of butter;
- ground black pepper, salt and herbs - to taste.
Step by step recipe
This is a simple Lenten recipe for a multicooker that does not take you too much time.
First, peel the carrots, free the onion from the husks. Grind vegetables, carrots are recommended to skip on a grater. If there is enough time, you can chop it with thin strips.
Put butter on the bottom of the multicooker bowl. Turn on the baking mode for 20 minutes. When the walls of the pan start to warm up, lay out the carrots and onions for no more than a quarter of an hour. During this time, the carrots should become soft, and the onion slightly browned.
After the vegetables are fried, pour the beans into the multicooker. Previously, it must be soaked for several hours in cold water, ideally left overnight, it will turn out to be tastiest.
Now mix all the contents and add about 2 liters of water, switch to the "Extinguishing" mode, leave the soup for an hour. During this time, peel the potatoes, cut into cubes, add to the bowl, when the hour of the stew has passed. Salt and pepper. Again, set the "Extinguishing" program for one hour.
Serve the finished soup, decorating with herbs.
Lean cabbage soup
Delicious and rich get lean soup in a slow cooker .
For this recipe, you will need to stock up:
- a quarter fork of white cabbage;
- 6 medium-sized potatoes;
- red bell pepper;
- 4 tomatoes;
- onion;
- carrots;
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- a can of red canned beans;
- 4 liters of cold water;
- salt to taste.
Quick recipe for cabbage soup
First, put all the necessary ingredients in the multicooker bowl. Grated carrots, finely chopped onion, diced potatoes and bell peppers.
Finely chop the cabbage and, together with two tomatoes, cut into cubes, put it in the multicooker bowl. Skip two more tomatoes on a grater, rubbing them into gruel. We spread half a can of canned beans, salt, add bay leaf, a tablespoon of mustard and sunflower oil. Pour boiling water to the maximum.
On the slow cooker we set the "Stewing" mode, during cooking, the vegetables should be cooked, but not sour. You only need to mix the cabbage soup and you can serve it on the table.
Lean pie
During fasting, many lack desserts. In fact, there are many options for their preparation. For example, these are recipes for lean baking in a slow cooker. Pies are obtained both hearty and sweet. For example, consider a recipe for a lean pie in a slow cooker with bananas.
This is a great way for the whole family to fast, but at the same time regularly delight their loved ones with new dishes that do not contradict established restrictions. This recipe for lean baking in a slow cooker will turn out dietary and very useful for the body.
For its implementation, we need the following ingredients:
- half a glass of vegetable oil;
- 2 bananas;
- a glass of sparkling mineral water;
- half a lemon;
- half a teaspoon of soda;
- 150 grams of sugar;
- 100 grams of walnuts;
- premium flour;
- salt to taste.
Surprise the family with a banana pie
To start cooking a lean pie in a slow cooker, you need to peel both bananas, cut them into several parts and grind them thoroughly using an ordinary fork. This will be the basis of the filling for our cake. If you want the mass to be as homogeneous as possible, you can use a blender, then believe me, you can do it with improvised means.
Now pour vegetable oil and mineral water into the banana mass. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and the required amount of sugar on top. Stir everything thoroughly with a hand whisk. In the resulting mixture, we introduce soda and mix again.
We clean walnuts and carefully break into small pieces. In this form, add them to the filling for our pie. Cut the lemon into two parts and squeeze the juice of this fruit into a banana mixture. At this point, a reaction should begin, accompanied by hissing and heavy foaming. If this happens, then you are doing everything right.
Once again, thoroughly mix the whole mass and gradually introduce the flour. Its quantities are best determined by eye, focusing on the consistency of the test. As a result, you should get a mass resembling very fat sour cream.
After that, we transfer the resulting dough to us in a multicooker bowl, pre-lubricated with vegetable oil, set the cake to cook in the "Baking" mode for an hour and five minutes. When this time passes, we take out the pie from the slow cooker and let it cool for literally a few minutes.
The cake should turn out fragrant and tender, but at the same time lean, no forbidden ingredients are contained in it. When the baking is completely cooled, it is cut into portioned pieces and served to the table with tea and homemade jam.
Pamper yourself with muffins
You can also prepare a lean cupcake in a slow cooker for dessert. This is another type of baking that you can afford with a calm soul during fasting. So, you will be able to delight relatives and guests with delicious sweet muffins, which turn out to be attractive, beautiful and magnificent. This baking is optimal for family tea drinking. A sweet cupcake will help you forget about the restrictions that have to be observed due to strict fasting. In the cupcake itself, you will not be able to meet any components prohibited during this period.
Therefore, do not forget to always delight yourself in fasting with delicious and sweet pastries. In addition, it is prepared very quickly, especially a lean cupcake in a slow cooker, the recipe itself is very simple. Even an inexperienced mistress will cope with it.
In addition, there are a large number of ways to prepare such baking, you only need to choose the one that is best for your diet. Having determined the recipe you need, prepare the necessary products and proceed. In this article, we will consider a simple way to make a cupcake in a slow cooker, which can be done very easily and quickly.
To do this, you need to have on hand:
- 2 cups of flour;
- half a glass of sugar;
- glasses of warm and boiled water;
- half a glass of vegetable oil;
- 10 grams of baking powder;
- 3 tablespoons of cocoa;
- a pinch of vanillin;
- 3 tablespoons of nuts;
- a tablespoon of honey.
This amount of ingredients is enough for about five to six servings.
Cooking process
For a delicious multicooker cake, mix all the necessary ingredients in a dry separate bowl. These are cocoa, flour, baking powder and vanillin. Please note that the cake turned out to be airy, all these components are best sifted carefully through a sieve, and then mix well. So you will achieve the necessary consistency of your cake.
In another bowl, mix honey and sugar with each other, add warm water to them, mix again until sugar and honey have completely dissolved, only then add vegetable oil.
At the next stage, we mix liquid and dry ingredients of our future cake with each other. We achieve the formation of a homogeneous mass. Fry walnuts in a dry pan and add them to the dough. If you wish, you can pour a couple of handfuls of raisins, but this is not necessary, at your discretion.
Now put the dough in a multicooker bowl, pre-greased with a small amount of vegetable oil. In the programs we set the "Baking" mode, on which we cook for about 45 minutes.
Ready cake served on the table for tea.