If kefir is left at home, but no one wants to drink it, then you need to cook something from it until it has deteriorated. There are a lot of food options. Recipes of some popular dishes on kefir we will consider in this article.
The first recipe. Potato pies
Do not be discouraged if nobody drinks yogurt, as you can cook some delicious dishes with it. You can, for example, make delicious potato pies on this fermented milk product. The dough for them is prepared quite simply and quickly. Ready pies will please everyone.
The following ingredients will be required for preparation:
- 1 onion;
- 1 cup kefir;
- 3 cups flour (premium);
- salt (to taste);
- 1 teaspoon of soda (slaked vinegar);
- sugar (to taste);
- 100 ml of vegetable oil;
- 4 potatoes (large size).
Cooking pies: step by step instructions
- First of all, heat the kefir, then add the baking soda with vinegar. Then send salt and sugar there. Pour flour at the very end. Next, knead the steep, but at the same time elastic dough. It should not stick to hands.
- After that, leave the dough for a while. At this time, you can cook the filling.
- Wash, peel and boil the potatoes until cooked.
- Peel the onion, cut. Fry a little in a pan until golden brown.
- Mashed potatoes, add onions. Shuffle. Everything, the filling is ready.
- Next, divide the dough into two parts. Roll up the sausage from each, then cut them into pieces. They will be the basis for future pies.
- During cooking, do not spare the toppings. You made the dough strong enough, which means that during the frying process it will not burst. In the middle of each piece of dough, put the filling, then fasten the edges, carefully pressing them.
- After the seam down, put the pies, lightly walk on them with a rolling pin. So you give the products a beautiful shape.
- Pour the vegetable oil into the pan, put the pies. Fry until golden brown on one side, then turn over to the other. The whole process of frying pies will take about five to seven minutes.
- You can eat pies both hot and cold. You can complement the dish with any sauces of your choice.
The second recipe. Pumpkin Fritters
If you are looking for simple dishes from kefir, then pay attention to this one. We suggest you make pumpkin pancakes. These fritters are tasty, fragrant and tender. For better flavor, add vanillin or cinnamon to the dough.
For cooking you will need:
- 10 tbsp. tablespoons of wheat flour;
- 200 grams of pumpkin (pulp);
- one egg;
- a pinch of vanillin;
- 25 ml of vegetable oil;
- 4 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar;
- Β½ teaspoon of soda;
- 5 tbsp. tablespoons of kefir (fat content of about 2.5%).
Cooking fritters
- First prepare all the products.
- Wash the pumpkin, peel, cut the seeds and fibers.
- Now go directly to the preparation of the dough. To do this, mix kefir, sugar and a chicken egg. Next, add soda, vanillin and flour. Mix all components with a fork or whisk until smooth.
- Next, add grated pumpkin to the mass. Stir the dough thoroughly. It should turn out quite thick.
- Turn on the stove, put the pan on it, pour oil. Then spread the dough with a tablespoon, forming pancakes. Fry them until a beautiful golden crust is formed on one side. After that, turn over the pancakes and fry on the second side. Serve these fragrant pancakes with sour cream, jam or jam. Enjoy your meal!
The recipe is the third. Kefir fried eggs
What simple and delicious kefir dishes can I cook? Fried eggs, for example. Have you ever made it with kefir? Then be sure to try it - the finished scrambled eggs are lush and airy. It will turn out even tastier if you add greens and a doctor's sausage to it. Yogurt and eggs prepared according to this recipe will be enough for a few people, so you can safely cook for breakfast for the whole family.
For cooking you will need:
- 1 cup kefir (medium fat);
- 8 eggs;
- 150 grams of doctor's or smoked sausage;
- 6 green onion feathers (you can also add parsley if desired);
- ground black pepper (to taste);
- 50 grams of butter;
- salt (pinch, no more).
Cooking with kefir: a step by step recipe
- Take a deep container, beat eggs into it. Pour kefir there.
- Pour ground pepper and salt into the mass. Next, thoroughly beat all the ingredients with a whisk.
- Take the sausage, cut into small pieces, then pour into the general mixture.
- Wash the green onion, chop it, send to a bowl to the egg mass, then mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Do the same with parsley.
- Put a frying pan on the stove, put a small piece of butter in it and wait until it melts. Next, pour the egg mixture into the pan. Fry the fried eggs over low heat. In no case do not lift the lid from the pan during cooking, otherwise the scrambled eggs will βfallβ and not look so appetizing.
- When the dish is cooked, remove it from the stove, cut into portions and serve. Enjoy your meal!
The fourth recipe. Casserole
If you love cottage cheese and know how healthy it is, then the next dish of kefir and cottage cheese will certainly interest you. The meal is prepared simply and quickly. Moreover, it is very useful for children and adults. Moreover, such a casserole will not harm those on a diet. Kefir casserole will only be useful for those who follow the figure.
To prepare a dietary dish of kefir, you will need:
- 100 g dried apricots;
- 500 grams of cottage cheese (minimum fat content);
- 100 ml of kefir;
- 4 eggs;
- 6 tbsp. spoons of semolina;
- 4 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar and as much raisins;
- one pinch of salt;
- 15 g butter.
Cooking casseroles in a multicooker
- First, heat the kefir. Pour them semolina, mix. Leave the mass for about thirty minutes.
- At this time, separate the yolks from the proteins. Grate the yolks in a bowl with cottage cheese and sugar.
- Take a deep container, whisk the whites with salt until foam.
- After that, mix the cottage cheese with dried fruits and semolina. Leave some dried apricots and raisins, these dried fruits will be required to decorate the dish.
- Add proteins to the mass. Mix everything gently.
- Now take the multicooker bowl. Lubricate it with butter, put the casserole mass there. Garnish with dried fruit on top of the dish. Select the βBakeβ mode for 45 minutes.
- After this time, leave the casserole in the multicooker for about twenty minutes. After that, serve the dishes to the table. The casserole will go well with herbal or green tea. Cocoa also goes well with this delicious and healthy dessert.
Little conclusion
Now you know what kind of yogurt dishes can be prepared, photos of some of them were presented in the article for clarity. We hope that you will like the recipes for these dishes, and you will prepare such dishes at home. Good luck!