Externally, broccoli is very similar to the cauliflower that is familiar to the Russian eye. She is her closest gardening relative, only the color is green, not white. This subspecies of cauliflower is very popular in Italy and France. In European countries, fried broccoli is a favorite and familiar everyday food.
Broccoli Dishes
Russian housewives do not use this product as often as potatoes or carrots. But if the dish is cooked correctly, then the broccoli is very tasty, hearty, healthy and nutritious. Try to cook cauliflower once, and the result will not disappoint you.
Broccoli in batter
The cooking time is about ten minutes, which should not but please busy modern hostesses.
Fried broccoli (in batter) is prepared as follows. First you need to rinse the cabbage. Inflorescences to separate from each other. We put the pan on the fire, slightly add salt to the water in it. When it boils, we throw the cabbage in there and cook it for two or three minutes. We recline in a colander.
While the cabbage will cool, prepare the batter. Mix olive oil, a little salt, chicken eggs and a tablespoon of flour. If the batter is too thick, then add a little water or milk.
We put a frying pan on the fire, pour oil there and wait for it to thoroughly warm up. We put the cabbage in boiling oil, after having thoroughly bathed it in egg batter. It is important that the inflorescences are evenly and in large numbers covered with egg mass. Fried broccoli is cooked very quickly. It will take about three minutes to roast on both sides.
Cabbage with egg
A very popular and winning dish is broccoli. Inflorescences fried with eggs will not leave anyone indifferent. Habitual side dishes bored? Broiled broccoli with egg would be a great alternative. To prepare the dish you will need about a half kilogram of cabbage, two chicken eggs and a little salt.
Broccoli sorted into inflorescences must be washed and boiled in slightly salted water. When the vegetable dries and cools down a bit, proceed to frying. In vegetable or olive oil, fry the cabbage on both sides so that it becomes even softer. Then, using a potato masher or pusher, grind it to a puree state. It remains only to fill it with an egg and mix everything thoroughly. Fry egg and cabbage mass is recommended for two to three minutes. Garnish for meat or fish dishes is ready.
Broccoli with soy sauce and sesame seeds
If you want something new and original, we advise you to pay attention to the following recipe. It will be fried broccoli with sesame seeds and soy sauce. Many housewives say that this dish is not only tasty, but also very healthy and, importantly, hearty. Adding a little chicken or fried pork to such a cabbage, we get a full-fledged delicious dish that neither adults nor children will refuse.
Essential Ingredients:
- Broccoli - 300 grams.
- 1 table. a spoonful of sesame seeds.
- The same amount of olive oil.
- A pinch of black pepper.
- Two teaspoons of soy sauce.
- A bit of sea salt.
We carefully disassemble the cabbage washed and dried with a paper towel into the inflorescences using a sharp kitchen knife. Separate all the tasteless, unnecessary thick stems. Cut the broccoli into small pieces.
We put sesame seeds on a dry frying pan. It is important to monitor their frying very carefully. If you overlook, they can burn or burn, filling the kitchen with a pungent unpleasant odor. When the sesame seeds are lightly browned, put them on a plate and let cool.
In a container where seeds have just been fried, pour a little olive oil and put the cabbage. Fried broccoli (recipes and experienced housewives confirm this) is cooked for about three minutes. Not all foods can be cooked as fast. After frying, put the cabbage in a plate, add sesame seeds on top. Add a little sea salt and sprinkle with soy sauce. Try to choose a sauce that will contain a minimum amount of salt. The dish is ready.
Fried broccoli with garlic
The body requires vitamin C, and households are asked to cook something summer, juicy and satisfying? The choice in this case must be broccoli. Fried or boiled cauliflower is also very useful for the body, it saturates it with useful substances that help fight colds. If garlic is added to the dish, then it will become an order of magnitude healthier and more aromatic.
To cook broccoli with garlic, it is necessary to do the usual manipulations with cabbage (rinse, boil, cool). Pour a little oil into the pan. Three or four cloves of garlic (300-400 g cabbage) cut into small pieces. Fry the garlic in oil until it becomes a little transparent, begins to secrete a strong aroma and becomes rosy. At the last stage, add broccoli to the garlic and fry for a couple more minutes.
It is important to note that no additional spices or seasonings are required in this dish. Garlic and olive oil will do the job, giving the dish an amazing aroma and unrivaled taste.
Oven and broccoli with eggs and herbs in the oven
Of course, cabbage is already a dietary dish. But if you want to reduce the number of calories due to the cooking method, then instead of frying, choose an oven.
- Broccoli - 250 g
- One carrot.
- One onion.
- Five chicken eggs.
- Dried basil, salt, pepper.
- Vegetable oil.
Pour a little oil into the baking dish and spread the boiled broccoli inflorescences in advance. Put fried onions (diced) and carrots (grated on a coarse grater) on top. Beat eggs with salt and spices, herbs and pepper until smooth and lush. Pour the cabbage with this mixture and put in the oven for ten minutes. The temperature is 200 degrees.