General methods and principles of cooking cauliflower in batter
Preparing food for cooking cauliflower in batter
Recipes Cauliflower in batter
Useful tips experienced cooks
Cauliflower is a storehouse of nutrients. It contains large amounts of protein, minerals and vitamins. This variety of cabbage appreciated for its taste and dietary qualities.
Very many surprises name cauliflower, as she gently creamy and not the other colors. What color is it then, if it is monotonous? And the thing is that it consists of inflorescences used in food. Cut off from the garden, this vegetable is necessary before he dissolved, otherwise it will lose its taste and pogrubeet.
Dishes of this vegetable are quite diverse. And it is prepared salads, soups, delicious cakes with it, as the product is baked in the oven and roast in different ways. Many housewives fried cauliflower in batter. Cooking in batter retains a large amount of nutrients, so this dish is quite suitable for children. And you can serve it with sour cream or cream, sprinkle with grated cheese.
Basically the edible part of the vegetable are considered inflorescences, rarely leaves.
Vegetable is considered to be fresh and high quality, if it is a heavy and dense head, which is framed by green leaves. This vegetable can be bought at any time of the year, and to prepare a variety of dishes from it.
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General methods and principles of cooking cauliflower in batter
Many housewives know what the batter and what it includes. Usually it is flour, eggs, salt and breadcrumbs. There are also those who are not limited to this set of ingredients, but the general principles of the preparation of this dish are unchanged and are based on 4 main stages:
decoction inflorescences;
cooking batter;
obvalivanie in batter;
frying pieces of cabbage in vegetable oil.
It is important to prepare for cooking inflorescences not digest them.
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Preparing food for cooking cauliflower in batter
Before you cook this vegetable in batter, you should take it apart into individual pieces, each of which must be cleaned by dark spots and clean water, thick shoots it is desirable to cut in half. Then boil florets in salted water. In order to remain in the vegetable taste and flavor, it must be boiled in a small amount of water for 10-15 minutes depending on the size of the pieces. Ready vegetable fork must be checked if it is easily included in the flesh, the vegetables ready. It is necessary to immediately remove from the heat finished product.
To prepare batter, need fresh eggs and flour. At the request of the batter, you can add the mayonnaise, sour cream, herbs, spices and even beer. Basically, every woman has a recipe for this dish.
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Recipes Cauliflower in batter
Preparation classic cauliflower in batter
The recipe for this dish is the most simple and at the same time the most beloved and popular. Golden crisp, which envelops the delicate flesh of cabbage gives this dish is not only great taste, but also gives it an attractive, beautiful and appetizing appearance.
To prepare this dish will need:
1 kg cauliflower;
4 eggs;
3 tbsp. l. flour;
vegetable oil;
salt and pepper to taste;
a pinch of dried herbs;
a handful of grated cheese.
Preparation:
Vegetables should be divided into individual florets, each washing in water and free of dirt. Slices should not get too big.
Water should boil, salt the and immerse the inflorescence. Simmer until cooked cabbage is necessary (12 minutes), thus avoiding of cooking. You can also boil the vegetables for a couple.
While cooked florets, you can prepare the batter. To do this, beat the eggs with salt and herbs and gradually add flour, stirring constantly. Batter should be thick.
Boiled inflorescences need to discard in a colander and wait for them to dry off and a little cool. Then you roll each piece into the batter and fry in vegetable oil on all sides until golden brown. Cooked cabbage to put on a plate and sprinkle with grated cheese.
Color cabbage in batter, deep fried
To prepare this dish you will need silnogazirovannaya mineral water. If the fryer is not available, it can be replaced by a thick deep frying pan or saucepan.
For this dish you need to take:
1 cabbage;
vegetable oil;
1 h. L. sugar;
sweet pepper;
salt;
2 eggs;
400 gr. flour;
500 ml of mineral water;
2 tbsp. l. olive oil.
Preparation:
Vegetables should be divided into florets and wash. Water should be boiled and put it in her pieces. Boil them for 5-10 minutes and drain.
For the batter is necessary to separate the whites from the yolks. The yolks mixed with sugar, olive oil, flour, mineral water, salt and pepper. All the ingredients were mixed, to avoid lumps.
Protein is necessary to beat until a thick foam portions and bring them into the yolk mass, stirring gently.
In a deep fryer or deep frying pan you must warm up a large number of vegetable oil. Further, each inflorescence should be lavishly hook fork and dip in the batter, and then immediately send in boiling oil. Slices need not less than two-thirds to be immersed in oil. Obzharivaya cabbage, it is necessary to turn.
Serve the cabbage can be as a separate dish with tomato, garlic or mushroom sauce as a hot side dish.
Pieces of cauliflower in cheese-beer batter
This batter is cooked very easily and cabbage in it becomes quite juicy and tasty, reminiscent of mushrooms. Beer for this dish is better to take non-alcoholic or low-alcohol. Incidentally, the batter is not only suitable for cauliflower, but also for other products, such as crab sticks, fish, meat and other.
To prepare this dish you will need:
2 eggs;
600 gr. cauliflower;
60 g. hard cheese;
5 Art. l. flour;
2 tbsp. l. vegetable oils;
100 ml of beer;
salt, seasoning to taste.
Preparation:
Cabbage should be divided into florets, boil in salted water or steamed. Cheese grate.
The eggs are mixed with vegetable oil, whisk and pour into the mass beer. All the mix, season with salt and spices. Then you need to add flour and knead until the consistency of a thick batter. In the resulting mass add the grated cheese. Again mix well to avoid lumps.
In deep fryer or deep frying pan pour more oil well to heat. Shredded cabbage roll in batter and fried to send. Fry until golden brown and serve hot.
Preparation of cauliflower in batter on Julia Vysotsky
To prepare this dish you will need:
1 egg;
1 head cauliflower;
3 tbsp. l. flour;
1 handful chopped cilantro;
100 ml of ice-cold sparkling mineral water;
2 tbsp. l. olive oil;
2 tbsp. l. Narsharab sauce;
1 h. L. curry;
¼ h. Liter. red hot peppers;
½ h. L. sweet paprika;
½ h. L. salt.
Cooking
Vegetables should be disassembled into small florets and boil in salted water for 2 minutes. Then drain the water.
Mix the paprika, curry, red hot pepper and egg, lightly beaten.
The resulting mixture pour mineral water, add the flour with cilantro and whisk again.
Cabbage good roll in batter, so it was all covered with them.
In a deep pan heat up a little olive oil and fry the vegetables until light golden brown, and then lay out using slotted spoon to a paper towel to excess fat left. Serve the finished cabbage, top watering it narsharab.
Cooking cauliflower tempura with sauce
To prepare you will need:
500g cauliflower
For the batter:
3 eggs;
3 tbsp. l. flour;
3 tbsp. l. water;
vegetable oil;
salt.
For the filling:
2 eggs;
0, 5 red bell peppers;
1 tablespoon melted butter;
dill;
Salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation:
Inflorescences should be dipped in boiling salted water and cook for 5-7 minutes. Cabbage should not seethe. Then it is necessary to remove from water and cool.
Dill grind. Bulgarian pepper cut into small cubes. In a hot frying pan you need to put the melted butter, chopped peppers and some greens and cook 5 minutes over medium heat. Boil hard boiled eggs, cool, peel and chop. To add a ready-chopped green pepper with the egg and mix well.
To prepare the batter is necessary to break the eggs and whisk. Then add the flour, salt and water and mix well, came to the dough as pancakes. Shredded cabbage dip in batter and fry in vegetable oil.
Inflorescence cabbage batter fry until golden brown about 3 minutes. As required cabbage to turn it to fry evenly. Ready to put the pieces on a paper towel to remove excess fat.
To add a ready-made meals and filling the resulting mix. Serve it warm.
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Useful tips experienced cooks
To inflorescence retained their color and not become watery during cooking, add the boiling water before laying vegetable little sugar. It is also better to boil the cabbage in mineral water.
Laying the finished fried cabbage on a dish, it is better to use a flat dish, the laid paper napkin or towel to absorb excess fat.
Those who are on a diet, in the preparation of this dish should be done only on the batter egg whites, no yolks, obmochennye inflorescence is better not to fry, and bake in grill for about 15 minutes at a temperature of 230 C.
