Vegetables form the basis of our diet most of the year, so today I will offer you another unusual recipe for vegetable fritters. Dough for such fritters, we will prepare cauliflower with the addition of garlic, cheese and greens.
Cauliflower fritters are juicy, fragrant and very tender. Cooking cauliflower can be a variety of ways, and one of them - to make light pancakes. Cooking this treat will be possible even for beginners in the kitchen, and various variations of the recipe will make it possible to find something for the most picky gourmets.
Benefit and harm
Vitamin C contained in this vegetable is known as the main immune system enhancer, and B vitamins help to improve the overall condition of the body.
The list of trace elements that can be found in the biochemical composition of cauliflower can be continued for a long time:
- Calcium involved in strengthening muscles, bones and teeth.
- Potassium regulates the water balance in the body and normalizes the work of the heart, and also participates in the activity of the nervous system.
- Sodium maintains water-salt balance in the human body and ensures the normal functioning of the kidneys.
- Iron primarily affects the circulatory system: its lack can cause anemia, and after it rapid fatigue and general loss of strength.
- Phosphorus necessary for active mental activity and normal muscle function.
Thus, cauliflower pancakes are a quick and tasty way to replenish the supply of various nutrients necessary for the smooth functioning of all parts of the body. In addition, in this dish per 100 grams accounts for only 125 kcal with a protein content of less than 10 grams and carbohydrates less than 20 grams, which allows those who want to throw a few kilos at will or must follow a low-calorie diet for medical reasons.
However, this dish has a number of properties due to which its use may be contraindicated for people with certain diseases.
Cauliflower is not recommended for use.:
- Sufferers of hyperacidity or peptic ulcer cauliflower pancakes can cause pain.
- Patients with gout should abandon this dish and the use of cauliflower as a whole, since this vegetable contributes to the formation of uric acid, which in turn can trigger a recurrence of the disease.
- Allergy sufferers should also treat cauliflower pancakes with caution.
We offer to watch a video about the use of cauliflower and precautions when using it:
Recipes with photos
Below are simple and tasty recipes with photos.
Ingredients:
- Cauliflower: one medium head.
- Eggs: three pieces.
- Flour: three Art. spoons.
- Vegetable oil.
- Salt.
Cooking:
- Head out into florets, rinse. Put in salted water, boil for about five minutes (more about cooking vegetables can be found here). Thoroughly drain the water, chop the softened buds into a puree mass using a blender or using a food processor.
- In the mixture, break the eggs, beat.
- Add flour and salt, beat again.
- Preheat the vegetable oil in the pan, spread the resulting mass in a tablespoon of not very large piles for better roasting (for more information on how the vegetable is roasted in the pan, you can find out here).
- Fry on both sides until golden brown.
- Serve hot.
We offer you to watch a video on how to prepare cauliflower pancakes:
Various options
No flour
This is a more dietary version of the dish.
You can exclude flour from the recipe and follow all the other steps from the basic method.
Another option: cabbages warm in the microwave for a few minutes so that it becomes drier. Thus, the dough will be thicker and will not spread on the pan.
With cheese
For this variant of the dish, cheese must be grated on a fine grater and added to the cabbage mass with flour, then carefully mix everything. The resulting dough fry in a pan as in the main version of the recipe.
We offer you to watch a video on how to cook cauliflower pancakes with cheese:
On kefir
For this recipe suitable kefir any fat. It must be added together with eggs and flour in chopped cauliflower, then thoroughly mix all the ingredients into one mass and fry according to the instructions from the standard recipe.
We offer to watch a video on how to cook cauliflower pancakes with kefir:
With broccoli
In parallel with the cauliflower, disassemble into inflorescences and boil broccoli, chop both types of cabbage in a blender or food processor, combine into one mass. Then cook like ordinary cauliflower pancakes.
With sour cream
Sour cream is added when the pancakes are ready.. It will give the vegetable dish new flavors and extra softness. It is also especially tasty to add cool sour cream to hot pancakes, just taken from the heat - besides, it is possible to eat treats completely fresh and not burn yourself.
With carrots
While cauliflower is boiled, grate carrots. Add it to the vegetable mass together with eggs and flour, mix everything thoroughly into a homogeneous mass. Form the dough into a pancake and fry according to a standard recipe.
Filing options
Fritters are best served “hot from the heat” - hot and freshly cooked. Using paper towels, you can let the excess oil drain after frying, put it on a wide dish.
Sour cream will be a good addition to the treat, and you can sprinkle with fresh herbs on top of the pancake.
Cauliflower Fritters - an easy dish for a quick hand, while preserving all the beneficial properties of vegetables in the composition and pleasing with its pleasant mild flavor. This taste will allow you to experiment with recipes, adding or removing ingredients so that everyone can make their own special pancakes.
