Cauliflower in batter will always be in place: as a side dish, as a crispy snack for a family movie viewing (which is not chips or nuggets?), And even as one of the options for dinner for slim. There are many options, if you remember what is in the fridge and use a little fantasy.
It turns out very dietary, because such a dish is prepared in the oven. In our article we will share the best recipes for cooking cauliflower in batter. We will tell you how and with what is better to serve such dishes. You can also watch a useful video on this topic.
Benefit
Calorie cauliflower inflorescences, baked in batter - 78 kcal per 100 g. It contains as much as 5.1 grams of protein. Carbohydrates and fats are distributed in almost equal amounts - 4.1 g and 4.8 g. Value, due to which you will not only remain full, but also bring great benefits to your body. The chemical composition and the number of trace elements also on the level.
Also in the cauliflower are sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, selenium, copper, zinc.. And also the amino acids and fatty acids contained in cauliflower make it a popular product among people who stick to diets.
We recommend watching a video about the benefits of cauliflower:
Harm
Despite such a healthy composition, it is better not to use cauliflower for people with a stomach ulcer, because it stimulates the production of gastric juice. Vegetable gout is also not recommended for patients with gout, because it contains purines.
How to cook: basic step by step recipe
Ingredients:
- cauliflower head;
- chicken eggs - 2 pieces;
- wheat flour - 2 tbsp. l with a hill (be guided by a consistence of the test which has to remind dense sour cream);
- salt - ½ tsp;
- ground black pepper - 1 pinch;
- spicy herbs - to taste;
- vegetable oil.
Cooking stages:
- Cooking cauliflower for this recipe should start with putting a head of cabbage in salted water for 5 minutes. This is because the vegetable can be insects that need to be eliminated.
- The next step is the cutting of the head into small florets. After that you need to boil the water in a saucepan and salt. Then you should carefully lower the inflorescences into the water and boil them in there for 3 minutes. Then fold it in a colander and, waiting for them to cool down further, prepare a batter.
- For batter in a deep bowl, beat eggs with salt and pepper, adding to them spicy herbs. This step can be omitted, but then the dish will not come out fragrant. Sift the eggs to the eggs and bring the dough to a thick consistency resembling sour cream.
- The oven is heated to 200 degrees and, until it reaches this temperature, individual cabbage blossoms are dipped in batter. After that, grease with vegetable oil a baking sheet, where the pieces of cauliflower, well soaked in batter, are sent.
- Roasting time can vary from 15 to 20 minutes. It is better to focus on the golden crust that covered each inflorescence. As soon as it appeared - you can get it.
Casserole Cooking Variations
Depending on your own preferences or what is in the fridge, the recipe for cooking cauliflower may vary slightly. There are several options.
With crisp
To get crisp on baked cauliflower inflorescences, replace the flour with starch. in the recipe described above. It is recommended to use corn, but if this is not at hand, then potato will do. The baking time in this case will increase to 30 minutes.
Beer
Such a recipe is not the most useful, but in order to get the airy batter, it is the best. To cook the cauliflower in beer batter, add half a glass of beer to the basic recipe. The dough will be quite liquid, so you have to increase the amount of flour. At this stage, it is necessary to sift it to the eggs and beer gradually, in order to achieve the necessary thick consistency. This dish will be in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes.
Lean without eggs
Following the same cooking features, you can make a batter without eggs, but using milk. In addition, the dish will be veggie if you use soy instead of cow. For the preparation of a mixture of such batter milk is diluted with water in the same proportion, and after - gently sift the flour to get the dough, the consistency of the dough on the pancakes, but not so thick.
In bread crumbs
This cooking option completely eliminates batter. Boiled and cooled cabbage buds are simply sprinkled with breadcrumbs (2 tbsp) right in the baking tray. Cabbage can be sprinkled with spices: red pepper and coriander. Top watered with vegetable oil. Such a dish is baked for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.
Learn more about baking cauliflower in breadcrumbs here.
We recommend to watch a video about cooking cauliflower in the oven with breadcrumbs:
On yogurt
Cauliflower in a batter on sour milk is prepared according to the same principle as in the basic recipe.. However, half a glass of sour milk is added to the general list of ingredients.
Quickly casserole: 3 ways
In cream sauce
As a result, you will get a very tasty dish with a delicate creamy taste.
Ingredients:
- cauliflower head;
- butter - 10 g;
- hard cheese - 70 g;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic;
- 2 cups of milk.
Cooking stages:
- Cabbage disassembled into inflorescences and boil in salted water for 7 minutes. Throw in a colander.
- Preheat the butter in a skillet until completely broken. Add a tablespoon of flour. Stir and heat the mixture until a light brown color appears.
- Add 2 cups of milk to the butter with flour. Stir in a heated pan to bring to a state of homogeneous creamy mass.
- Heat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Grease the baking dish with oil, put the cooled inflorescences, salt, pour with creamy sauce, add garlic. Sprinkle cheese on top, rubbed it on a fine grater.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
More details about cooking cauliflower in cream can be found here.
We recommend to watch a video about cooking cauliflower casseroles in a creamy sauce:
Cheese mustard
Ingredients:
- cauliflower - 1 head;
- chicken eggs - 2 pieces;
- sour cream - 2 tbsp. l;
- hard cheese - 100 g;
- mustard powder - 2 tsp;
- flour - 2-3 tbsp. l;
- soda - ¼ h. l;
- dried dill - 1 tsp.
Cooking stages:
- Disassemble the cauliflower into florets and boil in salted water for 3 minutes.
- Cheese grate on a fine grater.
- Mix eggs, cheese, sour cream, dried dill and soda in a bowl. Sift flour to the mixture, add mustard powder.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Soak cauliflower inflorescences with batter, put into a greased form, and bake for 20 minutes.
Diet casserole
For those who diets and monitors the number of calories consumed, this casserole will especially appeal to you.
Ingredients:
- broccoli - 200 g;
- cauliflower - 300 g;
- spinach - 50 g;
- kefir - 1 tbsp;
- chicken eggs - 2 pieces;
- flour - 6 tbsp. l;
- soda - ½ tsp;
- salt, spices.
Cooking stages:
- Boil cauliflower and broccoli in salted water for 3 minutes.
- In a bowl, mix kefir, eggs, salt, flour, soda, spinach and spices.
- Heat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Grease the baking dish with butter, put the cabbage, broccoli there and pour the flour mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
More details about the diet recipes for cauliflower can be found here.
Serving on the table
Cauliflower in batter cooked in the oven as a main dish is best combined with sauces based on sour cream or mayonnaise. It is recommended to add a pair of garlic cloves or a pinch of paprika.
If the cabbage acts as a side dish, then it goes well with meat and poultry dishes. You can show imagination and experiment in this issue.
Board: Cauliflower, baked in breadcrumbs, will be a healthy and tasty alternative to harmful nuggets as a snack on the go.
Conclusion
All these simple recipes are cooked in the oven. Such dishes can be considered dietary, because for their preparation uses a minimum of oil. But to taste they are no worse than cabbage cooked in a frying pan in the traditional way.
