The secrets of cooking cauliflower in the microwave
Cauliflower contains many vitamins that are useful and necessary for the normal functioning of the body. It contains vitamins B, A, C, E, K, PP.Thanks to the ingestion of this vegetable, the aging process is slowed down, the immunity is strengthened. Its use is the prevention of diseases of the cardiovascular system, improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Due to its low calorie content, cauliflower is often used in diets.
Not everyone, though, can appreciate her taste. But it all depends on how you cook the vegetable. Everyone will be helpful to know the secrets of cooking cauliflower in the microwave.
Vegetable preparation
It is best to cook dishes, especially for children, from cabbage grown in their own garden or the one that grew in their own region, and not brought from no one knows where. This vegetable is the easiest to prepare. Rinse it well in running water and you can start cooking.
A large number of various frozen vegetables are sold on store shelves, including cauliflower. It prepares very quickly, it is undesirable to defrost it, and you can immediately get out of the freezer and cook.
But the cabbage, which was frozen independently from its own garden, you can defrost. It is left in the container at room temperature for some time. If there is no time to wait, you can warm it in the microwave by choosing a special mode of defrosting vegetables.
Tasty and healthy recipes
Cabbage must be included in your diet and adults, and children. It can be cooked and fried and baked. Particularly tasty dishes are cooked in the microwave. Both side dishes and stand-alone dishes are made from cabbage. You can try the following recipes and cook delicious meals in minutes.
With cheese and cream sauce
To prepare this dish you will need: 100 grams of sour cream, cauliflower forks, 200 grams of hard cheese, half a white onion, one teaspoon of mustard, salt, and ground pepper.
Stages cooking.
- Head out washed under water. Divided into several parts and spread in a special dish designed for the microwave.
- Peeled onions are cut with a knife.
- Cheese rubbed on a coarse grater.
- Put cabbage into the container, add a little water, salt and spices, cover with a lid and bring in the microwave to readiness for ten minutes.
- In the sour cream mixed with mustard, add salt, spices, onions.
- Cabbage spread on a plate, poured over the prepared mixture, sprinkled with grated cheese on top and sent to the microwave for three minutes.
- The final touch is to decorate the dish with greens.
With basil and garlic
For cooking you will need: one cauliflower forks, three cloves of garlic, 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil, basil, dill, parsley.
Stages cooking.
- After the vegetable is washed, it is divided into parts.
- Cabbage spread in a bowl, salted, watered with olive oil. You can pour some water into the bottom of the tank.
- Cabbage is cooked for about ten minutes before it becomes soft.
- Basil, garlic, parsley, dill finely chopped.
- The finished cabbage is mixed with greens and garlic.
- Add salt and spices.
Cheese and Sausage Casserole
Delicious, healthy and nourishing casserole is prepared very quickly and is suitable as a breakfast. The composition of the casserole includes: cauliflower, milk or cream, hard cheese, sausages or sausages, egg, salt, pepper and other spices as desired.
The cooking process is as follows.
- Forks are washed, the vegetable is divided into pieces, spread in a dish and brought to semi-ready within five to seven minutes, adding water. If the cabbage is frozen, then simply put it in the microwave, without adding water. She will be ready very quickly.
- Cheese is rubbed on the grate, sausages are cut into rounds. In the absence of sausages or sausages, you can cut boiled sausage or ham.
- Beat egg with milk, add salt, spices, then - prepared sausages.
- Cabbage poured this mixture.Sprinkle with grated cheese on top and send to the microwave for a few minutes.
- In conclusion, you can decorate the finished dish with greens.
Stuffed Eggplant
It is necessary to prepare for this dish eggplant, cabbage, mayonnaise, adjika, tomatoes, cheese.
Stages cooking.
- First, cut the eggplant into two parts. Place for five minutes in the microwave. After that, its interior is easily removed.
- Cook the cabbage in the microwave so that it is soft. Frozen simply placed in a container, to add some fresh water.
- Tomatoes, cauliflower, cheese, diced.
- Eggplant from the inside smeared with sharp adzhika.
- The eggplant is filled with the mixture, smeared with mayonnaise on top.
- Three minutes sent to the microwave. Greens and spices are added as desired. Delicious dish is ready.
You can experiment with cauliflower and invent your own recipes. It is combined with many products, you can very quickly bake them in the microwave and please the whole family with a tasty and healthy dish.
Video recipe for cooking cauliflower with cheese in the microwave can be viewed below.