Not long ago, in our shops, but rather foreign retail chains of hypermarkets, appeared a vegetable that looks like a turnip.This kale kohlrabi.How to cook this exotic?This will be the topic of this article.Homeland kohlrabi - a warm Mediterranean, but in the northern countries of Western Europe, it has been seen as the cultural influence of the ancient Rome.To us Germans brought this vegetable.The name "kohlrabi" German origin.Literally translated as "cabbage turnip".Outwardly similar, but the similarities stop there.Delicate on the palate, this is devoid of bitterness cabbage cabbage sister.It is considered a delicacy and a dietary product, because it has only 45 calories.Connoisseurs call this vegetable is the queen of all the cabbages.Let us and we will pamper yourself this delicacy and prepare some delicious dish of cauliflower.
Benefits cabbage turnip
What this vegetable is good?Besides low-calorie, kohlrabi can boast that it contains plenty of unique materials.It contains fructose - hence this delicate, sweet taste.Yet it contains valuable minerals - boron, cobalt, iodine, copper, zinc, as well as organic acids and dietary fiber.Sulfur, which is part of the cabbage, prevents the development of colorectal cancer.According to the content of vitamins kohlrabi can not be overestimated: it is present all the useful memory, hair and nails Group B sighted A, as well as the PP, K and E. In times of epidemic of influenza sure to include in your diet kohlrabi - a cabbage in this more vitamin Cthan citrus.And, unlike cabbage, it does not cause bloating and flatulence.There is only one contraindication frequent use kohlrabi - a disease of the stomach associated with acidity.But in this case, it all depends on how you cook cauliflower.
Preliminary manipulation
What has not made from this vegetable!Soups, various side dishes to fish and meat, vegetable stews, delicious salads, casseroles.But before thinking what to cook kohlrabi, this vegetable should be pre-treated.In appearance of cabbage can not say exactly where it is best to use - in soups, to salads or stews.Of course, those who care about healthy eating can have it in raw form.But from the heat treatment of its useful qualities do not disappear - and this is another plus kohlrabi, Queen among cabbages.It can be eaten boiled, pickled, baked, fried, stewed.But what would we from it nor prepared, first you need to wash it, cut off the leaves, and then clean as potatoes.Now the probe pulp.If it is fibrous, too hard, then we are dealing with overripe fruit, which is good soup or stew.And if the flesh pleasant crunch, has a fresh smell of cabbage, you can safely use it for salads.
Cream of cauliflower with mushrooms
For the first dishes that are boiled or stewed cabbage.The heat treatment time depends on the "age" of the vegetable.Nutritionists recommend cooking cabbage no more than five minutes, but dishes from kohlrabi will not be as tasty, if cabbage will stick teeth.A quarter of an hour - enough time for cooking vegetables whole.If you decide to put out kohlrabi, you must first cut it into strips and protomai under the cover with a small amount of water.So, in this recipe, we recommend two peeled cabbage cut into large pieces and boil them until tender.Then remove from broth kohlrabi and rub through a sieve.The mashed potatoes, add three and a half cups of broth, salt and boil for 3-5 minutes on low heat.In a separate bowl release the egg yolks, whisk it with a half cup of cream.Pour this mixture into the hot, but not boiling soup.Boiled mushrooms cut into slices on a plate.Pour the soup, sprinkle with croutons.
Chops
If you are a staunch vegetarian, can not rack their brains over what to cook kohlrabi.Here's a recipe for a very tasty vegetable chops.The prepared cabbage cut into plates about a centimeter thick.In a saucepan, boil water, add salt to the best of her, throw a laurel leaf.Gently lower shaybochki kohlrabi.Boil so for about five minutes, and then just as gently catch a slotted spoon.Let them cool down a bit and will drain on a sieve.In a bowl, whisk the egg with a fork and mix in the second half a cup of flour, a pinch of salt, black pepper, hops-suneli and other seasonings to taste.In a frying pan ignited oil.Roll each piece of cauliflower in breadcrumbs, then dip into the egg.You can put in the pan and cook, as the chops until golden brown.This dish is best served with sour cream and garlic sauce or mayonnaise.
Cabbage-meat pie
How to cook the cauliflower, if a bit old vegetable?He'll make a great casserole or pie.Four potatoes and 600 g kohlrabi cut into cubes and drop into boiling salted water.Boil until tender.Pour the broth and vegetables pyuriruyte in a blender (or tolkushkoy).Add the eggs, three tablespoons couscous (semolina can replace the usual).Leave it for fifteen minutes before swelling.Pour a glass of flour, knead the dough.Remove it in the fridge for half an hour.Then roll out the dough and add another half a cup of flour.Grease a baking dish with butter, sprinkle with semolina or couscous.Put the dough by filling ledges.The pound of minced meat, add chopped onion and parsley.BLIND small meatballs, roll them in flour and fry in vegetable oil.One bell pepper cut into strips, add some chopped onion, tomato, peeled, 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, salt and pepper.Pour a quarter cup of cream, spoon Stir in couscous and simmer for about five minutes.Stir with a fork in a bowl egg.Dilute it incomplete cup cream.The baking pan Put the meatballs.Top place steamed vegetables and pour the egg-milk sauce.Baking put in a preheated 200 ° C oven and bake for 40 minutes.Then sprinkle with hard cheese and continue cooking until golden pie hats.
salad with apples and nuts
Here is the answer to the question of what to cook kohlrabi, for fans of a healthy diet.Cabbage is not need to be heat treated, and therefore, you can be sure that all of its useful qualities remain.Kohlrabi (300 grams) to clean and chop on a grater for Korean carrot.A large apple clean of fruit boxes and peel, cut into strips, sprinkle with lemon juice to not turned black.A handful of nuts crushed in a mortar is not very finely.One hundred grams of cheese cut into small cubes.You can add a handful of raisins washed.Mix all ingredients, pour over salad 3-4 tablespoons olive oil, season with salt and season with black pepper.Serve and garnish with mint leaves.
Festive salad
Here are some recipes for how to cook kohlrabi raw.Salad with chicken and pineapple can replace a light lunch or snack to be good for the holiday table.Two tuber turnip cabbage cleanses, shinkuem grated.250 g boiled chicken cut into pieces.Three hundred grams of pineapple rings shred segments.All mixed in a beautiful salad bowl.In a separate bowl to seven spoons of mayonnaise add a pinch of fiery red pepper.We spread gently reservoir on top of the salad.Decorate cranberries and chopped fresh dill and parsley.You can also rub on top of cheese and boiled egg.We remind you that the salad is better to use young, juicy cabbage.And the food at this vegetable can be used not only to "turnip", and tender green tops.Chop the leaves, along with the rest of the herbs.
Soup "Summer afternoon»
Consider how to prepare cauliflower, cabbage when young.In the summer it is easy to buy this green vegetable.Take two small tuber of kohlrabi.Turnip clean, keep the leaves.Two apples are exempt from the rind, cut into cubes, as well as kohlrabi.To dissolve in a saucepan 3 tablespoons butter, simmer 5-6 minutes, fruits and vegetables.Fill any broth (800 ml).Bring to a boil, introduce 400 ml cream.Once again starts bubbling, remove from heat and pyuriruem blender.Kohlrabi and parsley leaves finely sechem mixed with 250 g of cottage cheese and half a cup of sour cream.Refill this mass of soup.Adjust the salinity and sharpness taste.Ready soup sprinkle with crushed nuts and nutmeg.You can apply with donuts or muffins, grated garlic.
Food kohlrabi in multivarka
All these dishes (except salads) can be prepared with the help of a kitchen unit.To make it clear what mode to use and how long to install, here is another way.Two kohlrabi tuber clean, cut into cubes, and onion - is arbitrary.In the bowl of a spoon Multivarki melt the butter, mix it with the same amount of vegetable, fried onions.Add the cauliflower.Using all the same mode "Roasting" when the lid is open Multivarki.Salt, pepper, pour a mixture of equal amounts of broth and sour cream (about a half cup of each ingredient).Close the lid, put mode "Quenching" for half an hour or forty minutes.The plates put on half a boiled egg, pour the soup ready, decorate with greenery.
Bars of cauliflower for winter
For long-term storage is used stebleplod painted in purple.Cabbage is placed in a basket, pour the moistened sand and lowered into the cellar.In the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator cabbage does not lose its precious taste about a month.Can it and freeze in the freezer, but this turnip clean, cut into small pieces and placed in a plastic bag.
can stock up for the winter and dried cauliflower.Billets - thin slices peeled - blanch five minutes in water with lemon juice.Then cooled under a stream of ice water and towel-dried.Then spread on a baking sheet to pieces do not touch each other, and put in the oven at 65 ° C.There kohlrabi is dried to the desired consistency.
At home, this may be the queen of cabbage pickle, booze, making a salad spin.Pickled Kohlrabi is very easy to prepare.Take the young stebleplod clean them, cut into slices.The water is boiling, slightly acidified with vinegar.To omit the kohlrabi slices and cook them for five minutes.We recline in a colander and quenched, and then laid into prepared jars.Marinade do this: boil a liter of water with 50 g of salt and 80 grams of sugar.Cool, add 5% vinegar (100 grams).The banks put the umbrella dill, clove of garlic, basil leaf and oregano.Fill the marinade over the top, sealed.
