Boiled cauliflower can be used as a side dish or ingredient for other dishes.
Often a vegetable is boiled before frying in a pan or baking in the oven.
Preliminary heat treatment improves the taste of the product and reduces the cooking time of the main dish.
But how and how much to cook cauliflower?
How to cook cauliflower - general principles
For cooking, use fresh cabbage or a frozen product. The head of cabbage requires preliminary preparation. Frozen cabbage is laid in the form as it is. The product does not even need to thaw.
How to make cauliflower:
1. Leaves are removed from cabbage. Immediately you can cut out spoiled places and remove defective inflorescences.
2. Head of cabbage washed. If it is very dirty, you can soak for a few minutes.
3. Turn the leg over to ourselves and cut into 2 parts.
4. We disassemble into inflorescences, cutting small pieces with a small knife.
When cooking cauliflower, you can use all kinds of spices, vegetables, seasonings. Often add butter, milk, broths.
How to cook cauliflower in a pan
A basic recipe that tells how to cook cauliflower in a pan. To taste, you can add greens, any seasonings or cook the vegetable on a broth.
Ingredients
• 1 head of cabbage;
• water;
• salt.
Cooking
1. Immediately boil water, you can in the kettle.
2. Rinse out the head, let the water drain. Then we take a long knife and cut lengthwise into two parts, disassemble into inflorescences. It is advisable to make pieces close in size.
3. We shift the inflorescences to the pan and pour boiling water, put on the stove. There should be little water to maximize the taste of the product. The liquid should only slightly cover the inflorescences.
4. Bring to a boil, add salt, remove the heat and boil for seven minutes.
5. Turn off, remove the cabbage from the broth and you're done!
How to cook cauliflower for frying
Before frying in batter or in breading, it is customary to boil inflorescences. This reduces the cooking time, insures against unnecessary crunching. But how much to cook cabbage before frying and how?
Ingredients
• cabbage;
• water;
• spices.
Cooking
1. Boil water, immediately salt. Put 1 tablespoon of salt per liter of liquid. You can add different spices to your taste.
2. We divide the cabbage immediately into small inflorescences that will be fried.
3. We put it in a pan, add fire and let it boil.
4. Reduce the heat and boil exactly five minutes.
5. We take out the inflorescences with the help of a slotted spoon and lay them out on a kitchen towel or napkins. Before frying, let the inflorescences cool and dry a little.
How to cook cauliflower in milk
The recipe for the most delicate vegetable dish. For cooking cauliflower, cow's milk is used, and a little cheese is added for taste. Cooking is best in a saucepan or in a pan with a thick bottom.
Ingredients
• 400 grams of cabbage;
• 400 ml of milk;
• 300 ml of water;
• 120 grams of cheese;
• some oil;
• dill greens;
• 1 onion.
Cooking
1. Pour four tablespoons of oil into a stewpan, put on a stove.
2. Cut the peeled onion into small cubes, fry in oil.
3. While onion is fried, we take out the cabbage for inflorescences. Better medium.
4. We spread the vegetables to the onion, add water and milk, salt and cook until soft.
5. At the end, add chopped greens, cover and turn off.
6. Put in plates and sprinkle with grated cheese.
How to steam cauliflower
Steam cabbage retains maximum flavor and lots of vitamins. And it is this method of preparation that advocates of healthy and dietary food try to use. You can cook in a double boiler, slow cooker with this function. But how much is cauliflower cooked in this way?
Ingredients
• head of cabbage;
• a pinch of salt;
• water.
Cooking
1. As usual, we sort out the head of cabbage for inflorescences. Before this, we thoroughly rinse it, remove excess moisture.
2. Pour water into a special container to the desired level. For a good allocation of steam, add a pinch of salt.
3. If you want, then in the water you can add a couple of peas of black pepper, a bay leaf, a little dried herbs or a clove of garlic. And then cabbage will please with a spicy aroma.
4. Set the capacity for the product, lay out the inflorescences and cook.
5. But how much is cauliflower cooked? For a standard double boiler, 25 minutes is enough. If the inflorescences are young and small, then less. If a multicooker is used, then the time ranges from 15 to 20 minutes.
How to cook cauliflower for a baby to feed
Cauliflower is often used as the first food for babies. Unlike white cabbage, it does not cause bloating and is better absorbed by the children's body. How to cook cauliflower for feeding?
Ingredients
• 100 grams of cabbage;
• 25 ml of milk;
• 0.5 tsp vegetable oil.
Cooking
1. We put the washed inflorescences in a saucepan, pour boiling water and boil until soft. No salt is added to infant food.
2. Drain the broth, but do not discard.
3. Add boiled milk to the cabbage and mashed with a blender. You can add the usual infant formula or breast milk. They do not need boiling. The mixture is diluted according to the instructions.
4. Add oil and stir. If the consistency of the mashed potatoes turned out to be thick, then you can introduce a little broth from cabbage.
How and how much to cook cauliflower in the microwave
Cooking cauliflower in a microwave is good because it does not take much time. For cooking, you need a glass container with a lid, designed for use in the oven, but you can also take a plastic container with a hole on the lid.
Ingredients
• cabbage;
• spices;
• water.
Cooking
1. We prepare the main product. We rinse, disassemble and put in a container.
2. Pour 3-4 tablespoons of water and put in the oven.
3. Set the maximum power and cook for 3 minutes.
4. We take out, open, sprinkle with spices. It can be not only salt, but also pepper, herbs, aromatic mixtures. If the cabbage is being prepared for a side dish, then you can add a slice of butter, sour cream or cream.
5. Close the container and put it in the oven again for 3 minutes.
6. We get out and check for softness. Inflorescences should be ready. But if they are harsh, then you can put it in the oven again for one or two minutes and bring it to the desired state.
How to cook cauliflower with vegetables
The recipe for a thick vegetable soup from boiled cauliflower. The dish is light, it is prepared simply, but it is very tasty and rich. Instead of water, you can use meat or chicken broth, it will be even tastier.
Ingredients
• onion head;
• 700 grams of cabbage;
• 2 carrots;
• 2 potatoes;
• salt;
• 1 bell pepper;
• water;
• 40 grams of butter;
• greenery.
Cooking
1. Shred the carrots with straws or rub with large chips. Dice the onion.
2. Pour oil into a pan and fry the onions and carrots together, transfer to a saucepan.
3. Peel the potatoes, cut into strips, but not small, put in a pan.
4. We wash the cabbage, sort it by inflorescences and send it after the potatoes.
5. Pour boiling water and set to boil (you can use boiling broth). We add water exactly according to the level of vegetables, but so that they are covered. After boiling, remove the heat and cook for exactly ten minutes.
6. Free the sweet pepper from the seeds, cut into cubes, add to the dish.
7. Salt, pepper and bring to full readiness. About 10 more minutes.
8. Refill the dish with herbs. When serving, add sour cream or a spoonful of cream to each plate.
Cooking cauliflower - useful tips and tricks
• If you use a lid when cooking cauliflower, the inflorescences may turn yellow. To maintain a beautiful snow-white appearance, they are cooked without a lid or a pinch of citric acid is added to the cabbage. You can also drip a little lemon juice or acetic acid.
• The less liquid is added when cooking cabbage, the more taste will remain in the inflorescences. But the broth should completely cover them.
• The broth from cauliflower does not need to be thrown out and drained into the sewer. It is not only tasty, but also rich in vitamins, minerals. Such a vegetable broth can be used for first and second courses, sauces.
• To get rid of possible insects inside the cabbage, the head of cabbage is soaked in cold water for half an hour. The same technique will help move away stubborn dirt and make washing easier.
