Legumes are rich in protein. That is why they are part of many diets, vegetarians must include legumes in their diet. In culinary there are many tasty and nutritious dishes, where one of the main ingredients is beans, peas and other representatives of this family. But just how to quickly cook beans, beans and peas?
There is a grandmother's way - soaking the beans for the night. But in the morning it will be easy and quick to cook it. In addition, if the beans are overexposed in water, fermentation may begin. The ideal option when soaking is the following: every two to three hours, change the water in which the beans are soaked. Since it swells strongly with this method, water should be added from time to time. And in no case should you boil the beans in the water in which it was soaked. This method of cooking beans is tedious and irrational in time.
Soaking is not the fastest way to boiled beans. It is good that the bright heads nevertheless came up with several options for the accelerated preparation of beans and other legumes.
How to quickly cook beans: method one
We fill the beans, after sorting it out and cleaning it from debris, into a saucepan and pour boiling water for about thirty or forty minutes. After this time, drain the water and add salt and two or three tablespoons of sunflower oil (or other vegetable that is at hand). Pour boiling water again , so that it completely covers the beans. We put on the fire (small) and make sure that there is enough water in the pan. When boiling it, you can add fluid, but a little.
How to cook beans quickly: method two
Use the appliances and devices available today in every kitchen. For example, a pressure cooker, a microwave oven, an air grill and other electrical appliances that are useful and necessary for every housewife make our life much easier. Information on how to cook beans in such devices can be obtained from the instructions for them, as well as from the World Wide Web.
The third way to quickly cook beans
With this option, baking soda is used. Only it needs to be taken literally a pinch or on the tip of a knife. Having gone too far with the amount of soda, you can get not beautifully cooked beans, but pulp from it. If a lot of soda is added to the water, the beans simply burst and boil.
How to quickly cook beans: method four
With this method of cooking legumes, beans are poured into water and brought to a boil. Then the water is drained quickly, and the beans are again poured with cold water and are already boiled until fully cooked. This method reduces the cooking time by half.
How to quickly cook beans: the fifth way, a little tedious, but quick
It is similar to the fourth, but differs in that the pouring with cold water is repeated several times until the beans become usable. Washed beans are put in a pan and poured with water (it doesn’t matter if it is hot or cold) so that the beans are slightly covered. Bringing it to a boil, let it boil for five to ten minutes, and again pour cold water. And so several times: it boils for 5-10 minutes - topping up with cold water - and again until it boils and cooks for 5-10 minutes. The secret of this method is that the beans, while boiling, absorb liquid. Water becomes less and therefore it is constantly required to add it.
The main thing - with all methods of cooking beans, do not salt it at the beginning of cooking, since its feature is that in salt water the beans remain solid for a long time. It is better to add salt at the end of cooking.
Unfortunately, such healthy and nutritious beans, used as side dishes, as an ingredient in salads, etc., are not consumed raw. Raw beans contain substances that can lead to intoxication of the body. Therefore, it must be cooked. But what a rich bean soup you get, what salads you can make from it! Beans are especially in demand on fasting days. After all, it is a storehouse of zinc, phosphorus, copper, potassium, protein. Perfectly satisfying hunger, beans - an indispensable product for many people.