Cauliflower is a relative of broccoli and ordinary cabbage, it is used as an independent dish, as well as in the preparation of salads, first and second courses. Almost everyone knows that such a vegetable is rich in various amino acids, cellulose, vitamins and pectin and minerals, but not everyone knows how to choose and how to cook cauliflower.
The cabbage inflorescence is covered with coarse leaves that cover the buds themselves, so it is mostly white in color. Less commonly found are green, orange and purple cauliflower.
It is necessary to choose a strong vegetable, the inflorescences of which are adjacent tightly to each other and do not have spots or other defects. At the same time, the size of the cabbage does not matter. Therefore, before boiling cauliflower for a child, you need to pay attention to all these little things.
It is recommended to store cabbage in a cold place with an inflorescence up, however, it should be remembered that the sooner it is consumed, the more nutrients it will contain. Most often, only flowers of this vegetable plant are used in cooking, but the stems are no less rich in nutrients, so they can be added to soups.
Let us consider in detail how to cook cauliflower.
Before cooking the cabbage, it is washed, cut into inflorescences and lowered for ten minutes in salted water. Over time, the water is drained and the vegetable is washed again with water. Inflorescences are lowered into boiling water and boiled for up to ten minutes or steamed cabbage is prepared. At the same time, steaming dishes allows you to save all the components that are useful to the body in the vegetable. It should be noted that the resulting vegetable broth can be used for cooking soups, as well as various sauces.
Before boiling cauliflower, bay leaf, bread or milk is added to boiling water, this will eliminate the unpleasant smell of sulfur, which is released by the substances contained in it. Water needs to be taken in small quantities, as it draws most of the minerals from the vegetable. Cabbage must not be digested, otherwise it will lose its shape and texture.
Some simple tips will help you prepare a tasty and healthy dish:
1. Cabbage is often cooked by immersing it in cold water. In this case, the vegetable will look beautiful. And if you cook it over high heat with the lid open, the cooking time will be significantly reduced (up to three minutes).
2. Before stewing cabbage, it can be soaked in milk, then it will become more tender. And in a dish with such an ingredient add a spoonful of mayonnaise so that it becomes softer.
3. Fry the cabbage after it is rolled in the egg and flour. This will contribute to the formation of a delicious crust.
4. The preparedness of a vegetable is determined by piercing the stump with the tip of a knife. The cooked vegetable is placed on a sieve so that all the water from it is glass.
In any case, you can cook such a vegetable culture in any way, from cooking to frying. You can even eat it raw, and cooked cheese, various sauces or sour cream are served.
Knowing how to cook cauliflower, you can fill your body with vitamins, calcium, iron, magnesium and many other useful substances. In addition, this vegetable culture helps to eliminate cancer cells, remove toxins from the kidneys and liver, strengthen the heart muscle and blood vessels, and normalize the digestive tract.
Thus, it has now become known how to boil cauliflower. There is nothing complicated in this, you should only remember a few rules for its culinary processing. A properly prepared dish will provide reliable protection of the body from various diseases.