Broccoli is a truly unique product. This is just that vegetable, which, we can say with confidence, has all the essentials for the human body. It even discovered substances that help prevent cancer.
This type of cabbage is rich, and the fiber contained in this wonderful vegetable in large quantities is designed to take care of our digestive system.
In a word, this product should become one of the most frequently used in every family.
Many, especially avid meat eaters, do not take this type of cabbage seriously. Indeed, outwardly, it is somewhat similar to a bunch of greens, so it seems that broccoli is not at all a satisfying product. But this is far from the case, especially since you can cook a huge number of tasty and healthy dishes with it. So, for example, broccoli in batter will be an excellent independent dish.
It will take about 30-40 minutes to cook. 2-3 servings will come out of the specified amount of products.
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of broccoli, fresh or frozen;
- vegetable oil for frying.
For batter:
- 1 large or 2 small eggs;
- 100 ml of milk;
- 100 grams of flour;
- a pinch of salt.
Recipe
If necessary, disassemble the cabbage into medium-sized inflorescences. Boil in boiling, slightly salted water for 5-7 minutes, if you like crispy. If you want it softer - keep it for another 2-3 minutes. Immediately, the inflorescences must be rinsed with cold water and allowed to drain off excess moisture. This is to prevent the hot broccoli from continuing to cook or overcooking. 
Cooking batter. In fact, there are a huge number of recipes for batter, but it is in this variation that it turns out to be unusually tender. Beat eggs with salt. Then add, mix the mixture. Then add flour and mix well again. 
In a deep frying pan, heat up a large amount of vegetable oil so that when frying, the inflorescences are completely drowned in it at least half. We dip each piece in batter. 
Fry
First, let's cook the broccoli as it needs to be completely boiled.
Now is not the season, and therefore I took frozen, in inflorescences.
You need to cook it without defrosting, just throw the frozen inflorescences into boiling (!) Water and cook after boiling for 3 minutes, and that's enough. Frozen is quickly cooked. If anything, try it.
During this time, prepare a bowl of cold water, preferably toss in ice cubes.
Drain the cabbage and immediately place the broccoli in a bowl of water. This will stop the cooking process and maintain a brighter color. Although ... we don't have to, because the color is still not visible behind the dough.
Place the cabbage on a sieve and let the water drain well.
Cooking the dough. I love it when it's more airy. And in order to do this, you need to separate the egg white from the yolk and beat it (protein) until dense peaks. Well, one more move is replacing the water with carbonated mineral water.
Divide the egg into yolk and white. Carefully, so that everything is separate - not the slightest drop of yolk should get into the protein, since it will not beat up in this case.
Beat the protein with a whisk or mixer until stiff peaks.
Peel the garlic and chop it very finely. I use a garlic press.
In a bowl, combine half of the mineral water, flour, yolk, baking powder, garlic, salt and pepper. Stir vigorously, add the remaining mineral water and mix again, but not for long, so as not to "kill" all the oxygen bubbles. Add protein and mix gently - the dough will turn out to be airy and light.
Lightly prick the cabbage inflorescence on a fork, dip in the dough and base in a saucepan with butter.
Frying. If you want to get evenly and beautifully fried pieces, then you need to use a deep fryer or any other dish into which oil will be poured onto two fingers (height), no less.
I take a small saucepan, pour in about a glass of oil (maybe a little more) and cook the cabbage in about 4-5 passes. Just fry over medium heat until beautifully golden brown. Do not make a big fire - it can burn out. And be sure to heat the oil first, do not throw it into a cold one.
Carefully select the cabbage with a slotted spoon and place on napkins to absorb excess fat.
Cabbage in batter turns out to be quite fun - with proboscis and tails. If you don’t like it, break it off.
Bon Appetit!
Raw broccoli is rich in minerals and vitamins in the following proportions of the RDA:
- Dietary fiber - 13%.
- Vitamin group: A - 8.6%; B1 - 4.2%; B2 - 6.8%; B4 - 8%; B5 - 12.3%; B6 - 10%; B9 - 27%; C - 72.1%; E - 9.7%; K - 117.6%; PP - 2.8%.
- Trace elements: potassium - 11.7%; calcium - 4%; magnesium - 5.3%; sodium - 20.2%; phosphorus - 8.4%.
Boiled with salt, broccoli becomes a few percent richer in dietary fiber and sodium, due to heat treatment and the loss of a certain amount of liquid. Vitamin A is converted into beta-carotene, which is beneficial for the eyes.
The nutritional value of raw cabbage is 34 kcal, boiled - 35 kcal per 100 g of product... The content in this mass of proteins is 2.8 g, fats - 0.4 g, carbohydrates - 6.6%, dietary fiber - 2.6 g. Water is 89.3% of cabbage.
Useful properties of broccoli:
Reasons not to eat broccoli:
- The acidity of the stomach is increased.
- There is a disease of the pancreas, is in an exacerbated phase.
- Operations on the gastrointestinal tract were transferred.
- There is an allergic reaction to certain compounds in the product.
We suggest watching a video about the benefits of broccoli:
Step-by-step instructions for cooking and photos
Broccoli in the store is put into their basket by those who already know how to cook it or who want to diversify their usual diet.
The peculiarity of cooking cabbage in batter lies in the choice of the ingredients used, the method of heat treatment: frying, boiling or stewing.
With milk
Simple option
Composition:
- Fresh or frozen cabbage - 250 g (you can find out how much you need to cook a vegetable frozen and fresh).
Ingredients for batter:
- Chicken eggs - 1-2 pcs. (depending on the size).
- Milk - 100 ml.
- Flour - 100 g.
- Salt to taste.
Preparation:
- The vegetable is disassembled into inflorescences, boiled in slightly salted water for 2-3 minutes for a soft crust or 5-6 minutes for a crispy one. It is washed with cold running water.
- Eggs are alternately driven into a deep container, salt, milk and flour are added. After adding each component, the composition is mixed.
- Each piece of cabbage is dipped in a milk-egg mixture, laid out in a preheated pan in sunflower oil.
- Turn over when a yellowish crust appears, fried in small portions.
With chicken seasoning
Composition:
- Fresh or frozen cabbage - 150 g.
- Animal fat - how much you need when frying.
Ingredients for batter:
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Milk - 100 ml.
- Flour - 100 g.
- Chicken or vegetable seasoning - ½ tbsp. l.
- Salt to taste.
Preparation:
- The vegetable is pre-boiled.
- For batter, all ingredients are mixed.
- It is dipped piece by piece and fried in a large amount of melted animal fat.
With butter
Corn
Composition:
- Vegetable - 1 head of cabbage.
- Corn or other vegetable oil - for frying, as needed in the process.
Ingredients for batter:
- Olive oil - 2 tbsp. l.
- Flour - 150 g.
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Ground black pepper and salt to taste.
Preparation:
- Boil inflorescences in salted water for no more than 5 minutes, dry.
- Prepare a batter by alternately mixing eggs with salt and seasonings, olive oil, sugar and flour.
- Fry in a pan, dry on a paper towel.
Olive oil
Composition: vegetable - 500 g.
Ingredients for batter:
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Milk - 100 g.
- Olive oil - 2 tbsp. l.
- Wheat flour - 150 g.
- Sugar - ½ tsp.
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste.
Preparation:
- Steam the inflorescences in a slow cooker in a little salted water.
- In a blender, mix all the components of the dough, pour into a deep salad bowl.
- Cooled and dried pieces of cabbage, dipped in dough, fried in oil.
With mineral water
With baking powder
Composition:
- Frozen cabbage - 200 g (read how to cook frozen broccoli).
- Oil - as much as needed for frying.
Ingredients for batter:
- Mineral water - 75 g.
- Wheat flour - 60 g.
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 1 small clove.
- Baking powder of any brand - ½ tsp.
- Ground black pepper and salt - to taste.
Preparation:
- The frozen vegetable is thrown into boiling salted water, waited for a second boil, dried, cooled.
- The yolk is separated from the protein, the latter is whipped, soda is added.
- In a deep salad bowl, crushed garlic, yolk, half the norm of mineral water, the rest of the components are mixed, pre-whipped protein is added.
- The inflorescences are dipped into the mass, fried.
With sugar
Composition:
- Cabbage - 200 g.
- Vegetable oil - how much is required for frying.
Ingredients for batter:
- Mineral water - 150 ml.
- Flour - 120 g.
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Olive oil - 15 ml.
- Sugar - ½ tsp.
Preparation:
- The inflorescences are boiled for 5-10 minutes over low heat in boiling salted water, dried, cooled down (read how to cook broccoli cabbage correctly to make it tasty and healthy).
- The egg is divided: the yolk is mixed with butter, soda, sugar, salt and spice; the protein is whipped separately and introduced into the dough, everything is mixed.
- Pieces of cabbage are dipped, fried over medium heat.
With kefir
With pepper and salt
Composition:
- Vegetable - 200 g.
- Fat for frying animal origin - 250 g.
Ingredients for batter:
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Kefir - 200 ml.
- Baking powder - ½ tsp.
- Flour - 150 g.
- Pepper and salt to taste.
Preparation:
- The inflorescences are boiled in salted water, dried, cooled.
- Eggs, kefir, salt, baking powder are mixed alternately and flour is gradually added to the mass.
- Pieces are dipped in dough and fried over medium heat.
With soy sauce
Composition: vegetable - 200 g.
Ingredients for batter:
- Flour - 150 g.
- Kefir - 70 ml.
- Drinking water - 70 ml.
- Good quality soy sauce - 4 tbsp. l.
- Ground ginger and turmeric - ¼ tsp each.
- Black pepper and salt to taste.
Preparation:
- Cabbage is boiled, filtered, cooled.
- The dough is prepared by connecting all the components one by one and kneading them thoroughly.
- The pieces are dipped and fried in vegetable oil until the crust is golden brown.
With beer
With spices
Composition: cabbage - 250 g.
Ingredients for batter:
- Beer - 15 ml.
- Flour - 125 g.
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Sugar - ½ tsp.
- Ground black pepper and salt - to taste.
Preparation:
- The vegetable is boiled, dried, cooled and set aside while the flour mixture is being prepared.
- For the dough, all components are thoroughly mixed.
- Pieces are dipped, fried in sunflower oil until tender.
With cheese
Composition: cabbage - 200 g.
Ingredients for batter:
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Flour - 35 g.
- Beer - 35 ml.
- Hard cheese - 20 g.
- Sunflower oil - 15 g.
- Ground black pepper and salt - to taste.
Preparation:
- The vegetable is boiled for 10 minutes, no more, dried.
- Egg, oil and spices are mixed.
- Beer is added to the dough, mixed thoroughly.
- The soaked pieces are fried over medium heat to form a crispy gilded crust.
A simple recipe
Composition:
- Vegetable - 200 g.
- Frying oil - 250 ml.
Ingredients for batter:
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Flour - 15 g.
- Pepper and kitchen salt - to taste.
Preparation:
- The separated inflorescences are boiled in boiling salted water for about 10 minutes, dried, cooled.
- Mix the components for the dough and beat with a broom until smooth.
- Pieces of vegetables are fried after dipping in the dough.
We offer to cook broccoli in batter with spices according to the video recipe:
With sour cream
Composition:
- Cabbage - 250 g.
- Vegetable oil - how much is required for frying.
Ingredients for batter:
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.
- Flour - 50 g.
- Low-fat sour cream - 75 g.
- Soda - on the tip of a teaspoon.
- Salt and sugar to taste.
Preparation:
- The inflorescences are separated, pre-boiled in salted boiling water.
- Dough is made from all ingredients.
- Pieces of vegetables are dipped, fried in hot vegetable oil.
We offer to cook broccoli in batter with sour cream according to the video recipe:
Serving options
Broccoli dishes require an original approach to serving, since the vegetable itself is slightly bland.
This deficiency is easily compensated for by other vegetables, sauces, and fermented milk products that are brighter in taste. For example:
- Spiced rice complements recipes that include additional spices.
- A sprinkle of chopped herbs or grated hard cheese enhances the aroma and flavor of the tender pulp of vegetables.
- Broccoli cabbage slices very well fried in batter are combined with sour cream or soy sauce, fresh tomato or cucumber.
- For adherents of strict diets, it is not necessary to top off the inflorescences, boiled or steamed, with hot. After sprinkling with lemon juice, season with sour cream or soy sauce.
Conclusion
Broccoli is one of the healthiest vegetables that are known to modern man. Diet meals are often based on dishes made with this type of cabbage. A small amount of calories and excellent properties of broccoli ensure good functioning of the gastrointestinal tract system, vigorous mood, ease of movement.
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If you are trying to stick to the right diet, then for sure a large part of your diet is vegetables. All of them are very useful, but broccoli is the real record holder for the content of vitamins. This variety can be boiled, steamed, or baked in the oven. But broccoli in batter turns out to be especially tasty: this light snack according to a simple recipe will adequately complement the menu for every day or for a holiday.
How to cook broccoli in batter - the easiest recipe
Here is the simplest recipe for making broccoli in tender batter. This dish turns out to be very appetizing.
Servings Per Container - 4.
Ingredients
For the planned dish you need:
- broccoli - 400 g;
- vegetable oil - 200 ml;
- egg - 2 pcs.;
- garlic - 1 slice;
- flour - 120 g;
- baking powder for dough - 1/2 tsp;
- mineral water - 150 ml;
- salt to taste;
- ground black pepper - to taste.
One serving
- Calories: 253.5 kcal
- Proteins: 3.8 g
- Fat: 21.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 11.5 g
Cooking method
Cooked broccoli in an appetizing batter on mineral water turns out to be very tasty. See for yourself with our step-by-step photo recipe!
Ready! Serve broccoli, fried in batter, with various sauces. It will turn out satisfying and spicy.
Cooking broccoli in beer batter - a delicious recipe
This broccoli recipe invites you to make a batter with beer. Thanks to this component, the "shell" receives a special aroma and delicate taste.
Cooking time - 35 minutes.
Servings Per Container - 6.
Ingredients
To prepare a dish, you need to take the following products:
- egg - 2 pcs.;
- broccoli - 1/2 kg;
- beer - 1/2 tbsp.;
- flour - 1 tbsp.;
- water - 1.5 l;
- vegetable oil - 500 ml;
- salt - 1.5 tsp;
- sugar - 1 tsp;
- ground black pepper - 3 pinches.
One serving
- Calories: 389 kcal
- Proteins: 3 g
- Fat: 37.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 10.2 g
Cooking method
To make a delicious broccoli snack by frying it in beer batter, you just need to follow the step-by-step recipe with a photo.
That's all! Using this recipe with step-by-step photos, you can cook broccoli in beer batter for a regular dinner or as a snack for a frothy drink.
Making broccoli in lean batter in a pan
Even beginners can learn this simple recipe. There is no egg here, and therefore this option for cooking cabbage adequately diversifies a vegetarian or lean menu.
Cooking time is 20 minutes.
Servings Per Container - 5.
Ingredients
Here's what we need:
- broccoli - 400 g;
- flour - 4 tbsp. l .;
- water - 6 tbsp. l .;
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.;
- salt - 1/2 tsp.
One serving
- Calories: 322g
- Proteins: 3.03 g
- Fat: 28.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 13.7 g
Cooking method
There are no difficulties with the preparation of such a dish. How to make broccoli in batter delicious, we will learn from the recipe with the photo.
Ready! The dish turns out to be very appetizing not only when hot. Vegetables remain tasty even after cooling. You can serve cabbage with ketchup or garlic sauce.
Green batter broccoli - gourmet recipe
This version of a vegetable snack turns out to be very appetizing and bright, and is eaten in no time.
Cooking time - 45 minutes.
Servings Per Container - 6.
Ingredients
To prepare a vegetable treat, you will need to take the following set of products:
- egg - 1 pc.;
- broccoli - 1/2 kg;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- cheese - 50 g;
- soda - 1/2 tsp;
- flour - 10 tbsp. l .;
- greens - 1 bunch;
- salt to taste;
- seasonings to taste.
On a note! Any greens can be used. But fresh dill and parsley fit best into the concept of the dish.
One serving
- Calories: 146 kcal
- Proteins: 6.7 g
- Fat: 2.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 24.8 g
Cooking method
The dish is nowhere easier to prepare. You only need to follow all the recommendations of the photo recipe.
- Break an egg into a bowl.
- Add salt and baking soda.
On a note! You do not need to extinguish the baking soda.
- Rinse the herbs thoroughly. Dry it thoroughly. Finely chop. Send to the egg.
Note! Dried onion and basil will perfectly dilute the "green" batter.
- Add seasonings. Dried garlic, basil, sage, coriander, turmeric or ground ginger will perfectly set off the taste of vegetables. Beat the mixture with a fork.
- Pour in a glass of drinking water. But not boiling water! Otherwise, the egg will curdle.
- Let the batter brew for 12-15 minutes.
- Pour in the sifted flour. The mixture should become like a dough in consistency.
- Grind hard cheese in a fine grater. Add to batter.
- Chop a clove of peeled garlic. Send to the resulting mixture. Stir well so that the cheese and garlic are evenly distributed throughout the composition.
- Rinse broccoli and disassemble into florets. Rinse well. Boil the vegetable preparation in lightly salted water for 5-6 minutes. Rinse with ice water to preserve the color of the cabbage. Discard on a sieve.
- Dry slightly.
- Cut large inflorescences into smaller parts.
- Send cabbage in parts to batter. The mixture should cover each bite thoroughly.
- Pour vegetable oil into a ladle. Warm it up. Send broccoli in dough into it in small batches.
Note! In total, you need about 2 glasses of refined vegetable oil.
- Fry until golden brown and place on paper towels.
Ready! You can serve the dish as an independent delicacy. But the combination of broccoli fried in cheese batter with herbs and mashed potatoes is especially tasty.
Step-by-step recipe for breaded broccoli in batter
If you are looking for a recipe for an original appetizer, this is what you need. The combination of vegetables with batter and breading turns out to be very appetizing!
Cooking time - 1 hour.
Servings Per Container - 7.
Ingredients
To prepare a hearty dish, we need:
- semolina - 50 g;
- broccoli - 1 kg;
- egg - 4 pcs.;
- bread crumbs - 50 g;
- garlic - 1 slice;
- vegetable oil - 100 ml;
- salt to taste;
- a mixture of peppers to taste;
- nutmeg to taste.
Note! Semolina can be replaced with flour, but coarse grinding. But homemade bread crumbs are best.
One serving
- Calories: 131.2 kcal
- Proteins: 4.8 g
- Fat: 9.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 8.9 g
Cooking method
Everything is very simple here. But the result is guaranteed to delight you!
Video recipes
To make the process of cooking broccoli in batter even easier, you should use the video recipes:
We are accustomed to the fact that the concept of cabbage is a strong pale green fork, two kilograms. There is no dispute. White cabbage is a tasty and healthy product. Only in a slender row of cabbage species is there something more interesting. Take broccoli for example. Yes, not right away. Yes, not so long ago. But this vegetable has entered our life. At first timid, but then with more and more confident steps.
What happened when broccoli entered the domestic market? Everyone raised their hands in front of her. Meat eaters, vegetarians, vegans (the latter two have been waiting for her arrival for a long time). Paphos - with pathos. Broccoli is amazing. There is no point in talking about its benefits. Today everyone knows about it. It is worth talking about how to do so that, in addition to the benefits of the product, plunge into culinary nirvana. Aesthetics, even in the field of cooking, has not been canceled. What prevents you from diving into the whirlpool with your head. Let's take a look.
How to cook broccoli in batter (classic of the genre)
What will be needed (calculated for 5 servings):
- fresh or frozen broccoli - 400 g;
- flour - 120 g;
- filtered water - 150 ml;
- refined vegetable oil - 250 ml.
How to cook:
- First of all, broccoli cabbage must be thoroughly washed and disassembled into inflorescences.
- Take a saucepan of a suitable size. Pour into it, preferably filtered water. Salt. Boil. Place the cabbage disassembled into inflorescences in a saucepan. Cook it over moderate heat for no more than 10 minutes, until soft. But you can't let the cabbage digest. It is best to catch the moment when the broccoli is al dente. This moment must be monitored.
- Pour sifted flour and a little salt into a separate bowl. You can add your favorite spices if desired. Pour cold filtered water in a thin stream, with constant stirring. The result of these actions should be a unique batter. It is necessary to move it to the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes. Then take out and mix again.
- Place the broccoli in a colander. Cool under running cold water. You can cover it with food ice so that it covers the cabbage completely. This is ideal. Then pat dry on a kitchen towel. Heat refined oil in a suitable skillet. Broccoli inflorescences must be dipped into the resulting batter, and immediately transferred to boiling oil. A frying pan with oil plays the role of deep fat.
- If there is a sufficient amount of oil, then the process will go quickly enough. This will be noticeable by the golden crust. Remove visually ready inflorescences with a slotted spoon, transferring them to paper towels. This will remove the excess oil.
- The dish is equally tasty both hot and cold. Recommended to be served with sour cream sauces. Also broccoli in batter is quite suitable as a side dish, as for hot meat and fish dishes.
Calorie content Calories: 359.73
You can refer to the video recipe for this dish:
Cooking options
You can cook broccoli using different kitchen equipment or in different batter. The most popular batter options are beer-based batter and kefir-based batter.
Broccoli batter for beer
Beer batter, although beer, is not contraindicated for anyone. It is easy to do. Broccoli is eaten in such a batter "with a bang."
What will be needed:
- light beer - 500 ml;
- flour - how much the batter will take;
- ground black pepper;
- granulated sugar;
- olive oil - 100 ml;
- large chicken egg - 2 pcs.
How to cook:
- Separate the yolks from the whites. Punch them with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy. At the end, add salt, pepper, add sugar.
- Gently add sifted flour, light beer, olive oil into the batter. Knead the dough to a liquid consistency. Let stand for half an hour.
- After 5-7 minutes, add whipped whites in parallel into the batter. Bring the mass to consistency with a mixer or a whisk. Remove the batter to the side for half an hour. During this time, it will reach the desired consistency.
- Further actions - according to the technology prescribed in the recipe.
Calorie content : 190.36 kcal
Broccoli batter with kefir
What will be needed:
- kefir of any fat content - 70 ml;
- wheat flour - 60 g;
- filtered water - 60 ml;
- pea flour - 90 g;
- salt;
- turmeric;
- paprika.
How to cook:
- Combine kefir with water and two types of flour. Add spices. Mix thoroughly.
- The consistency of the batter is liquid sour cream.
- Further - according to the recipe technology.
What will be needed:
- fresh or frozen broccoli - 500 g;
- refined oil - 75 ml;
- salt;
- spices;
- flour - 50 g;
- filtered water;
- chicken egg - 2 pcs.
How to cook:
Calorie content : 152.47 kcal
Broccoli is an interesting product. Whether in batter or not, it is always delicious. This is not given to every product. Broccoli needs to be understood like any other product. You need to feel the warmth of the product, then he will respond in kind. Then he will sacrifice himself, and in conjunction with your inspiration will help to give birth to a masterpiece. A true culinary specialist will always find a common language with the product he is going to work with.
Note to the hostess
Important to remember:
- broccoli, with black specks on the surface, never buy - this is a vegetable disease;
- the forks should be of a pure emerald color, not soft, not semi-soft - definitely dense, hard;
- broccoli does not like spices - salt and white pepper, as an option - ground nutmeg;
- do not overcook broccoli - al dente is the best state of cabbage, after blanching it should crunch gently on your teeth, and in batter it will reach the desired state.
