Cauliflower: recipes in a multivariate, cooking

For the experienced cook, the advantagescooking vegetables in a multicooker are obvious. A multicooker allows you to get a dish with a distinct taste and preserves most of the vitamin complex contained in vegetables. It is especially useful to use such recipes to cook the most delicious cauliflower, an unusually tender vegetable.

Baked vegetables - finger-licking good!

To prepare baked cauliflower in a multicooker according to this recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

Average head of cauliflower;
Small bulb onion;
Egg;
Sour cream 2 tbsp. spoons;
Mayonnaise 2 tbsp. spoons;
150 g of any hard cheese;
A little vegetable oil;
Salt and pepper.

Before cooking, the vegetable should be taken apartsmall inflorescences and rinse carefully. Then the cauliflower heads need to be boiled in a small amount of salted water. Cooking should take about 3 minutes to preserve more of the useful components present in the vegetable. You can prepare the cabbage for steaming. Chop the onion into thin half rings or neat cubes. Next, pour a small amount of vegetable oil into the multicooker pan. Mix the chopped onion and boiled cabbage and transfer to a container. Separately beat the mayonnaise, sour cream and chicken egg. Add salt to the mixture, as well as crushed black pepper. Pour the prepared sauce over the vegetables in the multicooker. Coarsely grate the cheese and sprinkle it on the cauliflower. It is recommended to turn on the multicooker in the baking mode. The process will take only 30 minutes. You can find out that the dish is ready using the timer. Cauliflower baked according to this recipe in a multicooker is used as a side dish or as a separate dish. To make the vegetable look even more appetizing, sprinkle the casserole with fresh herbs just before serving.

Vegetables in batter - quick and tasty!

Cook cauliflower in a slow cooker,using the original batter recipe. Batter is a fairly liquid dough that is used to dip various products before frying. Depending on the ingredients and thickness of the dough, you can get completely different results. To prepare cauliflower heads in crispy batter, you will need the following ingredients:

Cauliflower, fresh or frozen - 400 g;
2 chicken eggs;
4 tablespoons sour cream;
3-4 tablespoons of flour;
A large clove of garlic;
A teaspoon of finely chopped fresh greens of dill;
A teaspoon of salt;
Vegetable oil.

To prepare the sauce for the dish you will need:

5 tablespoons of sour cream;
A large clove of garlic;
Salt and pepper;
Fresh greens to taste.

Before cooking, the head of cabbage is disassembledindividual inflorescences. The recipe requires pre-boiling the vegetable in salted water until half-cooked, otherwise the cabbage will lose most of its flavor and be too dry. You can boil the heads of cabbage in a multicooker, using a special bowl designed for steaming dishes. Pour the required amount of water into the container of the device, put the bowl with cabbage and cook in the "steam" mode for 10 minutes. During this time, you can make a fluffy batter. Sour cream, chicken eggs and salt are thoroughly mixed, adding a grated clove of garlic and chopped herbs to the mass. When the mixture becomes homogeneous, wheat flour is gradually added to it, continuing to beat the dough. Externally, the batter should look like pancake batter. Boiled cabbage is removed from the multicooker and left at room temperature until cool. Heads of cabbage are salted and peppered in accordance with your taste preferences. Pour vegetable oil into a clean bowl of the device and turn on the multicooker in the special "Frying" mode. Each inflorescence of cabbage is alternately dipped in batter and fried on all sides in the device until a crispy and golden brown crust is formed. Next, the pieces of cauliflower are transferred to a paper napkin, which will effectively absorb excess fat. You can eat cauliflower fried in batter according to this recipe both hot and cold. It is great as an amazing side dish for meat or fish. Crispy cauliflower in fluffy dough is no less delicious as an independent dish. To emphasize the exquisite taste and delicate structure of the vegetable, it is recommended to make sour cream sauce according to a very simple recipe, accessible even to a novice cook. Using a mixer, beat sour cream, chopped herbs and grated garlic. Your family will never complain about lack of appetite if you serve aromatic cabbage in batter to the table!