Cauliflower isn't always a kid's favorite food. But she is very useful! For the kids to eat it with pleasure, serve it in the form of some mysterious animal.
Photo of the finished dish Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Cauliflower is a storehouse of many vitamins, macro and microelements. Its tender pulp contains 1, 5–2 times more vegetable protein in comparison with white cabbage, which is important for the development of body cells. It also contains 2-3 times more vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Another vegetable is well saturated with vitamins A, PP, B6, B1. Its "curly" inflorescences are rich in magnesium, calcium, iron, sodium, phosphorus. That is why it is useful for children and the elderly, and must necessarily be included in the diet.
And tartronic acid, which is found in cauliflower, prevents the formation of fatty deposits. From what people who monitor their weight and figure, and want to get rid of extra pounds, should include it in their menu. But cauliflower is appreciated not only for these reasons, but also because it is tasty, and the dishes cooked from it are very tender.
Preparing cauliflower is not difficult. It is baked, boiled and stewed. To keep the inflorescences white after heat treatment, water is added during cooking so that it can be stewed or boiled in it. Also, for this purpose, 1 tbsp is poured. lemon juice.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 80 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- Cauliflower - 1 head of cabbage
- Refined vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
- Drinking water - 100 ml
- Salt - 0.5 tsp or to taste
- Ground nutmeg - 1/3 tsp
- Ground ginger - 1/4 tsp or to taste
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
Cooking cauliflower for kids
1. Wash the head of cabbage under running water, dry with a paper towel and cut into inflorescences. If they are too large, then divide into smaller parts.
2. Put the pan on the stove, pour literally 2-3 tbsp. vegetable oil, so that only the pan is greased with it, and put the cabbage to fry.
3. Fry cabbage literally 5 minutes and pour drinking water. Since we are preparing it for children, the cabbage should not be fried, but stewed.
4. Season it with salt, black pepper, nutmeg and ground ginger. Mix food well and bring to a boil. Then reduce the temperature to a minimum, close the pan with a lid and simmer the cabbage for about 30 minutes. At the same time, do not forget to stir it, and if the water evaporates, then add it.
5. When the cabbage is ready, you can simply put it on a plate and serve it to the baby. But as we know, not all children love to use it. Therefore, make something interesting out of it, for example, some mysterious animal. You can fasten the inflorescences with toothpicks, and supplement the cabbage with all kinds of vegetables and herbs.
See also a video recipe on how to cook stewed cauliflower in sour cream:
