Ragu made from healthy vegetables or with the addition of tasty meat, has an unsurpassed rich flavor.
It is not difficult to prepare this delicious dish, and adding cauliflower to it gives a special taste and aroma.
Loved it to adults and kids. The undoubted advantage of cauliflower is that it can be used in cooking for children and the stew is no exception.
Calorie and good
The composition includes a large number of vegetables, as well as meat. All of these ingredients affect the calorie stew.
Nutritional value per 100 g is:
- 26.2 kcal.
- 5.2 g of proteins.
- 1.4 g of fat.
- 4 g of carbohydrates.
A vegetable dish with added meat has a richer composition: from 60 kcal (may increase depending on the type of meat), 6 g of proteins, 3.3 g of fats, 4.2 g of carbohydrates.
Vegetables are a storehouse of vitamins, micro and macro elements, and fiber. Cooked with cauliflower, eggplants, zucchini, onions, carrots, the dish contains a small amount of sugar, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron.
Due to its rich composition, stew contains valuable ingredients: pectic substances, folic and pantothenic acid.
A dish with the addition of meat is easily digested in the gastrointestinal tract, it is indicated for various stomach disorders, gastritis. This dish is a great choice for those who stick to a diet, as it contains a small amount of sugar, fats and carbohydrates.
Recipe
Ingredients:
- Eggplant 1 pc.
- Zucchini 2 pcs.
- Cauliflower 1 head.
- Tomato 2 pcs.
- Carrots 2pcs.
- Onion 2 pcs.
- Greens 30 g
- Vegetable oil 3 tbsp. spoons.
- Spices to taste.
Cooking:
- Wash all the ingredients, blanch the cabbage in boiling water for 2-3 minutes. If necessary, peel the vegetables.
- All cut into squares - the size is determined individually, to your liking.
- Put onion on a heated pan with oil and simmer for a few minutes.
- Add carrots to onions and leave for 1-2 minutes under a lid.
- Alternately add eggplant, zucchini, cauliflower.
- Tomatoes are added at the very end and stewed along with all the vegetables for another 10-15 minutes.
- Add herbs and spices at the end of cooking.
In the process of cooking, you can add water so that the ingredients are quenched evenly.
We offer to cook cauliflower vegetable stew according to the video recipe:
The option with the addition of meat
Ingredients:
- Meat to choose from - chicken, pork or beef 300-400 g.
- Cauliflower - 1 head.
- Eggplant - 1 pc.
- Carrots - 2 pcs.
- Bow 1 pc.
- Tomato paste - 50-70 g.
- Spices to taste.
- Greens - 30 g
- Vegetable oil 3-4st.l.
Cooking:
- All the ingredients washed, cauliflower stand in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, peel the vegetables.
- Cut everything into cubes.
- In a deep frying pan or pan, stew meat for 7-8 minutes, stirring and frying from all sides.
- Put the meat on a plate, and put the onion in the pan, cook it for a couple of minutes.
- Add the meat and tomato paste to the onions, cook for about 5 minutes on low heat.
- Put sliced vegetables in a frying pan and dry for 1-2 minutes.
- Add hot water to the stew and bring it to a boil.
- The dish is salted, sprinkled with spices and covered with a lid.
- The mixture is simmered on low heat for about 1.5 hours.
What else can be added?
Cauliflower ragu is surprisingly simple and practical to prepare the dish., because you can add all your favorite vegetables (including zucchini and potatoes) and spices, as well as any kind of meat.
- Zucchini give extra juiciness and tenderness, they can be introduced into the dish after onions and carrots.
- Potatoes often added to the stew to give a richer taste. When adding potatoes, stew the stew with the addition of water and keep it on fire for a little longer.
- Young peas It gives the dish an original taste, it is added along with all the vegetables and it does not affect the cooking time.
- Bell pepper has a unique aroma and taste, and also makes the dish juicy and beautiful.
- Eggplant often found in recipes of this popular dish. This vegetable goes well with vegetables and meat, gives the dish a unique taste and juiciness. Cooking eggplant stew costs 5-10 minutes longer.
Table setting
Stew can be served as a main course or side dish. and put it on a large dish from which everyone can take the necessary portions. Stews served in ceramic deep plates, decorated with greens also look spectacular and appetizing. It is best to serve the dish in thick plates or in brightly colored ceramic dishes. This option will emphasize the beauty of the dish.
Stew can be adapted to any taste, adding all sorts of spices and seasonings: garlic, basil, hop-suneli, bay leaf. In this dish, you can safely add any ingredients and replace vegetables that are not to your taste and enjoy healthy, rich and low-calorie stew with cauliflower.