Vegetarian cutlets, this culinary masterpiece is liked by many people. They can be cooked as a separate dish, or you can cook them with a side dish. For example, with rice, buckwheat or mashed potatoes.
And what and how can you cook vegetarian meatballs from? The answer is simple – from sprouted wheat. These cutlets are not only healthy, but also tasty, nutritious, and also easily accessible in their composition, because the ingredients for their preparation can be freely purchased in retail chains.
With our step-by-step instructions for cooking this dish is not difficult enough, the main thing – the presence of the following products, patience and desire.
The basis of our vegetarian cutlets is sprouted wheat grain. Therefore, it is necessary to sprout wheat, and then proceed to cook the cutlets.
Sprout live wheat should be sprouted in a special sprouting machine, but if you do not have one, you can sprout it in an ordinary glass jar.
Germinated wheat is very useful for the human body, as it contains a large number of vitamins and chemical elements. Especially rich in wheat is magnesium, so necessary for human health.
The caloric value of wheat grain is 305 kcal.
In 100 grams of wheat contains:
Protein – 11.8 mg;
Fats – 2,2 mg;
Carbohydrates – 59.5 mg;
Full range of B vitamins, vitamins A, E, PP as well as macro-and micronutrients essential for the body – iron, iodine, potassium, calcium, magnesium, manganese, copper, sodium, selenium, phosphorus.
Ingredients for vegetarian meatballs
Wheat grain (dry) – 80 grams;
Fresh carrots – 100 gr;
Butter – 50 grams;
Fresh beet – 50 grams;
Semolina – 1 tablespoon;
Sea salt – 1/2 teaspoon;
Black pepper – 10 peas;
Orange Pepper – 8 peas;
Herbs “Provence” – 1/2 teaspoon;
Seasoning “Asafetida” – 1/2 teaspoon;
Seasoning “Hops-Suneli” – 1/2 teaspoon;
Seasoning “Universal” – 1/2 teaspoon;
Breadcrumbs – 1 tablespoon;
Ghee” oil – for frying the cutlets.
Vegetarian cutlets: preparation method
Wash the sprouted wheat, drain the water, let it drain;
Carrots are peeled from the skin, grate on a fine grater and fry in butter until lightly golden;
Beets peel and grate on a fine grater;
On a chopping board, with an ordinary rolling pin, crush the black pepper and allspice and send these spices to the beets, add the provincial herbs, spices and mix everything thoroughly;
Grind the wheat with a meat grinder, add the semolina, salt, mix and let stand for 10 minutes while the groats absorb the moisture and “swell”;
Combine together the wheat, carrots, beets and mix everything thoroughly;
From the resulting minced meat cutlets form, pile them in the breadcrumbs and fry in oil “Ghee” for 8 minutes, at moderate temperature burner, flipping from one side to another.
Our wonderful vegetarian cutlets are ready.
A special flavorful decoration of our cutlets will be the tomato sauce, the recipe of which is in our column. This sauce has a sour-sweet taste and pleasant aroma, which is sure to give a special charm to our dish.
Have a nice meal, friends!
