Today we continue our series of legume video recipes.
We'll be here in a few days. Christmas and the following recipe suitable for all those who want to prepare a healthier version of Christmas Eve dinner, which also inherently includes mayonnaise potato salad.
A recipe suitable for Christmas too
Today we bring you a recipe for such a Slovak classic and that is... Fried cauliflower with potato salad. In vain in the name Are you looking for legumes?, but it's hiding in potato salad, in the form of mayonnaise. Yes, it may be shocking, but red lentils can it really be prepared great mayonnaise! And it's really a lot healthier alternative, like classic, albeit vegan mayonnaise. Contains all in themselves beneficial substances, which also contains red lentils.
More iron in lentils than in meat
Red lentils, like any legume, contains large amounts of proteinOne cup of lentils contains: 17.9g protein and this is surpassed only by soy with 22.2g of protein in one cup. At the same time, 1 cup of lentils contains 6.6g iron, which is also more than any other legume. It can even be said that in one serving of lentils we will get more iron, as in one serving any animal meat. Iron absorption can we continue support with vitamin C, in this case, we can easily achieve this by seasoning mayonnaise with lemon juice. The benefits of lentils continue in the form of 16g fiber and high content of B vitamins, further minerals, as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, manganese, copper and selenium.
It also goes very well with red lentils. easy to work with. No need her at all to soak and since it is already peeled, you can cook it in 10-15 minutesTo make mayonnaise from it after cooking, you need pour off the remaining water and let to cool down properlyAnd then just fuck her. into the blender and slowly, stirring constantly add vegetable oil.
"We use vegetable oil, unflavored and unscented!"
Chef Ján Duda warns
What oil is suitable for making mayonnaise?
K healthy diet also belong to cold-pressed vegetable oilswhich they retain, in addition to their health-beneficial substances, also yours typical smellHowever, in this case, we must avoid "fragrant" oils, because when using the necessary amount of oil in mayonnaise, the taste of the oil is so intense that it is unpleasant.
"In an attempt to make a healthier mayonnaise, I used extra virgin olive oil. However, the mayonnaise tasted so bad that it all went in the trash. And I love olive oil."
Lucy Trefná, coordinator of the Green Dining Room project, shared this with us.
Olive oil you can safely use it, but instead of virgin, it is better helpIt is also suitable cold pressed, but deodorized, sunflower oil. Or classic rapeseed.
What goes well with a salad with lentil mayonnaise?
This potato salad tastes very good. fits well to fried cauliflowerOn the market today we can also find frozen pre-fried cauliflower in a trifle, which is without egg and dairy freeOr we can serve it on Christmas dinner, together with celery "fish", or tofu "fish fingers".
Enjoy! Try it.
From the Green Dining Room, we wish you a good appetite!
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