Pea cutlets, recipes without additives and with vegetables, video

Pea cutlets are very easy to prepare and turn out tasty and healthy. This dish will diversify your daily menu, when meat dishes are already boring and you want something unusual. Peas are a very healthy and vitamin-rich food. It contains proteins, vitamins B, B2, PP, C, A. It is popularly considered a meat substitute, and during fasting this variety of legumes is simply irreplaceable.

Peas are the most common dish on the menu of vegetarians and they readily come up with different ways to prepare them. This is how pea cutlets appeared, the recipes for which are simple and tasty, and that’s what we’ll talk about today.

Pea cutlets with diet yogurt sauce

Kitchen appliances and utensils: frying pan, oven, deep bowl.

Ingredients

Ingredient Selection

To prepare cutlets, take yellow peas . It is easy to find on store shelves. Pay attention to the expiration date of the legumes and the size of the peas. They should be relatively small and approximately the same. Too large peas indicate that it was grown in the wrong conditions or is very old. Such a product has practically no useful substances and it will be quite difficult to prepare.

The cooking time for peas will be speeded up by adding 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable, butter or animal fat. If 15 minutes after boiling, add half a teaspoon of soda to the peas (per 2 liters of water), then after 7-10 minutes they will become soft.

Peas take a very long time to cook, so before cooking, cover them with water and let them sit for at least 6 hours. Prepare legumes in a ratio of 1:3 (for 1 cup of peas 3 cups of water). You need to cook it on low heat under the lid for 1.5 hours. But the cooking time will depend on the peas themselves, so periodically check them for readiness.

Step by step recipe

1. Boil 1 cup of peas and puree them using a blender.

2. Grate a small carrot and a small onion on a fine grater.

3. Add carrots, onions, 1 egg, 1-2 cloves of garlic, salt and pepper to taste to the peas.

4. Gradually add 5 tbsp. l. flour. We should get a non-liquid mass.

5. Let's start preparing the sauce. Grate one fresh young cucumber on a coarse grater. If the cucumber has hard skin and large seeds, all this must be removed.

6. Using gauze or your hands, squeeze out the juice and pour the cucumber into 250-300 g of yogurt.

7. Add 1 large clove of garlic, passed through a garlic clove, to the mixture.

8. Finely chop a bunch of dill and parsley and add to the sauce. If desired, pour 1 tbsp. l. olive oil and mix everything.

   This sauce can be eaten with any other food, even just bread.

9. Let's start frying the cutlets. Place a portion of the dough on the flour, form a cutlet and place in a frying pan with heated oil. Repeat this action with each cutlet.

10. The dish is ready, bon appetit!

Video recipe

In this short video you can watch in detail the entire process of preparing pea cutlets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKGQ03fRI1k&feature=youtu.be

Quick recipe for pea cutlets

A dish of pea puree is being prepared. To do this, you should choose only chopped, ripe grains. In order for the peas to cook as quickly as possible, you need to fill them with warm water and leave for 8 hours. This will also subsequently help reduce gas formation in the intestines.

Main ingredients:

• crushed peas (200 grams);
• large chicken egg;
• wheat flour or breadcrumbs (4 tablespoons);
• spices (ground pepper, salt, Provençal herbs);
• sunflower oil.

Before cooking peas, you should remove any debris from them and rinse them thoroughly under running water.

Cooking steps:

Once the cutlets are fried, transfer them to a paper towel or napkin. This is necessary in order to remove excess fat.

To reduce gas formation in the intestines, dried dill should be added to pea dishes.

Pea cutlets

Cooking time: 55 minutes. Number of servings: for 8 people. Calorie content: 133 kcal per 100 g of product. Kitchen utensils and appliances: frying pan and deep bowl.

Ingredients

Choosing the right products

The main ingredient in these cutlets is peas. To get a tasty dish, it should be boiled until fully cooked and pureed. Fried onions and carrots will complement the taste of the cutlets. But if you want to get a leaner dish , then add these products in chopped raw form. To get a crispy crust, you can dip the formed cutlets in beaten egg and bread crumbs and then fry them.

The mass for pea cutlets turns out to be thick and viscous, so the dish can easily hold its shape during cooking without adding eggs.

Step by step recipe

1. Blend or finely grate 1 onion and 1 carrot. Use a blender to puree 300 g of boiled peas and mix everything.

2. Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix the mixture, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

3. Pour 1-2 tbsp into a plate. l. any vegetable oil and grease a heated frying pan with it.

4. With hands dipped in water, form cutlets and fry on both sides under a lid over low heat.

Video recipe

This video is very short but informative. Watch it and you will completely understand the whole process of creating a delicious dish from legumes.

Pea dishes appeared on the dinner table at the beginning of the 18th century. Peas are consumed all over the world, and the largest production is in India and China . After identifying beneficial substances in it, these legumes are actively used in nutrition for athletes, in vegetarian cuisine and during various diets.

The protein contained in peas is absorbed much faster than that found in meat. But I don’t really want to eat pea porridge alone, even realizing all the benefits of this dish. That is why skilled chefs are coming up with more and more recipes with the addition of this type of legume. Now I will share with you a very easy and quick way to prepare pea cutlets.

Selection and preparation of ingredients

When buying beans, pay attention to the expiration date - the fresher the product, the less time it will take to cook. The best peas for cutlets are yellow split peas

Cooking features:

• The beans should be thoroughly rinsed several times in cold water.
• Next, the peas need to be left for a long time - about 12 hours or just overnight.
• Before making cutlets, peas should be boiled until they are soft.
• Then you need to grind it into puree using a blender or meat grinder.

Additional ingredients for making pea cutlets are quite simple; they can be found in every housewife’s kitchen.

It is important to choose high-quality vegetables: it is advisable to use seasonal onions and carrots. You can put homemade or store-bought eggs in the cutlets. The taste of the dish can be made unique by using mushrooms, which must be safe. These can be oyster mushrooms, champignons or white ones. You can make breadcrumbs yourself or buy them - thanks to them, the cutlets will not lose their shape when frying and will acquire a great additional taste and crispy crust.

Serving options

• As a rule, such cutlets are not served with a side dish , but are consumed as an independent dish.
• Any sauce will be the best addition to cutlets . It can be made from sour cream, mayonnaise, yogurt, and tomato. For added spice, you can add garlic if desired.
• Place 3 cutlets on a serving dish, place parsley leaves , and a sauce of your choice in a saucepan next to them.
• This treat can be eaten warm or cold , but warm it is more appetizing.

Other cooking options

Non-meat cutlets are eaten not only by vegetarians, but also by other people when they want to diversify their menu and eat something light, tasty and unusual . By the way, indeed, some people consider cutlets not made from meat to be an unusual dish, but such food is gaining popularity in the modern world. Many people understand all the benefits of the ingredients that make up meatless cutlets, and are happy to give them their preference.

• Sometimes my family and I visit a cafe with a vegetarian menu. It serves dishes with familiar names, but unusual composition. From here I learned the recipe for eggplant cutlets. For me, this dish really became very interesting during my first try. I recommend that you try this delicacy too.
• Continuing the theme of the vegetarian menu, I would like to introduce you to carrot cutlets. This is a very simple, tasty and healthy treat that is suitable for the whole family.
• Your household will never believe that there is no meat in onion cutlets. At least I didn't believe it when I tried them for the first time. For me, the ideal side dish for this dish is mashed potatoes and tomatoes. Treat your family to an interesting but very simple dish.
• And of course, my children’s favorite snack is potato cutlets. I don’t know why, but my children love to eat this vegetable in any form, so cutlets made from it, and even with sour cream sauce, are a real delicacy.
• And yet, let's get back to the meat. No one can say no to ground beef patties. A juicy, appetizing and healthy meat masterpiece will diversify your daily menu and become a delicious treat during absolutely any event.
• But this recipe for minced beef and pork cutlets is the most common and universal on our dinner table. I prepare the minced meat myself, which makes the product even more juicy and nutritious.
• Dear chefs, think through your menu for the current week in advance and be sure to include cutlets in dough in it. They will be a very tasty treat for tea, a snack that you can take with you to study and work, or an appetizing food during friendly gatherings.
• You can also make a golden mean by preparing pea cutlets with meat , the recipe for which is very simple. To do this, you need to mix 500 g of any minced meat, 300 g of ready-made pea puree and fried onions and carrots. Bread the formed cutlets in breadcrumbs and fry on both sides. These cutlets with peas and minced meat will be an unusual and tasty snack for your beloved family. By the way, you can use either minced meat or finely chopped meat for them).

Dear readers, tell us which recipe you have already become more familiar with and what you plan to cook this coming weekend. Tell me, did you like the pea cutlets according to my recipe, and how did your household react to them? If you have any suggestions or recommendations for my recipes, write them in the comments, I will take everything into account. I would like to wish you culinary success and always bon appetit!