Cabbage meatballs from cabbage

Wonderful carrot and cabbage cutlets are perfect for fasting! It turns out that lean dishes can be not only healthy and low-calorie, but also tasty and satisfying. Take, for example, these cutlets - it is simply impossible to break away from them. I recommend them to absolutely everyone, not just those who observe the fast.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 13 % 3 g
Fats 21 % 5 g
Carbohydrates 67 % 16 g
123 kcal
GI: 33 / 33 / 33

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 10 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make cabbage meatballs from cabbage? Prepare all the products we need according to the list.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash, peel and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Peel the cabbage from the upper leaves, which are usually spoiled, and finely chop.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Put the prepared vegetables in a saucepan, fill them with cold water, put on fire and bring to a boil.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    When the water boils, add salt and a spoonful of vegetable oil. Turn down the gas and simmer on low heat until the carrots and cabbage become soft.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Pour semolina into boiling water in a trickle, stirring so that no lumps form. Boil everything for 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the stove and wait until the mass cools down.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Shape the vegetable mass into cutlets - make them round or oval, then roll the blanks abundantly in breadcrumbs.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Fry them in a preheated frying pan with the addition of vegetable oil on both sides until golden brown and fully cooked. Use all the minced vegetables.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Cutlets will turn out to be universal in the sense that they can be served with both hot sauce and sweet.

The basis for lean cutlets in this recipe are carrots and cabbage. If desired, you can add one thing to them: either carrots or cabbage. Although I liked the option I proposed more than if I had excluded one of the vegetables. It is just useful for those who want to try to fast, like me. Having decided on this feat, as I call it, I started collecting recipes so that the food was varied. One lovely woman, who observes Orthodox fasting for the second year, shared her experiences in the field of lean food, told how to fry cabbage meatballs from cabbage. At the same time, she invited me to visit so that I could taste this dish. I tried it and was surprised how delicious and satisfying it is - if everything is so delicious, then fasting will be easier to observe.

Important! An incorrectly selected frying pan can ruin even the best recipe. All the details on how to choose the perfect frying pan for different dishes read here .

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .

How to choose semolina, cook the perfect porridge from it and much more, read the article about semolina and semolina .

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Green cabbage - 46   kcal/100g
  • Fresh frozen green cabbage in a package - 45   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Semolina - 340   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Breadcrumbs - 347   kcal/100g

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