Not everyone can make vegetarian cutlets. After all, such a dish is usually prepared exclusively from meat. But if you are fasting or have a vegetarian guest visiting you, then you simply must know the recipe for these products.

Today we will present you several ways to create such a dish. By using them, you will prepare not only a very tasty, but also a healthy lunch for the whole family.

Vegetarian cutlets: potato recipes

There are many ways to prepare such products. We decided to present you the most accessible and simple ones. For example, vegetarian cutlets made from mashed potatoes are very tasty. To prepare them we will need:

• table salt and crushed black pepper - use to taste;
• large potatoes - 5 pcs.;
• fresh country egg - 1 pc.;
• full fat milk - ½ cup;
• natural butter - 2 small spoons;
• refined oil - used for frying cutlets;
• fresh dill - several sprigs.

Preparing the base

Vegetarian ones are pretty easy to make. To begin with, vegetables should be peeled, then cut in half, put in a pan, add water, salt, bring to a boil and cook for half an hour. Next, you need to drain all the broth from the dishes. After adding chopped pepper, milk, butter and a raw egg to the hot potatoes, mash them into a puree using a masher. You should also add chopped fresh dill and chopped sweet onions to the base.

Forming and frying process

Having received thick and aromatic mashed potatoes, you can safely form vegetarian cutlets. To do this, take the vegetable base in your hands in the amount of 1.5 large spoons, and then roll it into a ball and flatten it a little. Next, the products need to be rolled in breadcrumbs and placed in a frying pan with boiling oil. The cutlets must be fried on both sides until browned.

How to serve?

After all the vegetarian cutlets have been fried, they should be distributed on plates and presented to the table. It is advisable to eat this dish with bread and some kind of sauce. By the way, some chefs serve mashed potato products to the table as a side dish for meat or sausages.

Making vegetarian lentil cutlets

Vegetarian cutlets can be made using a variety of vegetables. However, the most delicious and satisfying products are obtained using cereals and legumes.

So, vegetarian ones are made using the following ingredients:

• green lentils - about 250 g;
• short grain rice - ½ cup;
• sweet onion - medium head;
• large fresh carrots - 2 pcs.;
• breadcrumbs - a full glass;
• table salt, ground pepper, coriander - use to taste;
• Sunflower oil - for frying cutlets and vegetables.

Making the base

If you want to make lentil cutlets, you will have to pre-treat the product with the base. To do this, you need to sort it out, wash it well, fill it with drinking water and leave it in the room overnight. During this time, the lentils should swell well and become soft. Next, place it in a blender bowl and blend until you obtain a homogeneous paste.

After processing the main product, you need to move on to cooking rice. It needs to be washed and boiled in boiling salted water.

As for carrots and sweet onions, they should be peeled and chopped with a grater and a knife, respectively. Next, the vegetables need to be fried in vegetable oil.

Finally, all products (lentil paste, boiled rice, sautéed onions and carrots, spices) must be placed in one container and then mixed thoroughly.

Forming and frying products

Vegetarian cutlets should be formed in exactly the same way as regular meat products. To do this, you need to pick up the base in the amount of 1.5 large spoons, and then make a ball out of it and flatten it slightly. Before frying in a frying pan, all semi-finished products must be rolled in breadcrumbs.

Serve for lunch

Having made lentil cutlets, they should be placed on a plate and served along with some sauce or salad of fresh vegetables. If desired, this dish can also be used as a side dish.

Made from buckwheat

Vegetarian ones turn out very tasty and satisfying. To prepare them at home, you will need the following products:

• buckwheat - a full glass;
• filtered drinking water - 2 glasses;
• any fresh mushrooms - 700 g;
• sweet onion - medium head;
• table salt, ground pepper - use to taste;
• greens (dill, parsley) - to taste;
• breadcrumbs - a full glass;
• sunflower oil for frying cutlets and vegetables.

Preparing the base

First you need to prepare the base for the cutlets. To do this, you need to sort out the cereal, rinse it thoroughly, and then put it in a saucepan, add water and cook for half an hour. During this time, buckwheat should transform into a thick paste. Next, you need to cool it and grind it in a blender.

To make vegetarian cutlets tasty, you should definitely add fried mushrooms and onions to them. To prepare them, you need to heat them in a frying pan and then add both ingredients. They need to be fried over medium heat for about 20 minutes.

After the mushrooms and onions are cooked, they should be added to the buckwheat gruel, seasoned with spices and chopped herbs. After mixing the ingredients, you should get a viscous mass. If it does not hold the shape given to it, then you can additionally add one raw egg to the base.

How to shape and fry a dish?

The principle of formation and heat treatment is the same as in previous recipes. After the products are cooked, they must be placed on plates and then served to family members along with sauce and fresh salad. Bon appetit!

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In addition to taste, an undoubted advantage is that these cutlets do not need to be fried, because... they are stewed like... But if you want, you can of course fry them.

Vegetarian cutlets

Compound:

Vegetarian cutlets:

• 200 ml green lentils
• 150 ml rice (round or jasmine)
• 1 carrot (optional)
• 3 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida
• 1 tbsp. spoon of flour

Bouillon:

• 300 ml water
• spices: 2 tsp. ground coriander, 1/2 tsp. ground bay leaf, 1/3 tsp.
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• 1 tbsp. spoon of ghee (or other)

How to cook vegetarian cutlets:

1. Wash green lentils and soak overnight.

   Fill the lentils with water

2. Cook the rice until done.

   Cooking rice

3. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater.

   Three carrots

4. And grind it using a blender along with 3 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil. (If you cook without carrots, then vegetable oil should be added to the minced meat).

   Chop carrots

5. Drain the water from the lentils and rinse again.

   Swollen lentils

6. Grind it using a meat grinder or blender. (You can also make delicious ones from the resulting mass.)
7. Add carrots and rice, as well as salt, asafoetida and flour. Mix well. The minced meat for vegetarian cutlets is ready.

   Vegetarian minced meat for cutlets

8. Place the frying pan on the fire and heat the oil. We make balls from the minced meat and place them in a frying pan. Fry a little on all sides. Fill with water and add coriander, asafoetida, bay leaf and salt. Bring to a boil and cook for 25-30 minutes. If the water has boiled away, add water so that the cutlets do not burn.

   Simmer the cutlets in broth

Vegetarian cutlets with rice and lentils are ready! Bon appetit everyone!

Vegetarian cutlets

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Some people give up meat because of their convictions, others for health reasons, and for others it allows them to save their family budget. Regardless of which category you consider yourself to be, you will definitely like the recipes for vegetable vegetarian cutlets. Using them, you can diversify your diet.

Bean cutlets

We will prepare these vegetarian dietary cutlets from dry beans (2 tbsp.). You will also need root vegetables (3 onions and 1 carrot), seasonings, salt and 2 tbsp. vegetable oil. Semolina (4 tbsp) will help thicken the minced meat.

After soaking the beans for 10 hours in cold water, fill them with fresh water and cook until softened. Grind the cooled beans with a blender or meat grinder. Add semolina, spices, mix well, let stand for 20 minutes. Peel the vegetables, chop them, fry them in vegetable oil (you can add garlic at this stage). Transfer the vegetable mass to the minced meat, stir. Form cutlets with wet hands, roll in breadcrumbs and fry in vegetable oil.

Pea cutlets

To prepare the cutlets you will need 1 tbsp. yellow peas, shallots. Also take seasonings (turmeric, ground pepper). Soak the peas for several hours, boil, cool and chop. Add chopped onion, seasonings, salt. Form cutlets and deep-fry.

Lentil cutlets

To prepare this dish, take equal parts of pre-cooked, pureed lentils and chopped white cabbage using a food processor (proportion – 1:1). Combine both products, add soda (at the tip of a knife), salt, season with ground pepper, asafoetida, cumin, coriander. If the mass is not thick enough, add ground oatmeal. Form cutlets, fry in vegetable oil.

Carrot cutlets

To prepare carrot cutlets, use 2 tbsp. grated carrots, chopped onion, mashed boiled beans (1 tbsp.). Mix these ingredients, add herbs, salt, ground pepper, a little whole grain flour (to obtain the optimal minced meat consistency). Roll the formed cutlets in breadcrumbs and fry.

Buckwheat cutlets

Vegetarian cutlets in the oven are prepared without fat - they can easily be classified as medical nutrition. Cook buckwheat (you will need 2.5 tbsp. ready-made porridge). You also need eggs (2 pcs.), chopped green onions, seasonings, salt, a small amount of flour. Combine all ingredients and form cutlets. Place them on the prepared baking sheet. Bake in a preheated oven for about 20 minutes (180 degrees). If you like juicy cutlets, you can bake them by adding a small amount of water to the pan.

Cabbage cutlets

Chop a small head of cabbage, pour boiling water over it for 1 hour, then strain the liquid. Chop the onion, fry in vegetable oil, add to the cabbage, season, thicken the mass with semolina (3 tbsp). Roll the formed cutlets in flour and fry.

Beet cutlets

To prepare these cutlets, boil the beets (you will need about 1 kg of root vegetables). The remaining ingredients of the dish: egg, salt, garlic, seasonings and 100 g of semolina.

Grate the root vegetables or chop them in another way, drain the excess juice. Contrary to tradition, when preparing the dish, use a boiled egg rather than a raw one (grate it, add to the beetroot mixture). Add seasonings, semolina, and crushed garlic there. Form cutlets, fry in vegetable oil or steam (takes 10 minutes).

Vegetarian cutlets go well with both porridge and vegetable side dishes. In most cases, they are low in calories, which is an additional advantage.

What is vegetarian nutrition? Many people naively believe that people who don’t have enough money to buy meat come to this style. In addition, there is a stereotype that it is almost impossible to create a menu with such a strict restriction, and for breakfast, lunch and dinner people have a plate with one cabbage leaf. But, if you delve deeper into the topic, your opinion quickly changes. There are so many interesting things in the arsenal of vegetarian cuisine that any “meat” table would be envious.

You have never seen so many salads and sweets in your life. At the same time, borscht, pilaf, and Olivier remain available, but with some minimal adjustments. It's definitely never boring. Vegetarian cutlets are another dish that turns the whole world upside down, forcing us to look at followers of this trend in a new way. Properly cooked, they are absolutely as good as meat ones. In our article we offer several unexpected, but incredibly tasty solutions for all occasions.

Vegetarian cutlets are not only incredibly tasty, but also have a huge number of advantages:

• The composition contains a large amount of fiber, which has a positive effect on the functioning of the digestive system.
• Vegetable cutlets contain much more vitamins, minerals and other useful nutrients than those made from meat.
• Culinary diversity. Contrary to popular belief, they can be prepared not only from beans, vegetables, but also from all kinds of cereals. In this case, the components can be taken both raw and heat-treated.
• Cutlets prepared in a gentle way for vegetarians can be eaten by people suffering from stomach and intestinal diseases.
• A vegetarian dish is prepared much faster than a meat dish, which significantly saves time resources.
• Minimum calorie content - there are no fats or “bad” carbohydrates. If you care about your figure, cutlets for vegetarians are the best solution.
• Many recipes do not use eggs, which allows the dish to be prepared during religious fasts.

In order for the dish to please you with its taste, you need to remember and adhere to the following simple rules:

• For cooking we use only fresh, high quality products. If possible, it is better to take farm vegetables grown without the use of chemicals.
• Wash food thoroughly before chopping and forming into cutlets and zraz.
• Many vegetables and fruits darken after contact with metal objects, so it is advisable to use plastic equipment.
• If juicy vegetables are used for the dish, after chopping them, you need to squeeze out the juice thoroughly.
• We make cutlets from “vegetable” minced meat in extremely compact sizes. Otherwise, they may lose their shape during the frying or baking process.
• To avoid the minced meat sticking to your hands, you must first wet your hands with water.
• A beautiful golden crust will appear on your cutlets if you roll them in semolina or breading before heat treatment.

Chickpea cutlets are a classic recipe for vegetarians. This dish is a must have in your personal cookbook. It is incredibly tasty, healthy and not at all expensive. What could be better! The following ingredients will be required:

• Chickpeas – 1 glass.
• Onion – 1 piece.
• Egg – 2 pieces.
• Garlic – 3 cloves.
• Sesame oil.
• Salt.
• Black peppercorns.
• Zira in seeds.

• Pre-soak the chickpeas until they swell. Then grind in a blender until pureed. If you don’t have electrical equipment, you can grind the beans through a meat grinder.
• Finely chop the onion and garlic.
• Combine the chickpea mass in a separate bowl with the onion and garlic. Stir until smooth.
• Add eggs to the mixture, season and salt to taste. Mix well again.
• We make cutlets. Roll into balls and press down lightly. They should be no more than one and a half centimeters thick.
• Heat olive oil and fry the cutlets on both sides.

Do you adhere to the principles of proper nutrition? Watch your figure? Lentil cutlets will definitely suit your taste. We offer the following vegan recipe, incredibly easy to prepare and fantastically delicious as a result.

Ingredients:

• Lentils – 250 grams.
• Plain water - 500 milliliters.
• Onion – 1 piece.
• Carrot – 1 piece.
• Greens to taste – 1 bunch.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Ginger root – 10 grams.
• Zira grains – 1 teaspoon.
• Olive oil - to taste.

• Pour half a liter of water into a saucepan and add the lentils. Increase the heat to maximum and bring to a boil. Next, reduce the gas and cook for about half an hour until the component is soft. At the very end, add salt to taste.
• Grate the ginger root and carrots.
• Finely chop the greens, onion and garlic.
• Pour a little oil into the frying pan, heat it up, and lightly roast the cumin seeds. Then we throw in garlic, ginger root, carrots and onions.
• Fry all ingredients for five minutes, stirring constantly.
• Pour lentils into the vegetable mass, add salt and pepper, and add herbs. Stir, cool and put in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
• After the minced meat has cooled, form cutlets about one and a half centimeters thick.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the incredible cutlets on both sides until a nice golden crust forms.
• Serve with your favorite side dish, for example, rice, buckwheat.

You can diversify the menu with chickpeas and lentil dishes with a recipe for vegetarian zucchini cutlets. Juicy, with a pleasant fresh taste, light - they will give incredible pleasure. For preparation you will need the following ingredients:

• Zucchini – 2 pieces.
• Potatoes – 2 pieces.
• Egg – 1 piece.
• Flour – 1 tablespoon.
• Vegetable oil.
• Herbs, salt, spices - to taste.

• Peel the potatoes and grate them on a fine grater.
• Three zucchini on a fine grater.
• Squeeze the vegetables thoroughly to remove excess juice.
• In a deep bowl, combine zucchini, chopped herbs, eggs, and flour. Mix everything thoroughly and prepare the dough.
• Forming cutlets. You can do this with your hands, or using a tablespoon.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan, fry on both sides until fully cooked.
• Serve with your favorite side dish. For dressing, you can use low-fat sour cream.

The variety of vegan dishes is amazing. If you want to change something in your life, training alone will not be enough. Try to diversify your daily table with excellent, delicious dishes for vegetarians.

Cutlets are exactly the option that will allow you to get a little closer to your new diet. Once you try it, you will very soon give up classic meat dishes.

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