Any dishes prepared and served in monasteries, in theory, should be simple, healthy and not too tasty, so that they do not entice the pleasure of the belly, do not distract from prayers, works and thoughts about the high. From this we will proceed in the preparation of any so-called monastic dishes, including salads. Just in case, we remind: recipes for such salads can not include meat, including poultry, as monks do not eat meat, at least Orthodox and Buddhists.
Recipe for a monastery salad with beans and cabbage
Ingredients:
- beans cooked or pod frosted (or peas green canned) - about 200-250 g;
- white cabbage (fresh or sour) - about 200 g;
- mushrooms marinated or salted - 200 g;
- cucumber salted or fresh 1-2 pcs .;
- sweet pepper - 1-2 pcs .;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- garlic - 1-2 pieces;
- greens are different fresh;
- vegetable oil;
- vinegar natural fruit.
Preparation
If using frozen young beans, cook it until cooked (for about 9-11 minutes). Onions, sweet peppers and pickled cucumber will be cut arbitrarily, not thinking too much and trying - this is the main principle. We chop cabbage. If you use sauerkraut - you need to wash it and throw it back in a colander.
With mushrooms, of course, merge marinade, you can chop them, if you want. Cut the greens and garlic finely. Mix all ingredients in a salad bowl. If desired, you can add to the salad 2-3 boiled potatoes, sliced, and / or apple, tomato, kiwi. Strictly speaking, it is not very important what ingredients and how they are sliced, the main thing - everything should be simple and natural. Therefore, fill the salad with a mixture of oil and vinegar in a ratio of 3: 1 and no mayonnaise. You can also fill the salad with unsweetened yoghurt or sour cream.
A completely different principle is guided in the preparation of the salad "Monastic Hut" (it is not clear, however, why he was named that way).
Salad "Monastic Cottage"
Ingredients:
- crab sticks (more precisely sticks "surimi") - 12 pcs .;
- hard cheese - about 300 g;
- mayonnaise;
- garlic;
- greens (onions, parsley, coriander, basil, dill).
Preparation
Cooking stuffing. We rub cheese on a small or medium grater. Add the chopped garlic and finely chopped greens (except for onions), 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise and mix everything thoroughly.
Crab sticks are dipped for a few seconds in hot water and untwisted. We fill the expanded sheets with surimi prepared stuffing. Fold stuffed sticks in the form of woodpile or pyramid or shalashik, promazyvaya each layer of a small amount of mayonnaise. Pour on top with mayonnaise and sprinkle with chopped herbs and cheese. We refrigerate in the refrigerator for 2 hours. After that, the salad can be cut like a cake.