Fried cottage cheese recipes
It is no longer a secret that cottage cheese is considered the most common product that nutritionists advise for weight loss. This product is very tasty and healthy for those who want to lose a couple of pounds. But for this you need to eat it daily, and in medium quantities. In this article we will consider such an unusual variety as fried cottage cheese.
Peculiarities
In order to not get tired of daily consumption of cottage cheese, it can be consumed in different ways. It is possible to eat it together with fruits, with sour cream, but even such methods are sometimes boring. Another option is to eat it fried.
Fried cottage cheese is a very tasty dish that has a rather rich taste. In the usual sense, cottage cheese is always a fresh, crumbly product that is stored in the refrigerator. Few people know that when frying, it acquires new, original flavors. If you no longer want to see the usual fresh delicacy, it's time to diversify the menu. Consider step by step the most popular recipes.
Recipes
Classical
To prepare fried cottage cheese, you will need about 350 grams of a good, fresh product. You also need about 100 grams of granulated sugar and 50 grams of butter.
For cooking, you need a frying pan with a fairly dense bottom. We spread the whipped cottage cheese in it, sprinkle with sugar and add butter (butter). It is required to fry, stirring, until a golden hue. Then we remove the pan from the heat, rearrange the finished product on a refractory surface, cover with foil and leave to cool.After a while, the dish should freeze. Serve chopped with hot tea.
"Curd" scrambled eggs
There is also the option of frying cottage cheese with an egg. This is a rather peculiar dish, which few people have heard of. It is also called cottage cheese scrambled eggs or scrambled eggs with cottage cheese.
To prepare fried cottage cheese with an egg, you will need three eggs, 150 grams of cottage cheese, 3 teaspoons of butter and salt to taste. In a frying pan, fry the cottage cheese whipped in a blender, eggs and butter with salt. It is required to cook until completely browned, then turn over and fry on the reverse side until a golden crust appears. Can be served with sour cream.
The calorie content of such a dish is 132 kilocalories.
Curd balls
The main ingredient in fried curd balls is, of course, cottage cheese.
You will need:
- 250 g of fresh low-fat cottage cheese;
- 1 egg;
- 60 g flour;
- 10 g baking powder;
- 7 g vanillin;
- vegetable oil for frying;
- 50 g powdered sugar for decoration.
Beat the cottage cheese with a fork, break 1 egg and half a glass of granulated sugar. Next, mix this mixture thoroughly. Put 60 grams of flour, baking powder, vanillin and gently mix everything again. Hands should be greased with vegetable oil so that the dough does not stick.
Further, separating small pieces from the dough, it is necessary to roll them into shapes in the form of balls with a diameter of 2-3 centimeters. Heat 500 milliliters of oil in a frying pan and add balls to it. Fry them for 5-6 minutes. Take the balls out of the oil and place them on paper towels so that the excess oil is absorbed into the paper towels. Then sprinkle them with powdered sugar and serve warm with tea.
Tips
Before you start cooking, you need to choose the right cottage cheese. Its color should be exactly white or slightly beige.A stale product is usually yellowish in color. Fresh should smell like milk with a slight sour smell. The taste of cottage cheese should also be slightly sour. A tasteless or sweet product means it is not fresh. Also, do not use its crumbly appearance.
To prepare fried cottage cheese with an egg, you need to choose the right eggs. They must be fresh. You can check this in several ways.
- Dip in salted water. If fresh, it will sink to the bottom; if not, it will float.
- Shake the egg. If it is fresh, the inside of the egg will dangle.
- Examine the shell. It should be smooth.
Also, for cooking, you should consider some rules.
- It is required to wipe the product through a sieve in order for the curd to become a homogeneous consistency.
- So that the dish does not burn during cooking, you should first heat the pan well.
- After cooking, keep the lid ajar. The dish must be cold.
Of course, it would be wrong not to note that fried cottage cheese is less healthy than regular one. Sunflower oil, sugar, eggs - all this adds calories to the dish. Therefore, it should be carefully eaten by people who are overweight.
Watch the video recipe for making curd balls below.