6 Simple And Hearty Grains And Beans

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With the beginning of spring, nature is renewed, and the body wants the same. We suggest including dishes from cereals and legumes in the diet, the former cleanse the intestines, the latter provide a supply of protein for normal life, without burdening the digestive system with complex decay products, as is the case with meat.

Tabouleh salad

 

This recipe is of Arabic origin, its basis is bulgur (burgul). This is durum wheat groats. For salad, a large variety of bulgur - pilavlik, is best suited, before cooking the salad, the cereal should be boiled.

Bulgur should not be washed and soaked; before cooking, the grits should be fried in vegetable or butter for several minutes, stirring regularly. Boil in a saucepan with a thick bottom for 15-20 minutes, water or milk should be taken twice as much as cereals, also remember that bulgur swells a lot.

For taboula, you will need 100-200 g of bulgur, 3-4 tomatoes, lemon juice, parsley, dill, green onions and basil. In principle, you can add any greens in the optimal amount for you.

Tomatoes are cut into 4 parts, mixed with ready-made cereals, chopped herbs and dressing from vegetable oil and lemon juice (in a ratio of 1: 1). At the end, the dish should be salted.

Couscous and Shrimp Salad

Couscous is ground millet, it is not necessary to boil it, you can simply pour boiling water over it and cover with a lid to steam it.

Take 150 g of cereals, 1 zucchini, 200 g of shrimp, sesame oil, lemon juice.

Zucchini should first be fried, cut into rings. Boil shrimp. From juice and sesame oil, make a dressing in a 1: 1 ratio. Then you need to mix all the ingredients, season and salt.

Sprouted mung bean salad

 

Mung beans or mung beans are oval in shape and green in color, unsprouted they are very hard. Beans germinate in two days, for this it is enough to fill with water for 7-8 hours, then change it and leave for a day. Then select those beans that did not germinate. The rest can be used for salad.

In addition to mung bean, you will need tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers and greens. Cut vegetables, mix with mung beans, herbs and season with lemon juice.

Tomatoes with quinoa

Tomato snacks have long been known, but few people know that you can stuff them with quinoa. Before cooking quinoa, soak for 10-12 hours, cook for 15 minutes.

Cut off the top of the tomatoes, take out the core. We mix and knead it with quinoa, dill, celery, onion and sour cream, salt. Then gently spoon over the tomatoes.

Rice pancakes with zucchini

 

Boil rice. Grate 2-3 zucchini, add 100 g of flour, an egg, finely chopped greens, salt and mix with rice. Then you can fry in vegetable or butter.

Falafel

 

Traditionally, this oriental dish is made from chickpeas. First, chickpeas should be soaked for 8-12 hours, then pureed with a blender or passed through a meat grinder. Add 30 ml of lemon juice, parsley, dill, green onion, salt, ground ginger, coriander, black and red pepper, cumin to minced chickpeas. Stir and make small balls out of the mixture. They should either be deep-fried or baked.