Cabbage is a very cheap and simple vegetable, but you can make many tasty and healthy dishes from it. One of these dishes is cabbage stewed with tomato paste, carrots and onions.
It is necessary
- - 1 kg of white cabbage;
- - half a glass of meat broth or water;
- - 200 g of fresh mushrooms or chicken fillet (optional);
- - 1 large onion;
- - 2 medium sized carrots;
- - 3 tbsp. tablespoons of tomato paste;
- - 1 tbsp. a spoonful of flour;
- - 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sugar;
- - 1 teaspoon with a slide of salt;
- - 1 tbsp. a spoonful of apple cider vinegar;
- - 2-3 bay leaves;
- - 3 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- - 3 cloves of garlic;
- - black pepper, red pepper, nutmeg, coriander and cumin to taste;
- - a few sprigs of fresh parsley and dill.
Instructions
Step 1
Wash and peel the onions and carrots. Chop the onion into small cubes, grate the carrots on a medium grater. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet and sauté the onions and carrots for a few minutes, until tender.
Step 2
Take a deep saucepan and pour some vegetable oil on the bottom. Chop the cabbage and put it in a saucepan, add fried onions and carrots, bay leaves to the cabbage. Pour meat stock or plain water into a saucepan. Mix everything, cover the pan with a lid and simmer over low heat for 35-40 minutes. Stir the cabbage occasionally.
Step 3
Fry the flour in a dry skillet until brownish in color. Combine tomato paste with toasted flour, vinegar, salt, sugar and spices. Wash and dry fresh herbs, chop them finely. Rub the garlic cloves on a fine grater or pass them through a press. Add tomato paste, garlic and herbs to cabbage, mix everything and leave to simmer for another 10 minutes.
Step 4
Serve stewed cabbage with tomato as an independent dish, as an addition to mashed potatoes, boiled potatoes, pasta, rice, buckwheat or as a side dish for meat, sausages, sausages.
Step 5
Since braised cabbage goes well with mushrooms and meats, you can add them to your dish to make it more satisfying. Cut the mushrooms or chicken fillet into small pieces and fry them with carrots and onions until tender. Then add mushrooms and meat with vegetables to the cabbage and simmer in the same way as described above.
