What can be cooked from turnips. Steamed turnips - recipe

Lenten turnip dishes

Don't think it's ridiculous

Turnip is a very valuable and healthy product, consumed by people for 4000 years, but recently undeservedly forgotten. In Rus', turnips were the staple food of peasants. This was the case until the 18th century, and then it was replaced by potatoes.

Meanwhile, turnips are considered a dietary product due to their low calorie content, but contain a lot of macro- and microelements. Daily consumption of just 200 g of turnip will fully provide the body with the necessary vitamins and minerals.

And you still doubt whether to consume it or not?

Turnip dishes are tasty and healthy. Of course, we won’t encourage you to cook this with turnips, onions and butter.

There are many other recipes, much more delicious, which we will tell you about.

Lenten soup with turnips and potatoes. Video recipe

It is very simple to prepare - add turnips to any lean soup, and the ordinary soup turns into a spicy one. But if this advice does not suit someone, cook according to the classic recipe.

Ingredients:

  • Potatoes – 4 pcs.
  • Turnip – 1 pc.
  • Carrots – 1 pc.
  • Onion – 1 pc.
  • Vegetable oil – 2 tablespoons
  • Dried herbs (dill, parsley) - 1 teaspoon each
  • Fresh parsley
  • Salt – 1 teaspoon
  • Bay leaf – 2 leaves
  • Rice – 3 tablespoons
  • Water – 1.5 l.

Preparation:

  • Finely chop onions and carrots, and dice potatoes and turnips. Fry the onions and carrots over high heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan, add potatoes and turnips, add salt, cover with a lid and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Then add the roast, dried herbs, bay leaves and rice to the pan, cover with a lid and cook for another 5 minutes over medium heat. Before serving, decorate each plate with a sprig of fresh parsley.

KBJU per 100 g: proteins – 0.66; fats – 0.94; carbohydrates – 5.58; calorie content – ​​33.2.

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Lenten turnip dishes: Slavic vinaigrette

This is the same salad, but more delicious than the one we talked about at the beginning of the article.

Ingredients:

  • Beets – 1 pc.
  • Turnip – 1-2 pcs.
  • Carrots – 1 pc.
  • Potatoes – 1 pc.
  • Red onion – 1 pc.
  • Green peas – 1 can
  • Sauerkraut – small cup
  • Unrefined vegetable oil – 1 cup
  • Vinegar – 2 teaspoons
  • Fresh herbs - dill
  • Ground black pepper
  • Salt – 2 teaspoons
  • Sugar – 2 teaspoons

Preparation:

  • We put peeled vegetables to cook in different pans: carrots with turnips cut into several parts - in one pan, potatoes cut into pieces - in another pan. We salt the vegetables. Cut the beets into four parts and cook in a third pan. Add sugar to turnips, carrots and beets.
  • While the vegetables are boiling, cut the onion into cubes, dill - not very finely, cut the cabbage several times so that it is not long. As they are ready, we also cut the vegetables into cubes: first the potatoes, then the carrots, and then the turnips, and last we cut the beets. Pour oil over the chopped beets, and in addition to oil, add vinegar to the potatoes, carrots and turnips.
  • Place potatoes, carrots, turnips, sauerkraut, onions, green peas, dill in a large bowl. Salt, pepper, sprinkle with vinegar, oil and mix. Add the beets last and mix everything thoroughly again.

Garnish each serving with green peas and dill. A tasty, lean, healthy and beautiful vinaigrette is ready! This is not turnips and onions.

KBJU per 100 g: proteins – 1.85; fats – 0.12; carbohydrates – 9.83; calorie content – ​​46.65.

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Dish “Simpler than steamed turnips”

An experimental dish that answers the question “What is the fastest way to cook turnips?”

Product List:

  • Greens for decoration
  • Vegetable oil
  • Salt.

We will boil, bake, fry and steam turnips.

  • First we will cook the turnips. We cut off the tail and stalk of the washed turnip; we do not peel the turnip - we will boil it in the skin, put it in a saucepan and pour in enough water to cover the vegetables. Salt, cover with a lid and put on fire. The turnips will be cooked in about 19 minutes. Cut into slices, decorate and serve.
  • We bake turnips. We also cook in the peel, cutting off the tail and stalk from the turnip. Place the turnips in a preheated oven and keep at 240 degrees for 16 minutes. We clean the turnips, cut them and decorate with herbs.
  • To fry, turnips must be peeled and cut into thin strips. Heat a cast-iron frying pan with a thick bottom well, pour in oil, add turnips, salt and fry for 11 minutes, stirring constantly. Place the finished turnips on a plate and decorate.
  • And finally, we will steam the turnips in a double boiler. We don’t clean the turnips, but only cut off the tail and stalk. Steamed turnips will be ready in 23 minutes. Serve whole.

So, it turns out that lean turnip dishes can be prepared most quickly by frying. Do we really have to redo the proverb and now say “Easier than fried turnips”?

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For many, turnips may seem like an unattractive vegetable, but in ancient times they were used to prepare all sorts of dishes. So what dishes can be prepared from this vegetable? In this article I will tell you the most popular recipes for making turnips.

Recipe for turnip casserole:

Required ingredients:

  • 4 medium turnips
  • 3 slices of loaf
  • 1 onion
  • 50 g hard cheese
  • salt, ground black pepper to taste

Cooking method

Preheat the oven to 160 C.

Peel the turnips, cut into slices, and place in a colander.

Boil water in a large saucepan and place a colander with turnips in it for 32 minutes. Then leave the blanched turnips in a colander for a while to drain off excess moisture.

Lightly grease the baking dish with vegetable oil. Do not overdo it, otherwise the casserole may turn out liquid. Place the loaf pieces in a dense layer on the bottom of the mold. Then place the turnip slices on the bread, salt, pepper and sprinkle with cheese. Next, add another layer of white bread, the remaining turnips, salt and pepper again and sprinkle with cheese.

Bake the dish in the oven for 25 minutes.

Steamed turnip recipes:


Required ingredients:

  • 2 medium turnips
  • 2 tbsp. spoons of butter
  • salt to taste
  • milk
  • dry dill or parsley

Preheat the oven to 180 C.

Three cooking methods:

1 recipe for steaming turnips

To prepare steamed turnips for a child, peel them and cut them into slices. Then fill it with milk, salt to taste, sprinkle with dry dill or parsley, add butter and bake in the oven for 40 minutes.

2 recipe for steaming turnips

Peel the turnips and cut into slices. Place it in a thin-walled pan, add milk, salt, add butter and place it in a second pan of boiling water to cook. Don't forget to cover the steamed turnips with a lid. Steam it for about 35-45 minutes.

3 recipe for steaming turnips in a double boiler

Wash the turnips and place them in a steamer. Cook for 20 minutes, then remove the skin, cut into thin slices, add salt, add butter and serve.

Recipe for turnips with stew:


Required ingredients:

  • 300 g potatoes
  • 1 carrot
  • 150 g frozen green peas
  • 1 onion
  • 2 glasses of water
  • 400 g zucchini
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 50 g vegetable oil

Cooking method

Peel the potatoes, cut into large pieces and place in a saucepan. Pour two glasses of hot water and cook over high heat for 5 minutes without a lid.

While the potatoes are cooking, peel all other vegetables.

Cut the onion into half rings, carrots into thin slices. Turnips and zucchini - in halves or quarters of circles, but thick enough. The thickness of the pieces should be approx. 1 cm.

Place in the pan in layers: onions, carrots, turnips, zucchini. Lightly add salt to each layer. Place green peas on top and pour vegetable oil over the stew.

Cover with a lid and cook the turnip stew over medium heat for about 15 minutes. The water remains at the bottom of the pan, so the potatoes in the stew are boiled, but all other vegetables are not covered in water and are steamed.

Recipe for turnip and chicken soup:


Required ingredients:

  • 100 g boiled chicken fillet
  • 1 tbsp. spoon of rice
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 onion
  • 500 g chicken broth
  • 1 turnip
  • salt, herbs to taste
  • vegetable oil for frying

Cooking method

Cut the chicken fillet into small cubes and put it in chicken broth, put it on the fire and bring to a boil. Place rice.

Peel the carrots, turnips and onions, and cut the onions into small cubes, the turnips into medium cubes, and the carrots into strips.

First fry the onion in vegetable oil, then add the carrots and turnips, fry for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Place the fried vegetables in a saucepan, add salt and pepper to taste and cook for 5 minutes.

When serving, sprinkle with herbs.

Recipe for stewed turnips with raisins and apples:


Required ingredients:

  • 300 g turnips
  • 6-7 apples
  • 100 g raisins
  • 1-2 tbsp. spoons of butter
  • sugar to taste

What could be simpler than boiled turnips? Only turnips stewed and baked. As you understand, today we will talk about this vegetable. Unfortunately, many do not include it in their diet because they do not know how to cook turnips deliciously. We will open the culinary curtain and learn how to prepare healthy and nutritious dishes from it.

Turnip porridge couldn't be easier!

How to cook turnips quickly and tasty? Yes, it’s very simple: cook porridge from it. It can be made both sweet and salty. It all depends on your preferences. Unsweetened porridge goes perfectly in taste with pickled cucumbers and cabbage.

Compound:

  • 2 medium turnips;
  • softened butter;
  • table salt;
  • granulated sugar;
  • turmeric.

Preparation:

  • We wash, peel and boil the turnips in slightly salted water. A little secret: to make the vegetable cook faster, cut it into pieces.

  • Cool the turnips slightly and grind them into a puree. This can be done manually with a masher or blender.

  • Now add turmeric to taste and mix.
  • Next, you can go in two ways: salt the porridge or add granulated sugar to it. Choose for yourself.
  • But in any case, season the turnip porridge with butter.

Vegetable platter

If you don't know how to cook turnips, try this recipe. Turnips stewed with vegetables and herbs will be an excellent side dish for lunch or dinner. By the way, this recipe can be prepared in a slow cooker.

Compound:

  • 1 large turnip;
  • 2 carrots;
  • onion head;
  • fresh herbs;
  • blend of spices;
  • table salt;

Preparation:

  • Let's prepare the vegetables: peel, rinse them and cut them into equal cubes.
  • Take a thick-walled pan or frying pan and saute the carrots in vegetable oil.

  • Add the onion to the carrots, fry for a couple of minutes and add enough water to cover the vegetables. Simmer for 3-5 minutes, remembering to stir.

  • It's time to add the turnips to the pan, as well as salt and season the dish with spices.

  • Simmer the vegetables until the turnips are ready, and then add the chopped herbs.

  • After 2-3 minutes, remove the pan from the stove.

This is the easiest way to prepare stewed turnips. You can add your favorite ingredients to this dish, for example, meat, mushrooms, and a variety of vegetables. It will be very tasty.

Delicious quick salad

We offer a recipe for a fortified and very healthy salad with kohlrabi and young turnips. And lime juice and liquid honey will give it a unique aroma and exquisite sweet and sour taste.

Compound:

  • 400 g kohlrabi cabbage;
  • 250 g turnips;
  • 2 tbsp. l. freshly squeezed lime juice;
  • 2 tsp. liquid honey;
  • 1 tsp. sesame oil;
  • green onion feathers;
  • table salt;
  • ground black pepper.

Preparation:

  • Free the kohlrabi from the hard stems and cut its leaves into thin strips.
  • We clean the turnips and cut them into small random pieces.
  • Grind the turnips and kohlrabi in a food processor.
  • Let's prepare the salad dressing: mix lime juice (it can be replaced with lemon juice) with honey, sesame oil, salt and season with pepper. Mix everything thoroughly. If desired, you can add a spoonful of peanut butter.
  • Chop the green onion feathers and add them to the vegetable mass.
  • Add dressing to the salad and mix.
  • Leave for 15-20 minutes in the refrigerator and serve.

Turnip with a surprise

Want to turn an ordinary vegetable into a delicious dish? And even with a surprise inside? Prepare the stuffed turnips in the oven. Shall we try?

Compound:

  • 5-6 pcs. turnips;
  • 300 g white mushrooms;
  • bulb;
  • 50 g butter;
  • 50 g sifted flour;
  • 2 eggs;
  • fresh herbs;
  • 50 g ground crackers;
  • salt;
  • ground black pepper.

Preparation:

  • Boil 1 egg, hard-boiled as always, peel it and chop it.
  • We clean the turnips, add salt and boil until tender.
  • Remove the finished turnips and cool. Now we need to cut off the tops of the vegetables, up to approximately 1 cm from the edge.
  • Using a spoon, carefully scoop out the pulp. The main thing is to maintain the integrity of the edges.
  • We clean the mushrooms and onions, cut them into cubes and fry in butter until tender.
  • Transfer the onion-mushroom mixture into a cup and add ground crackers and egg.
  • Wash and chop the greens, add them to the mushrooms and onions.
  • Mix the resulting filling thoroughly and stuff the turnips with it.
  • Beat the egg and use a whisk to brush the turnips with it. Then roll the vegetable in ground breadcrumbs.
  • Place the stuffed root vegetables on a baking sheet, seasoned with butter, and pour in water so that the liquid is at the level of 1-2 centimeters.
  • Bake the stuffed turnips at a temperature of 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
  • Serve with your favorite sauce.

How to cook turnips for a child? In general, it is not recommended to introduce such a vegetable into the diet of children, but older children will enjoy cabbage soup in pots. And adults will be happy to taste this first course.

Compound:

  • 300 g of any meat;
  • 2 onions;
  • 2 carrots;
  • turnip;
  • apple;
  • 0.5 kg sauerkraut;
  • 2-3 garlic cloves;
  • salt;
  • 2-3 tbsp. l. tomato paste;
  • ground black pepper;
  • 2 laurel leaves;
  • refined vegetable oil.

Preparation:

  1. Wash the meat, dry it and cut it into small cubes. It is better to use beef - this way the broth will be rich.
  2. Fry the meat pieces in vegetable oil until golden brown and transfer them to pots.
  3. Pour filtered water into the pots so that the liquid completely covers the meat.
  4. Place the pots in the oven and simmer the meat for 40 minutes. The optimal temperature threshold is 180 degrees.
  5. Peel the vegetables and cut into small cubes.
  6. Saute the onion in vegetable oil, then add turnips and carrots to it and fry until tender.
  7. At the very end, add the chopped apple to the pan.
  8. Now take out the pots and place the roasted vegetables in them.
  9. Then distribute the cabbage and tomato paste.
  10. Salt, pepper, add bay leaves and chopped garlic cloves.
  11. We send the pots back to the oven and simmer the dish for 2-2.5 hours at a temperature of 170 degrees.

Turnips are very rarely used by housewives in cooking, but in vain. After all, it contains many minerals, vitamin C and essential oils. Let's find out together the recipes for what delicious things can be made from turnips.

Turnip soup recipe

Ingredients:

  • turnip – 155 g;
  • red sweet pepper – 55 g;
  • carrots – 75 g;
  • onion – 65 g;
  • parsley and celery root – 1 pc.;
  • vegetable or meat broth – 315 ml;
  • spices;
  • cream – 205 ml;
  • vegetable oil.

Preparation

We thoroughly wash the vegetables, process them and cut them into cubes. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan and fry the onion and carrots until translucent. Then we throw in parsley root, celery, bell pepper and turnip. Season with spices, brown for a few minutes, then add broth and cook the soup for 15 minutes until tender. Next, puree the contents of the pan with a blender, return it to the heat, pour in the cream and heat until hot.

Turnip salad recipe

Ingredients:

  • turnip – 650 g;
  • spices;
  • onion – 55 g;
  • fresh herbs - optional;
  • lean mayonnaise or vegetable oil - for dressing.

Preparation

We wash the turnips, peel them and grate them coarsely. Chop the processed onion into cubes and mix the vegetables in a bowl. Season with spices, garnish with fresh herbs and season with oil or mayonnaise.

Recipe for a hearty salad with turnips

Ingredients:

  • turnip – 355 g;
  • cheese – 125 g;
  • selected egg – 4 pcs.;
  • garlic – 10 g;
  • – 225 ml;
  • fresh dill - optional;
  • spices.

Preparation

We wash the turnips, clean them and chop them into strips. Squeeze the processed garlic through a press, and chop the cheese on a fine grater. Boil chicken eggs, peel and finely chop with a knife. Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl, season with olive mayonnaise and mix, garnishing the dish with fresh dill.

Recipe for turnips and potatoes in a slow cooker

Ingredients:

  • turnip – 315 g;
  • potatoes – 135 g;
  • vegetable oil – 15 ml;
  • greens - optional;
  • spices.

Preparation

Wash the turnips and potatoes, peel them and cut them into slices. Place all the vegetables in a bowl, pour in vegetable oil, add spices and mix with your hands. Pour water into the bottom of the multicooker, place a steamer basket on top and place the prepared vegetables there. Close the appliance with a lid, activate the “Steam” mode and cook the dish for 30 minutes. Before serving, pour oil over the dish and sprinkle with chopped herbs.

Roasted Turnip Recipe

Ingredients:

  • turnip – 6 pcs.;
  • butter – 45 g;
  • flour – 35 g;
  • vegetable oil – 30 ml;
  • milk – 755 ml;
  • bouillon cube – 0.5 pcs.;
  • cheese – 85 g;
  • spices.

Preparation

We wash the turnips, clean them and cut them into slices. Boil water in a large saucepan, add the vegetable there and cook for 10 minutes. Melt the butter, add the vegetable oil, add the flour and cook for 2 minutes. Next, slowly pour in the milk and, stirring constantly, boil the mixture for another 5 minutes. Add some salt to the sauce to taste, add the crumbled bouillon cube and mix well. Place soft turnip slices in an even layer in a mold, fill with milk mixture and sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake the dish for 15 minutes at 200 degrees.

Turnip puree recipe

Ingredients:

Preparation

We clean the turnips, place them in a deep saucepan and fill them completely with water. Add salt to taste and cook until soft. Next, mash the contents of the dish with a masher, add butter, pour in warm milk, break the eggs and throw in the breadcrumbs. Mix everything and put the resulting vegetable puree into a ceramic form. Level the surface, coat it with sour cream and bake the dish in the oven for 15 minutes.

Many housewives cannot imagine how tasty and healthy turnips are, especially if they are cooked deliciously. In the article I will look at a special cooking method, which involves the use of special pots. First, the vegetable is boiled, then the inner pulp is removed with a spoon.

The thickness of the walls of the pot is approximately one and a half centimeters. At the end of the preliminary stage, the pots are filled with minced meat. I like to experiment with fillings - I use sweet porridge, mushroom and meat ingredients. I take any meat, but for mushrooms I prefer oyster mushrooms.

Turnips in a pot with mushrooms

Regardless of the filling chosen, I note that the dish in natural pots will turn out to be very aromatic.

Ingredients:

  • wild mushrooms – 300 g;
  • onions – 2 pcs.;
  • sunflower oil – 30 ml;
  • spicy tomato sauce – 125 ml;
  • salt and spices.

How to cook:

  1. Peel the mushrooms, chop finely, mix with chopped onion.
  2. Place the mixture in a frying pan, season with spices, and fry over low heat until the liquid has evaporated from the mushrooms and they are browned.
  3. Mix the resulting roast with chopped turnip pulp and fill the pots with the resulting mass.
  4. Place the natural pots with the filling in a mold, pour with tomato sauce.
  5. All that remains is to put it in the oven for a quarter of an hour at 190-200 degrees. Bake under foil.

If you don't like tomato sauce, feel free to replace it with milk-based sauce. As a result, you will get a different taste.

How to cook in a slow cooker

Turnips are rich in vitamins, carotene, fiber and mineral salts. Although it contains a lot of sugar, it is not high in calories.

The human body perfectly assimilates root vegetables. It counteracts inflammatory processes, relieves pain, and has a diuretic effect. Nutritionists recommend that people who want to lose weight include this vegetable in their diet.

In the old days, turnips were used to make parenka, which replaced sweets. It is suitable for purees and side dishes, it can be stuffed, baked, even stewed. I will teach you how to cook it in a slow cooker.

Ingredients:

  • turnip – 1 pc.;
  • minced meat;
  • eggs – 1 pc.;
  • onion – 1 head;
  • hard cheese – 100 g;
  • salt, spices.

Preparation:

  1. Carefully remove the skin from the vegetable with a thin, sharp knife.
  2. Turn on the multicooker, activate the “Soup” mode, boil the root vegetable until tender in water with a small amount of table salt. Check the degree of readiness by piercing with a fork.
  3. Peel the onion, chop finely, mix with egg and minced meat. All that remains is to add salt and mix thoroughly.
  4. Remove the core from the boiled vegetable and fill the resulting cup with filling.
  5. Pour a little oil into the multicooker container and place the workpiece. Cook for about an hour in the “Baking” mode.
  6. A quarter of an hour before the end, sprinkle with grated cheese.

Before serving, do not forget to sprinkle the treat with chopped herbs. I recommend serving with sour cream. Turnips cooked in a slow cooker go well with this fermented milk product.

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Cooking tasty turnips for a child - 3 recipes

I will present three recipes that are ideal for children. Each of them is good and unique. I advise you to prepare them all and choose the best one.

With sour cream

Ingredients:

  • turnip – 150 g;
  • sour cream – 50 ml;
  • onion – 20 g;
  • greens – 1 bunch.

Preparation:

  1. Carefully peel the main ingredient, place in a mold, add water and bake in the oven until half cooked.
  2. Take out the baking sheet, chop the root vegetable, mix with chopped onion and sour cream.
  3. Return the pan to the oven and bake until a crust forms.

Children will appreciate this treat. If your child doesn't like vegetables, pay attention to the second recipe.

With apples

Ingredients:

  • turnip – 4 pcs.;
  • butter – 50 g;
  • apples – 2 pcs.;
  • sugar – 50 g.

Preparation:

  1. Peel the turnips and cut into cubes. Place in a saucepan, add butter, a little water and put on the stove to simmer.
  2. After 15-20 minutes, add the chopped apples along with sugar and continue simmering until cooked.

If you cook turnips together with prunes, you will get a source of nutrients that will take care of the health of your children.

With prunes

Ingredients:

  • turnip – 1 kg;
  • flour – 30 g;
  • butter – 30 g;
  • milk – 300 ml;
  • prunes – 200 g;
  • sugar – 30 g.

Preparation:

  1. Chop the vegetable and place in boiling water for 5 minutes. During this time, the bitterness will go away.
  2. While the root vegetable is taking a “hot bath,” wash the prunes and remove the pits.
  3. Boil the prunes and drain in a colander.
  4. Prepare sauce from milk. Fry the flour in butter, add hot milk, bring to a boil.
  5. Add turnips with sugar and prunes to the sauce, stir, bring to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes.

All recipes are very simple. If you have turnips at your disposal, you will quickly and deliciously prepare wonderful dishes for your children at home.

Turnip is a yellow root crop whose diameter reaches 20 centimeters and weighs 10 kg. It is baked, stuffed, boiled, and added to salads. Store at low temperatures.

Useful properties

People have been paying attention to turnips for a long time. For example, they used to feed slaves in Persia, Egypt and Greece. She did not bypass Slavic cuisine, where she was present on the table of ordinary people and nobles. Nowadays, potatoes are preferred instead of this root vegetable.

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