Cabbage cutlets for a child (from 3 years)

Even ancient people knew about the amazing properties of cabbage. They used cabbage leaves for medical purposes, as compresses.

This vegetable contains many vitamins and minerals necessary for the harmonious development of the child’s body.

In addition, cabbage helps accelerate tissue regeneration. Let’s figure out how to cook white cabbage cutlets by learning a few simple recipes.

Useful properties of cabbage

• White cabbage – a storehouse of vitamin A, affects metabolism, vision function, skin elasticity, healthy appearance of hair and nails.
• B vitamins support the functioning of the immune system, increasing the baby’s resistance to colds.
• Pantothenic acid accelerates the regeneration of mucous membranes.
• Cabbage contains vitamin C, which affects the permeability of capillaries and collagen production. It is a strong antioxidant that removes free radical particles.
• Vitamin K is an important part of the blood coagulation system.
• There is also vitamin U in cabbage leaves. In addition to cleansing the body of foreign particles, it has an important ability to heal erosion and ulcers.
• Potassium and calcium regulate the contractile function of skeletal muscles and the heart.
• Iron and magnesium are involved in the processes of hematopoiesis, hemoglobin binding of oxygen and its transfer to tissues.
• White cabbage is rich in folic acid. At an early age, it plays a major role in creating and maintaining cells in a healthy state.
• Fiber and coarse dietary fiber in cabbage stimulate active intestinal motility, and also cleanse the baby’s body of accumulated toxins.

Tips for introducing diet and cooking cabbage cutlets

• Due to its beneficial properties, white cabbage should be consumed from 6 months, but after the baby met zucchini, potatoes, and fruit juices.
• This vegetable, as a rule, does not cause an allergic reaction.
• Cabbage can cause bloating, so watch your baby after eating cabbage.
• Cabbage cutlets can be cooked both in a pan and baked in the oven.
• Do not fry the cabbage cutlets: just fry them until golden brown, because the three-year-old children still have a weak digestive system.
• When choosing a vegetable, focus on the type of stump: it should be white, without a dark rim or spots. If there are any, there is an excess of nitrates in the cabbage. Rinse the cabbage thoroughly in water.

Cabbage patties with the addition of semolina

Ingredients

• white cabbage – 0.5 kg;
• milk – 1 cup;
• chicken egg – 1 pc.;
• semolina – 3 tbsp. spoons;

• flour – 3 tbsp. spoons;
• breadcrumbs;
• salt.

Cooking steps

1. Prepare a head of cabbage: cut it and rinse thoroughly. Remove the top sheet.
2. Chop the vegetable.
   
3. Put the chopped cabbage in the oil preheated in a frying pan and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Do not cover.
4. When the dumb cabbage settles, pour the milk about the thickness of one finger and cover the pan with a lid. Continue to simmer until cooked. Milk can be added.
5. Do not burn cabbage.
6. Put the stewed vegetable in a colander to remove excess fluid.
7. Pass the stewed cabbage through a meat grinder.
   
8. Add semolina and mix. Add the resulting mass to a pan and heat it for 3 minutes.
9. Put the minced cabbage in a bowl, let it cool slightly and beat in the egg.
10. Add flour.
    
11. With wet hands, make cutlets from cabbage.
12. Bread cutlets in breadcrumbs.
    
13. Put them in a preheated pan. Fry on both sides until golden brown.
    

Oven baked cabbage patties

You will need

• white cabbage – 500 g;
• oatmeal – 3 tbsp. spoons;
• chicken egg – 2 pcs.;

• milk – 100 ml;
• butter – 2 tbsp. spoons;
• salt;

Cooking steps

1. Rinse the cabbage, cut it and chop.
2. Heat oil in a skillet, add cabbage. When it settles a little, add water and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Add oatmeal and salt.
4. Pour in milk and continue to simmer another 10 minutes.
5. Cool the resulting mass and add the eggs. Shuffle.
6. Put in the molds.
   
7. Bake in a preheated oven to 200 degrees for 30 minutes.
8. Serve with low-fat sour cream.
   

Video on how to make lean cabbage cutlets

From the presented video you will learn how to cook cabbage cutlets without adding eggs. The recipe is a little different: you need potatoes. In addition, semolina can be replaced with oatmeal. Cabbage cutlets will turn out lean and very tasty.

Prepare stewed cabbage or cabbage rolls, cabbage casserole or fresh cabbage soup for your child. Dishes from cabbage must be present in the baby’s diet, as this product has great nutritional value.

Cabbage is one of the richest vegetables for vitamins and minerals. It has anti-inflammatory properties, reduces the amount of cholesterol in the blood, and contains folic acid, which is necessary for the development of young children. Cabbage cutlets are prepared according to different recipes, with the addition of semolina or oatmeal.