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Recipe for Vegetarian Broccoli and Spinach Cutlets
Recipe for Vegetarian Broccoli and Spinach Cutlets
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Broccoli and spinach cutlets are a simple and healthy dish for those who want to add variety to their menu. They will be even tastier in the company of a light yogurt sauce with mint and lemon zest.

Recipe for Vegetarian Broccoli and Spinach Cutlets
Recipe for Vegetarian Broccoli and Spinach Cutlets

Ingredients

For cutlets:

  • 400 g fresh spinach;
  • ½ a head of medium broccoli;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 1 cup bread crumbs
  • ¼ glasses of wheat flour;
  • ½ teaspoon dried garlic;
  • salt, pepper - to taste.

For the sauce:

  • 1/2 cup thick yogurt or low-fat sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 2 teaspoons chopped mint leaves
  • salt, pepper - to taste.

Preparation

broccoli cutlets: ingredients
broccoli cutlets: ingredients

If you don't have a blender, slicing broccoli and spinach is the most troublesome step.

Separate the fresh-stemmed broccoli florets from the stalk and try to chop as much as possible. Chop fresh spinach leaves finely.

broccoli cutlets: broccoli and spinach
broccoli cutlets: broccoli and spinach

Combine vegetables with the rest of the cutlet ingredients and blend until a paste is obtained. Knead the mixture with your hands to make sure there are no large pieces left in it.

broccoli cutlets: minced meat
broccoli cutlets: minced meat

Form 10-12 cutlets into equal sizes and dip each in a little lightly salted flour.

broccoli cutlets: cutlets in flour
broccoli cutlets: cutlets in flour

Fry the patties in a little vegetable oil over medium heat for 2-3 minutes on each side.

broccoli cutlets: ready-made dish
broccoli cutlets: ready-made dish

When the patties are ready, combine all the ingredients for the lemon-mint sauce and serve with the finished meal.

broccoli cutlets: sauce
broccoli cutlets: sauce

Healthy green patties can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.

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