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Festive Lenten Table



Festive Lenten Table
Lenten menu for the festive table



In recent years, many people in Russia have followedtraditions, to return to Orthodoxy. And one of the first steps to believing for a huge number of people are posts, the observance of which not only strengthens the spirit, but, as scientists have already proved, helps cleanse the body. Therefore, some of us try at this time to adhere to a certain diet for the sake of recovery.







It is especially difficult to follow the goodintentions during holidays. So you want to treat yourself and your guests with delicious dishes! However, say the experienced "keepers of the post" and at this time it is quite possible to prepare beautiful, tasty, and besides also useful dishes. We offer you several recipes for festive, lean dishes.



Pumpkin patties (nikumany)



The native land of this dish is Japan. There pies with meat stuffing are sold in street stalls, it's national fast food, which is very convenient to refresh yourself on the run.



We suggest that you surprise the guests with a variationnikumanov. The postal version of these remarkable externals and, by the way, does not lose any meaty taste qualities, we will cook pies with stuffing from potatoes. So.



Ingredients:




  • 500 g pumpkin


  • 300 gr of flour


  • 5-6 large potatoes


  • 1 medium size zucchini


  • 1 eggplant


  • 1 onion


  • olive oil, salt



Festive Lenten Table
Lenten festive menu



Step-by-Step Recipe




  1. Wash the pumpkin, cut into pieces and boil in slightly salted water until soft


  2. Peel potatoes. Cut into small cubes


  3. Similarly we do with zucchini and eggplant


  4. Onion, too, finely chopped and fried until golden in vegetable oil


  5. Add the cubes of potatoes to the onions and fry a little more (minutes 2-3)


  6. Put in a frying pan zucchini and eggplant, salt


  7. Stew all vegetables together 10 minutes


  8. Pumpkin with a blender rub in puree


  9. In the pumpkin puree gradually add flour until you get an elastic dough that does not stick to your hands


  10. Divide dough into small balls


  11. Roll each a thin cake


  12. In the center of the flat cake we put stuffing - in our case it is stewed vegetables


  13. Raise the edges of the dough, pinching it so that in the middle there is a hole


  14. You need to cook for a couple. It is better to lay a steamer's grill with a thin cloth or gauze, so that the nikumans do not stick to it


  15. After 10 minutes, the nikumans will acquire an amazing golden color. This means that they are ready.



And another recipe for a festive fasting table. Now we offer you to prepare a salad, since this dish is the king of any feast.



Pineapple salad with mushrooms



Festive Lenten Table
Lenten festive menu, recipes



Pay attention: this salad should be prepared on the eve of the holiday, because in order to make it really tasty, it should, as they say, "soak". So.



Ingredients:




  • 1 can of canned pineapple


  • 300 g of fresh champignons


  • 2 pieces of grapefruit



Step-by-Step Recipe:




  1. Pineapples from a jar cut into small cubes


  2. Grapefruit cleaned of films and, placing in a salad bowl, chop


  3. Champignons cut into thin slices


  4. All the ingredients are mixed


  5. Put salad on the night in the bottom of the refrigerator



Do not be embarrassed that mushrooms for this festive lean dish will remain without heat treatment. Champignons, having absorbed grapefruit juice and pineapple syrup, will become sweet.



And you and your guests will like this salad.



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