1. Soak the beans overnight. Drain the liquid and blend all the ingredients in a food processor until fine. Transfer it to a bowl, cover with cling foil and let it sit for 15-30 minutes. 2. Form into 10 even cutlets by squeezing it lightly and tapping with your hands. 3. Fry it for 5 minutes on each side with a generous amount of oil. 4. For mushroom sauce, fry the onion in a pan until translucent. Add the mushroom with salt and pepper, and fry until softened. 5. Add the flour and stir until everything is coated. Mix in the sour cream and water and mix until it thickens. 6. Lastly, add the dill and adjust the seasoning. 7. Serve with any form of potatoes and pickles! (Raw sauerkraut works very well here too).
I actually realized that I often find comfort in cooking and not necessarily eating… But I'm not veg so I won't share for the sake of not leaving meaty taste here 😉
People are commenting about cotlety and it being loved dish throughout Eastern Europe. I would say more. Because of Soviet Union cotlety became very popular in Central Asia as well! Cotlety are one of my favourite dishes as well. Sending love from Kazakhstan 💕
Oh, that's difficult, but my wife makes incredibly good lasagna, I really enjoy eating her carbonara too, but are they better than my grandma's pelmeni? It's difficult. To avoid trouble I choose my wife's food🤣🤣🫶
I use rehydrated minced dried soy bits and a few slices of white bread to mimic traditional pork cutlets. Works amazing! Sometimes I need to add in a bit of flour or mashed read beans, to help everything stay together.
I’m surprised there aren’t a lot of vegetarian Eastern European foods. Orthodox Christians fast like half the year, and there being so many Orthodox Christians in the East, one would assume recipes would be plentiful. I know Lithuania is historically not Orthodox, and Catholic fasting culture isn’t as stringent, but still… there must be a lot there to pick from if you search, especially pre-WWII recipes where virtually everyone fasted on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Cabbage roll and braised cabbage is not too bad with a mix of mushroom and tvp or Yves and mushroom. A soy rue with a bit of vinegar/lemon is the closest I've got for paprikash (the coconut versions are not it).
Ello! Half Srilankan half Scandinavian went vegan in the summer of 2023. I've just been testing vegan Frikadeller ( danish meatballs) it was a success and such a home comfort for me as I gave up the meat version 2 years ago. I'm now making them for a person dear to me. ❤
Sneaky meat products are what my paranoia is made of (and one of the main reasons I don't eat at restaurants). You think you're safe but you decide to risk looking stuck up/picky and ask the 'but there's like no meat in this dish, right' and turns out it's not paranoia when everyone is convinced any dish can be elevated with just a bit of the good oil or bacon. I mean everyone. I still remember when my aunt admitted the secret to her dough (for sweet pastry) is animal fat and told me it's just fat and a bit and doesn't count. Or when my grandfather tried to hide he uses (really greasy type of) bacon as a base for his famous sviečkovú. Buying premade pasta sauce is where having a vegetarian/vegan label would be greatly appreciated but noooo… No one needs those, right? 😅
Another meat oriented culture that people don't think of as such is Japan. Especially in rural areas, they often don't have veggie options or don't declare if they use meat or fish broth. Most memorable case that I found on the menu: "Vegetarion option (just a little bit meat)" 😅
That looks absolutely delicious. Im romanian, we have similar dishes, and we have vegan potatoes dishes: chips, roast potatoes, even mash (add the boiling water from the potatoes and oil instead of milk and butter). We also have potatoes salad, you can make it with hard boiled, sliced or cubed potatoes, olives, sliced pickled bell peppers and cucumbers, olives, sliced fresh onions and vinegrette sauce (vinegar, oil, salt). You can add fresh dill or parsley, it's delicious. Best of luck 😊
You can try jackfruit too, raw jackfruit can be cooked with variety of spices and gives a really nice texture, I've tried making pork pulled sandwich and it turned out so good so maybe that's an alternative worth trying
Non-vegetarian food is banned in Palitana city of India. It's the first city in the world where it is illegal from butchering meat to serving non-vegetarian food.
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You can easily improvise with the cutlets. They turn out drier than the ones with meat so you can add cooked mushrooms to add some juiciness.
For cutlets:
200g dried beans
1 onion
15g dill
15g parsley
5 garlic cloves
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
4 tbsp milk
3 tbsp breadcrumbs
Mushroom sauce:
1 onion, finely diced
250g mushroom, sliced
1 tbsp flour
3 tbsp sour cream
200ml water
Handful of dill, chopped
Pepper
Method:
1. Soak the beans overnight. Drain the liquid and blend all the ingredients in a food processor until fine. Transfer it to a bowl, cover with cling foil and let it sit for 15-30 minutes.
2. Form into 10 even cutlets by squeezing it lightly and tapping with your hands.
3. Fry it for 5 minutes on each side with a generous amount of oil.
4. For mushroom sauce, fry the onion in a pan until translucent. Add the mushroom with salt and pepper, and fry until softened.
5. Add the flour and stir until everything is coated. Mix in the sour cream and water and mix until it thickens.
6. Lastly, add the dill and adjust the seasoning.
7. Serve with any form of potatoes and pickles! (Raw sauerkraut works very well here too).
Making vegetarian Eastern European food is hard.
Looks amazing❤
Very cool, i wanna try
skanaus🤌🤌🤌 skanu atrodo
this is as Lithuanian as Polish at the same time. I can't stop salivating rn.
You like it it could be your comfort food.we people eating more gross things as comfort food.😂
I actually realized that I often find comfort in cooking and not necessarily eating… But I'm not veg so I won't share for the sake of not leaving meaty taste here 😉
People are commenting about cotlety and it being loved dish throughout Eastern Europe. I would say more. Because of Soviet Union cotlety became very popular in Central Asia as well! Cotlety are one of my favourite dishes as well. Sending love from Kazakhstan 💕
Oh, that's difficult, but my wife makes incredibly good lasagna, I really enjoy eating her carbonara too, but are they better than my grandma's pelmeni? It's difficult. To avoid trouble I choose my wife's food🤣🤣🫶
she's the most girlfriend material person I've ever seen… !!❤
I use rehydrated minced dried soy bits and a few slices of white bread to mimic traditional pork cutlets. Works amazing! Sometimes I need to add in a bit of flour or mashed read beans, to help everything stay together.
I didn’t know you can make falafels with just soaked beans, not cooked ones. Btw looks delicious!
I think my lithuanian comfort food is zepelinas but they're a bit of an effort to make and pop easily when boiling
Beans and Rice or Mac & Cheese are my comfort foods
omfg, I was like. She seems familiar..
Then she said "kotletai".
I see.
Anyway, the most impressive Lithuanian speaking English I've heard yet. But I guess times are changing, even in Lithuania 😀
Pirogi. I'm teaching my son how to make them. 🙂
Do you have a vegetarian alternative to cepelini?
I’m surprised there aren’t a lot of vegetarian Eastern European foods. Orthodox Christians fast like half the year, and there being so many Orthodox Christians in the East, one would assume recipes would be plentiful. I know Lithuania is historically not Orthodox, and Catholic fasting culture isn’t as stringent, but still… there must be a lot there to pick from if you search, especially pre-WWII recipes where virtually everyone fasted on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Cabbage roll and braised cabbage is not too bad with a mix of mushroom and tvp or Yves and mushroom. A soy rue with a bit of vinegar/lemon is the closest I've got for paprikash (the coconut versions are not it).
Can’t believe I only just stumbled on your channel. I’m a meat eater, but your food is incredible and so appetising. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Ello! Half Srilankan half Scandinavian went vegan in the summer of 2023. I've just been testing vegan Frikadeller ( danish meatballs) it was a success and such a home comfort for me as I gave up the meat version 2 years ago. I'm now making them for a person dear to me. ❤
Yum!
😋😋
Sneaky meat products are what my paranoia is made of (and one of the main reasons I don't eat at restaurants). You think you're safe but you decide to risk looking stuck up/picky and ask the 'but there's like no meat in this dish, right' and turns out it's not paranoia when everyone is convinced any dish can be elevated with just a bit of the good oil or bacon. I mean everyone. I still remember when my aunt admitted the secret to her dough (for sweet pastry) is animal fat and told me it's just fat and a bit and doesn't count. Or when my grandfather tried to hide he uses (really greasy type of) bacon as a base for his famous sviečkovú. Buying premade pasta sauce is where having a vegetarian/vegan label would be greatly appreciated but noooo… No one needs those, right? 😅
I’m Polish from Kujawy region and we love this dish too. Minus mushroom sauce for me
Another meat oriented culture that people don't think of as such is Japan. Especially in rural areas, they often don't have veggie options or don't declare if they use meat or fish broth. Most memorable case that I found on the menu: "Vegetarion option (just a little bit meat)" 😅
That looks absolutely delicious. Im romanian, we have similar dishes, and we have vegan potatoes dishes: chips, roast potatoes, even mash (add the boiling water from the potatoes and oil instead of milk and butter). We also have potatoes salad, you can make it with hard boiled, sliced or cubed potatoes, olives, sliced pickled bell peppers and cucumbers, olives, sliced fresh onions and vinegrette sauce (vinegar, oil, salt). You can add fresh dill or parsley, it's delicious. Best of luck 😊
You can try jackfruit too, raw jackfruit can be cooked with variety of spices and gives a really nice texture, I've tried making pork pulled sandwich and it turned out so good so maybe that's an alternative worth trying
Non-vegetarian food is banned in Palitana city of India. It's the first city in the world where it is illegal from butchering meat to serving non-vegetarian food.
2025 is about to be my borscht and blini era 🔥🙏🏽🤤
Amo i tuoi look! Questo maglione è stupendo
What country is potato eastern european? Surely thats all of them 😂
My comfort food would either be a good soup or Sauerkraut with sausages and bread.
We need vlogs when u visit your country🥰
Looks very Polish too 😊