Celery Recipes

Are you tired of same old food with cheese and broccoli and corn and the likes? Well then it is time for change if you are, because celery is here! Celery is basically a plant whose leaves, roots and stalks are eaten, and is categorized as a vegetable. It is a widely used ingredient all over, especially in Asian and Indian cuisine. The color and aroma of the celery is what makes it so special. If you are pondering over some celery recipes, let me tell you that the sky is the limit!

Celery Soups

Celery Soup Recipe #1

Ingredients

• Celery, 8 stalks
• Boiling water, 2 cups
• Butter, 1 tablespoon
• Flour, 1 tablespoon
• Milk, 3 cups
• Salt
• Pepper

Method

• Wash the celery and scrape it. Then cut it into small pieces.
• Cook the celery till it becomes tender. If the water evaporates before the celery is cooked, pour more water.
• In the same water, mash the celery.
• The next thing you need to do is to scald the milk.
• Take a saucepan and melt the butter in it and add flour.
• Slowly add the scalded milk into the butter and flour.
• Stir continuously and let the mixture cook thoroughly.
• Take the celery and add this sauce to it.
• Strain the mixture, add seasoning for taste and serve hot with croutons.

Yummy! Isn't it? This would not suffice our gourmet explorations, when it comes to celery. Hence one more celery soup recipe is coming your way. Hang on!

Celery Soup Recipe #2

Ingredients

• Onion, 1 large slice
• Flour, 3 tablespoons
• Celery, 3 stalks
• Butter, 3 tablespoons
• Milk, 3 cups
• Cream, 1 cup
• Salt, 1 teaspoon
• Pepper, ½ teaspoon

Method

• Start off with breaking the celery stalks in pieces.
• Pound these in wooden bowls and mix it with onion and milk.
• Cook this mixture in a double boiler. Allow it to cook for 20 minutes.
• While this concoction is getting cooked, melt the butter and cook the flour along with the seasoning.
• Add the cream and then stir till the sauce thickens and boils.
• Strain this sauce into the celery and milk.
• There you are - just ladle out the delicious soup and serve it hot! Have it as soon as you prepare it!

These were a few easy to make soup recipes using celery. The galore of recipes is still not over. So, sit tight and check out salads made with celery!

Celery Salads

Celery Salad Recipe #1

Ingredients

• Celery, washed and chopped
• Crab meat
• Chicken, cold, boiled or roasted (according to preference), chopped into chunks
• Lettuce
• Russian dressing

Method

• Place the lettuce on a plate
• Mix celery, Russian dressing and chicken.
• In the middle of the lettuce leaves arrange this mixture well.

You are done preparing a fantastic delightful salad! Enjoy!

Celery Salad Recipe #2

Ingredients

For Salad:

• Green peas, cooked and cold
• Cheese (Swiss), grated
• Celery leaves, washed and chopped
• Lettuce

For Mayonnaise Dressing:

• Egg yolks, 2
• Olive oil, 2 cups
• Mustard, 2 teaspoons
• Vinegar, 2 tablespoons
• Pepper
• Salt

Method

Here is how you can prepare the Mayonnaise dressing -

• Mix 2 egg yolks with a teaspoon of pepper, a teaspoon of salt and 2 teaspoons of mustard.
• Add half a tablespoon of vinegar and a half cup of olive oil to that mixture slowly, while stirring it constantly.
• Just as the mixture thickens, add some more vinegar to thin it up.
• Continue adding vinegar and olive oil, till it is consumed by the mix.
• That's it, you have prepared the mayonnaise dressing

Now let's move on to making the salad.

• Here again, place some lettuce leaves on a plate.
• Mix the mayonnaise dressing, peas and celery.
• Arrange this at the center of the lettuce leaves formation.
• To top it up, embellish the salad with grated cheese.

What are you waiting for? Go on, try them out and satiate your taste buds with these gastronomic pleasures. Bon Appetit!