Stew of zucchini - tasty, useful, cheap
Zucchini - one of the most favorite gifts of naturepractical housewives. After all, from the vegetable you can cook a lot of delicious dishes, while it pleasantly surprises at a price. Cheapness is explained by fairly simple growing conditions and good yields. Enjoying an inexpensive stew of zucchini, you will saturate the body with useful substances for a whole year ahead. Properties of the fetus, which ripens from May to August, discovered for themselves even the aborigines of America before our era - three thousand years ago.
In the 16th century, the vegetable conquered Europe and remainspopular to this day. Will there be another similar product from which you can prepare such a rich assortment of culinary creations? Caviar, fried and stewed, salads, adzhika, pancakes, pickles for the winter and even jam.
Secrets of cooking
The most popular dish from the useful gift of naturestill there is a vegetable stew. It can be prepared in various ways. When extinguishing vegetables, their useful properties are practically not lost - and this is the advantage of the dish. Simplicity and speed of cooking is another plus. The general requirements for cooking ragout with zucchini are simple. The size of the products and their proportions depends on the taste. A firm rule is to first extinguish foods that require longer heat treatment. If a culinary masterpiece with a favorite kind of meat is prepared, it is first stewed. The exception is minced meat. If this is a vegetable dish, the onions and carrots are the first to go to the nearest future. Delicate ingredients are placed at the end of cooking, as well as fresh herbs.
The original recipe for ragout with ground beef and beans
This culinary creation will be to taste for every man. After all, it is very nourishing, easy to digest and fills the body with proteins. Preparation takes 30-40 minutes.
Necessary ingredients:
ground beef - 500 g
zucchini - 500 g
tomatoes - 3 pcs
sweet pepper - 2 pcs
canned beans - 800 g
meat broth or water - 500 ml.
onions - 1 pc
paprika
greenery
salt.
Cooking method:
Slice the onion rings.
Clean and grind the main components with semirings. Other ingredients are also cut into large pieces.
First put the onions in a frying pan, then zucchini and sweet pepper.
Fry all the vegetables over a large fire, mixing thoroughly. When the vegetables are browned and the juice is released, put the stuffing on the frying pan.
When it becomes crumbly, we add meat broth, tomatoes and beans.
Stir, add spices and salt to taste.
Stew the dish should be about 10-15 minutes over medium heat. Do not cover with a lid.
Useful properties of stew
Zucchini is a dietary product. It contains 94% water, 5% carbohydrates, there are proteins - about 1%. Calories are the minimum. That is why various delicacies from this gift of nature can be boldly cooked during diets. In spring, the zucchini stew is ideally combined with fresh potatoes and greens. In summer it is best to cook it with seasonal vegetables. Have tomatoes ripened? Rather, add them to the pan and make the family happy.
Eggplant ripened? Then try adding them to the dish. This ingredient will make your culinary masterpiece very nutritious, so you can safely do without hard-to-digest meat. Pay attention to such herbs as basil and coriander. They will give your creation a specific flavor and taste.
