Zucchini is a favorite vegetable for many.It can be prepared in different ways: you can steam it, fry it, stuff it, bake it; you can make a zucchini salad, or you can stock up on zucchini caviar for the winter. Every housewife has her own favorite zucchini recipe, and even more than one. Young zucchini have the best taste and are incredibly easy to digest. They can be added to children's menus, to the diet of patients recovering from illness, and also to the diet of people suffering from digestive problems. Due to their easy digestibility and low calorie content, various zucchini dishes and salads are among the most popular in weight loss diets. For zucchini salads, it is best to take young vegetables with soft skin. It must be said that the most popular is a salad made from fried zucchini. We have also saved up several such recipes for you.
Salads from roast zucchini
First, we present you a salad with zucchini and mayonnaise. This is a very tasty salad that goes well with meat dishes. We hope that this recipe will become your favorite. Ingredients:
- 4 small, thin zucchini
- 2 large onions
- 1 clove of garlic
- 200 grams of white yogurt
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons vegetable oil
- Juice of half a lemon
- 2 tbsp. spoons of mayonnaise
- 1 bunch of green onions
- Salt, pepper, sugar to taste
- A little bit of hot red pepper
Preparation:Cut the onion and zucchini into rings and fry in hot oil over low heat. Sprinkle with lemon juice and let the zucchini and onion cool. Add white yogurt to the vegetable mixture. Then mix mayonnaise and crushed garlic, salt, pepper, sugar, red pepper and chopped green onions. Put the vegetables in the resulting sauce, mix and put in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes so that the salad with zucchini is well soaked in the aromas.
Zucchini salad with cedar nuts
For four servings you will need:
- 4 small young zucchini
- A few cloves of garlic
- Handful of Pine Nuts
- Rosemary (or other herbs)
- Parmesan chips
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
Preparing this zucchini salad will take youyou about 15 minutes. Here's what you need to do: Wash the zucchini and cut it into cubes, without peeling it. Heat some oil in a large frying pan (it's better to use a wok) and fry the chopped garlic for 2 minutes. Then add the zucchini and a few rosemary leaves to the garlic. Fry for no more than 10 minutes; you want the zucchini to remain slightly crispy. Cool. In another frying pan, fry the nuts until golden (do not overcook them!), cool them. The flavor of this zucchini salad will be fully revealed when it is completely cold. Sprinkle it with toasted pine nuts, grated Parmesan and a light drizzle of balsamic vinegar. The zucchini salad with pine nuts will be even more delicious if you put the fried zucchini in a plastic box, close it tightly and put it in the refrigerator overnight. This will allow the aroma to infuse properly. The next day, all that remains is to add the nuts and balsamic vinegar.
Unusual zucchini salad with mint and garlic
To make it, despite all its unusualness, is verysimple. It can serve as a great side dish for fried sausages, dishes with mozzarella, goat cheese, grilled or barbecued fish, and even chicken or pork. You will need:
- Several small zucchini
- Garlic
- Red hot pepper
- Mint
- Olive oil
- Lemon
Using a vegetable peeler, slice the zucchini lengthwisethinner slices are possible. Place these slices on a grill pan or a real grill and lightly fry on each side. Transfer the fried slices to a plate and let them cool slightly. Sprinkle the slightly warm fried zucchini with salt (preferably sea salt) and freshly ground black pepper. Remove the seeds from the hot red pepper and chop it finely. Also finely chop half a clove of garlic and mix it with crushed hot pepper. Add this mixture to the salad in the amount that suits your taste. Then add a few leaves of fresh mint, torn by hand, to the salad, pour it with lemon juice and drizzle with olive oil. A salad of fresh zucchini with mint always becomes a real treat for gourmets, so we advise you to definitely try this recipe!
Can I make a salad of raw zucchini?
Since we're talking about barbecue and grilling,then we immediately offer a new recipe - a salad of raw zucchini with honey and poppy seeds. This salad will be the perfect accompaniment to a barbecue! What do you need for such a salad?
- Zucchini courgettes
- Transparent honey
- A little poppy
- Lemon or lime
- Garlic
- Olive oil
This salad is very easy and quick to make.Grate the zucchini on a coarse grater, then add olive oil, lemon or lime juice, honey, poppy seeds and crushed garlic to the zucchini (all in the proportion that seems most acceptable to you). Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve the salad as soon as possible (otherwise it will become too watery) with hot barbecue chicken or pork, shashlik or fried sausages.
Stocks for the winter
This vegetable is very good because you can make a zucchini salad for the winter, and even better - stock up on zucchini caviar. To prepare it, you will need:
- 3.5 kg zucchini
- A quarter kilogram of onion
- A glass of vegetable oil
- Fresh dill and parsley
- Approximately 2 tsp. sugar and salt
- Ground black pepper
- 5 tbsp. spoonfuls of vinegar
Cut the zucchini into circles and fry in oil,cool. Fry the onion cut into rings. Chop the greens. Mince the zucchini and onion or chop with a blender, then add the greens, vinegar and spices, mix well. Put into liter jars and sterilize for an hour and a half. We assure you, you will be pleased with this caviar. Enjoy your meal! We recommend reading:
