Zucchini caviar is an excellent dish for those who care about their beauty and their health. But at the same time, this snack remains tasty and satisfying. Thanks to modern culinary technologies, cooking caviar has become much easier; this can be done using a multicooker. Some people cook caviar in a slow cooker for the winter so they can enjoy the taste of zucchini for a long time.
Cooking secrets
How to cook squash caviar in a slow cooker? IN traditional recipe includes carrots, salt, tomato paste, pepper, and onion. Using these ingredients for cooking, you will get a snack with a small amount of calories, fat and simple carbohydrates. These vegetables contain pectin, which takes a long time to digest, so eating one sandwich is enough to satisfy your hunger. Zucchini contains a huge amount of magnesium, a chemical element that normalizes the functioning of the cardiovascular system. In addition to magnesium, zucchini contains phosphorus, iron and other trace elements.
It is necessary to follow several rules that will help avoid losing zucchini during cooking in a slow cooker:
- The vegetables you select should be medium in size. The length of one zucchini should be 15-16 centimeters. When purchasing, pay attention to the integrity of vegetables. The peel should not be hard.
- It is advisable that the multicooker pan have thick walls.
- Vegetables must be thoroughly chopped, then you can achieve the desired consistency. An ordinary meat grinder is not suitable for this procedure. It is best to use a blender. In order to obtain a homogeneous mass, add potato starch, literally a couple of tablespoons.
- Next, you can “marinate” the slices. To do this, they must be placed in salt water for half a day. Then they must be given away and drained in a colander.
- After some time, the zucchini caviar in the slow cooker will begin to become dry. To prevent this from happening, the device must be disconnected for twenty minutes and then reconnected.
- The appetizer will be delicious if only the zucchini is slightly fried. As they fry, they should take on a golden hue. Fry in a frying pan using sunflower oil.
These simple rules will help you prepare the snack correctly.
Various cooking recipes
You can prepare the dish just like in the store. But the homemade dish does not have preservatives, GMOs, or any other harmful additives.
Recipe for squash caviar in a slow cooker according to GOST:
- three kilograms of zucchini;
- five tablespoons of olive oil;
- two small carrots;
- two glasses of tomato paste;
- three onions;
- one teaspoon of ground black pepper;
- one teaspoon of red pepper;
- one tablespoon of table salt.
Before cooking, zucchini should be washed, peeled and seeds removed. Next, they need to be cut into cubes. Use vegetable fat to grease the surface of the pan. Next you need to fry the vegetables, do not forget to stir the cubes.Then you need to fry the chopped onions and carrots in the same oil. Before frying, you need to grate the carrots and chop the onion.
All ingredients must be mixed in a blender. The mixture should be in the form of a puree. You need to add paste to the puree, namely half of the total volume. The resulting mass should be placed in a slow cooker. At the end of a quarter of an hour, open the multicooker lid and add the second half of the tomato paste, cook until fully cooked. So, squash caviar is prepared according to GOST.
Once the caviar is cooked, you can preserve the product to increase shelf life. The jar must be sterilized by boiling for ten minutes.
How to prepare squash caviar in a slow cooker with bell pepper? Required ingredients:
- two small peppers;
- five zucchini;
- one tablespoon of sugar;
- one carrot;
- one small onion;
- three heads of garlic;
- 2 tablespoons olive oil;
- salt;
- ground black pepper.
Vegetables must be rinsed and peeled using a vegetable peeler. Also cut the zucchini into cubes. The seeds in the bell pepper must be removed, after which it must be chopped together with the onion. Carrots should be cut into strips.
Prepared products must be placed in a slow cooker. Next, you need to select the “Baking” mode for twenty minutes. When baking is finished, turn off the multicooker and transfer the resulting product to a blender. Don't forget to add garlic to the blender, which must be chopped in advance. Then you need to beat everything thoroughly.The resulting mixture must be placed back into the multicooker, and then select the “Pilaf” menu for half an hour.
Special cooking recipe
This squash caviar with mayonnaise in a slow cooker. It looks like this:
You will need the following ingredients:
- 2-3 kilograms of zucchini;
- half a glass of tomato paste;
- four tablespoons of dry paprika;
- 3-4 large onions;
- one glass of mayonnaise;
- three tablespoons of vegetable oil (it should be odorless);
- three tablespoons of granulated sugar;
- salt;
- white pepper.
Wipe the vegetables with a damp cloth. There is no need to peel the skin; cut the vegetables into circles. The paste must be ground with dry paprika. It is necessary to lubricate the pan of the device with vegetable oil. Place the zucchini there, add three tablespoons of granulated sugar. You can additionally add some spices.
Select the “Milk porridge” option for a quarter of an hour. When finished, add mayonnaise to the total mixture. Next, you need to mix everything thoroughly. In this option, the product should be cooked for another 40 minutes. This recipe is also prepared in a slow cooker for the winter.
There are a lot of options for cooking zucchini caviar in a slow cooker. You can experiment. Bon appetit!
