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Every housewife has her favorite lecho recipe. This preparation is prepared from ordinary summer-autumn vegetables. But more interesting ingredients may also be present. For example, many people like to prepare this salad with zucchini or legumes. In this article we will look at different options for preparing lecho with beans for the winter. This preparation can even be used as a dressing for borscht. This is a universal dish that can be eaten on its own or in combination with various side dishes.
A classic version of preparing lecho for the winter with beans
Of course, the first thing you need to do is prepare all the components of the dish:
- ripe tomatoes – 3.5 kilograms;
- dry (preferably white) beans – 2.5 cups;
- sweet bell pepper (you can take fruits of any color) – 2 kilograms;
- sugar – 1 glass;
- vegetable oil – 250 ml;
- red hot pepper - to taste (1 piece or less);
- salt – 2 tablespoons;
- table vinegar - 2 tablespoons.
You can change the number of components depending on how much lecho you want to roll.
The beans should soften thoroughly. To do this, it is placed in water for the whole night. In the morning you will notice that the beans have greatly increased in size. Now you need to rinse it thoroughly in clean water.Then the beans are placed in a saucepan, filled with water and placed on low heat. There it should cook without a lid for 30 minutes. Since beans come in different varieties, you need to make sure they don’t start to boil.
Now leave the beans to cool completely, and in the meantime begin preparing the remaining components. Bell peppers should be washed under cold water, the tail and core should be cut off, and all seeds should be removed. After this, the pepper is washed again in water and cut in any convenient way. These can be slices of various widths, cubes or half rings. The main thing is that the pepper is not too small. It's time to prepare the tomatoes. First of all, they need to be washed thoroughly and the stalks removed. Then the fruits should be crushed to a smooth puree. To do this, you can use any method convenient for you.
Then the tomato puree is poured into a clean (preferably enameled) pan and placed on low heat. The mass should boil, after which salt and granulated sugar are added to it. After this, the mixture is boiled for another 20 minutes. When this time has passed, add chopped bell peppers to the tomato puree and cook the mixture again for 15 minutes, stirring from time to time.
Now it's time for the main ingredient. You can add boiled beans to the pan. Immediately after this, vegetable oil is poured into the container. The lecho is boiled for 10 minutes, after which vinegar is added to the mixture and the heat is immediately turned off. Lecho is poured into prepared containers and turned upside down with the lids. Also, the jars need to be wrapped in something warm and left until the salad has completely cooled.Store lecho in a cellar or other cool room.
Recipe for lecho with beans and eggplants
This version of lecho with beans for the winter is considered the most satisfying. It can be used as an independent side dish for meat dishes. Eggplants make lecho even more piquant and tasty. Below we will consider a detailed recipe with photos.
To prepare such a wonderful dish we will need:
- ripe eggplants – 2 kilograms;
- beans (dry) – about 3 cups;
- tomatoes (preferably fleshy and juicy) – about 2 kilograms;
- bell pepper (can be multi-colored) – 0.5 kilograms;
- onion – 0.5 kilograms;
- medium-sized carrots - 4 pieces;
- garlic - about 0.2 kilograms;
- hot red pepper (small) – 2 pcs. or less;
- table vinegar 9% - 0.5 cups;
- vegetable oil (preferably refined) – about 350 ml;
- granulated sugar - glass;
- salt – 4 tbsp. l. with a slide.
The beans are soaked and cooked as in the previous recipe. Tomatoes are also ground using a kitchen blender or passed through a meat grinder. Wash the eggplants and remove the stems. Then they are cut in any way. The main thing is that the cubes or slices are no more than 1 cm wide. Now they need to be sprinkled with salt and left for the salt to take effect for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes have passed, rinse the eggplants again and dry them with a napkin or towel. Now let's start with the garlic. It should be peeled and grated. Some housewives put garlic through a press. Then the hot pepper is crushed. Bell peppers are also peeled from seeds and stalks, and then the vegetable is cut into strips.The onion is cut into medium half rings.
It's time to start cooking. First of all, put a mixture of tomato mass, hot pepper, sunflower oil, garlic, granulated sugar and salt on the fire. All this should boil for 3 minutes, after which all the remaining vegetables are added to the salad. In this form, the workpiece is stewed for at least 25 minutes over low heat. Now it's time to add the beans. With it, the salad should cook for another 5 minutes. Then add table vinegar to the mixture and turn off the heat.
Prepared sterilized jars are filled with salad and rolled up. Then the containers should stand upside down until they cool completely. They are also covered with a warm blanket.
Conclusion
We saw 2 recipes for delicious lecho bean salad for the winter. Using the same principle, you can prepare green bean salad. Such preparations turn out to be very satisfying and really tasty. So be sure to please your loved ones with these winter salads.
