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The lecho salad recipe came to us from abroad. Nevertheless, he gained extraordinary popularity. Almost every housewife should have several jars of this aromatic and tasty salad on her canned food shelf. It is noteworthy that the composition of the workpiece can be changed depending on your own preferences. The only constant ingredients in lecho are tomatoes and bell peppers. In addition to the main ingredients, you can add carrots, eggplants, cucumbers and zucchini to the salad. The classic Hungarian version also contains meat or sausage. In our country, lecho is usually prepared only from vegetables and is thicker than the Hungarians do. In this article we will see how to prepare cucumber lecho recipes for the winter.
The first version of cucumber lecho for the winter
For this spicy and delicious salad we will need:
- young small cucumbers – one kilogram;
- bell peppers – five pieces (large);
- fleshy ripe tomatoes - half a kilogram;
- hot pepper - one piece;
- garlic – from 5 to 8 cloves;
- onions – two pieces (large);
- carrots – 1 piece;
- carnation;
- sunflower oil;
- Dill seeds;
- allspice;
- coriander seeds;
- Bay leaf;
- salt to taste.
Place a deep frying pan on low heat, pour in refined sunflower oil and fry chopped onions and grated carrots in it.The vegetables should soften thoroughly, but not brown.
Tomatoes are washed under running water. Then the stalks are removed from them and the skin can be removed if desired. We also wash the bell pepper, cut it, cut out the stalks and remove the seeds. After this, grind the tomatoes and peppers with a blender or meat grinder. The resulting mass should be salted a little, added prepared spices to taste and put on low heat. Let the mixture boil, then throw in the cucumbers, which have previously been peeled and cut into circles. The lecho is boiled for at least three minutes, and then fried carrots and onions are added.
Next, we begin to prepare jars for lecho. They need to be thoroughly washed and sterilized. Then peeled garlic is placed at the bottom of each container, after which the lecho itself is poured. Place lids on top of the jars and place the containers in a large saucepan with water. We put it on low heat, wait until the water boils, and set it for exactly 20 minutes. After this time, it will be possible to roll up jars of lecho.
Turn each container upside down. Then the jars need to be wrapped in a blanket or blanket. We leave our preparations for a day so that they cool completely. Next, the blanks are stored in a cool, dark place.
Instead of fresh tomatoes, tomato paste works great. Before starting cooking, it should be diluted with water to form a mass similar to liquid sour cream. It is important to look at the composition of the paste. It should not contain preservatives. The paste itself has excellent preservative properties.
Cucumber lecho with tomatoes
For the second option treatment for the winter we need to prepare:
- small cucumbers – up to 2.5 kilograms;
- ripe fleshy tomatoes - up to 1.5 kilograms;
- garlic – from 5 to 10 cloves;
- sweet bell pepper – half a kilogram;
- table vinegar 9% - one spoon;
- refined sunflower oil – 50 ml;
- red hot pepper to taste;
- granulated sugar - about 100 grams;
- dill and coriander seeds;
- salt – 2 (heaped) tablespoons.
Peel and chop the tomatoes and peppers as in the first recipe. Then the vegetables are chopped using a meat grinder or other kitchen equipment. Now this liquid mass is placed on the stove and brought to a boil. After this, you can add all the spices to the mixture. Next, peeled and chopped cucumbers are added to the dish. The salad is boiled for another 10 minutes, after which sunflower oil and table vinegar are poured into it. As soon as the dish boils again, turn off the fire.
Place peeled and chopped onions and garlic into clean, sterilized jars. Immediately after them, the vegetable mass is poured into jars. Now each jar is rolled up with sterilized lids and left to cool upside down. After the salad has cooled completely, you need to move the workpiece to a cool place.
Conclusion
What skillful housewives do not cook from cucumbers. But few people know how to make lecho from this vegetable. Everyone is accustomed to the fact that this salad is prepared mainly with tomatoes and peppers, but certainly not with cucumbers. Although at first glance it looks a little strange, it actually turns out very tasty. Many housewives now prepare lecho with cucumbers. They claim that the taste of cucumbers is practically not felt in the dish. The fact is that cucumbers do not have a pronounced taste and can easily absorb the aroma and taste of other ingredients.You can choose any proposed cucumber lecho recipe and try to cook it. We are sure that after this, this preparation will definitely replenish your winter supplies.
In the end, we would like to bring to your attention a video about how else you can prepare lecho from cucumbers for the winter.
