How to stew vegetables: cooking methods
Do you want to cook something tasty and healthy at the same time? There is a suggestion: stewed vegetables! Never cooked? Then we will tell you how to stew vegetables in order to get an original dish as a result.
What vegetables can be stewed
If you do not know what vegetables can be stewed, then in vain you torment yourself with doubts. Why? Because any vegetable can be cooked this way! For example, if you have eggplants, carrots, and nothing else in your refrigerator, then even with such a minimal set of products you will get a delicious dish. Enough to turn on the fantasy. You can use zucchini, potatoes, cabbage, bell peppers, tomatoes at the same time. With such a simple array of available vegetables, you can make a stew.
You can experiment! For example, simmer pumpkin with cream and add green peas at the end. An unusual and tasty dish will come out. By the way, young peas diversify any vegetable stew.
You can deliciously stew vegetables in various ways:
- in a frying pan;
- in a slow cooker;
- in the oven.
Each of the above methods has its own characteristics. Cooking in a skillet is the easiest way. Vegetables must first be fried, and then combine and add a small amount of broth to them. Simmer for 10-15 minutes. It is important to make sure that the ingredients do not melt completely, turning into a puree, and do not burn.
If you decide to cook something unusual from vegetables in the oven, then you need clay pots or a ceramic dish. In such dishes, the taste of the dish will be richer. But there is a drawback to this cooking method: you need to constantly add liquid to the vegetables so that they do not burn and are juicy. Also, cooking in the oven will take a lot of time.
You can emphasize the taste of stewed vegetables with various seasonings. This will make the dish more delicious.
But recently the multicooker has become the most popular “tool” for cooking. You do not need to spend a lot of time, constantly monitor the process. It is enough to place the necessary ingredients in the bowl, press a few buttons and enjoy the dish in half an hour.
If you have not yet decided how to stew vegetables deliciously, then you can try each method. You will compare the taste of a multicooker, skillet, and oven dish separately and choose the cooking method you like best.