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Every housewife has her favorite lecho recipe. This preparation is prepared from ordinary summer-autumn vegetables. But there may be more interesting ingredients as well. For example, many people like to cook this salad with zucchini or legumes. In this article, we will look at different options for cooking lecho with beans for the winter. Such a blank can even be used as a dressing for borscht. This is a versatile dish that can be eaten on its own or combined with various side dishes.
The classic version of cooking lecho for the winter with beans
Of course, the first step is to 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 you want to roll lecho.
The beans should be well softened. To do this, it is placed in water for the whole night. In the morning it will be noticeable that the beans have greatly increased in size. Now it must be thoroughly rinsed in clean water. Then the beans are placed in a saucepan, poured with water and put on a small fire. There it should cook without a lid for 30 minutes. Since the beans are different, you need to make sure that they do not start to boil soft.
Now the beans are left to cool completely, and in the meantime, they begin to prepare the remaining components. Bulgarian pepper should be washed under cold water, cut off the tail and core, and remove all seeds. After that, the pepper is washed again in water and cut in any convenient way. It 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 thoroughly washed and the stalks removed. Then the fruits should be crushed to a state of homogeneous 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 put on low heat. The mass should boil, after which salt and granulated sugar are added to it. After that, the mixture is boiled for another 20 minutes. When this time has passed, chopped Bulgarian sweet pepper is added to the tomato puree and the mixture is boiled again for 15 minutes, stirring from time to time.
Now it’s time for the main ingredient. You can pour boiled beans into the pan. Immediately after it, vegetable oil is poured into the container. Lecho is boiled for 10 minutes, after which vinegar is added to the mass and the fire is immediately turned off. Lecho is poured into prepared containers and turned upside down with lids. Also, the jars must be wrapped in something warm and left until the salad has completely cooled. Store lecho in a cellar or other cool room.
Lecho recipe with beans and eggplant
This option of lecho with beans for the winter is considered the most satisfying. It can be used as an independent side dish for meat dishes. Eggplant makes lecho even more piquant and tasty. Below is a detailed recipe with photos.
To prepare such a wonderful dish, we need:
- ripe eggplant – 2 kilograms;
- beans (dry) – about 3 cups;
- tomatoes (preferably fleshy and juicy) – about 2 kilograms;
- bell pepper (can be multi-colored) – 0,5 kilograms;
- onions – 0,5 kilograms;
- medium-sized carrots – 4 pieces;
- garlic – about 0,2 kilograms;
- hot red pepper (small) – 2 pcs. or less;
- table 9% vinegar – 0,5 cups;
- vegetable oil (preferably refined) – about 350 ml;
- granulated sugar – a glass;
- salt – 4 tbsp. l. with a hill.
The beans are soaked and boiled, as in the previous recipe. Tomatoes are also ground with a kitchen blender or passed through a meat grinder. Eggplants are washed and the stalks are removed. 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 act for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes have passed, rinse the eggplant again and dry with a napkin or towel. Now on to the garlic. It should be cleaned and grated. Some housewives pass garlic through the press. Then crush the bitter pepper. Bulgarian pepper is also cleaned from seeds and stalks, and then the vegetable is cut into straws. The onion is cut into medium half rings.
It’s time to start cooking. First of all, a mixture of tomato mass, hot pepper, sunflower oil, garlic, granulated sugar and salt is put on 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 table vinegar is poured into the mass and the fire is turned off.
Prepared sterilized jars are filled with salad and rolled up. Next, the containers should stand upside down until completely cooled. They are also covered with a warm blanket.
Conclusion
We saw 2 recipes for a delicious lecho bean salad for the winter. By the same principle, you can prepare a salad of green beans. Such preparations are very satisfying and really tasty. So be sure to please your loved ones with these winter salads.
