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How nice it is to open a jar of fragrant salad from all kinds of summer vegetables in winter. One of the favorites is lecho salad. Such a preparation completely preserves the taste and aroma of all the components contained in it. This may include a wide variety of vegetables, but mostly lecho is made from tomatoes, bell peppers and onions. To make the salad tastier, you should choose only the most ripe and fresh vegetables. And to make the look of the workpiece more original, you can pick up fruits of different colors. Lecho can be cut in any way. Someone cuts the Bulgarian pepper into strips, and someone into small cubes. The main thing is that later it was convenient to eat such a salad.
But not all housewives like to make such blanks. Sterilizing lettuce jars is very inconvenient, and besides, they can crack. Then you need to very carefully remove the containers from the pan so as not to burn your fingers. Therefore, we decided to offer you options for preparing lecho without sterilization for the winter.
The first option for preparing lecho without sterilization
To prepare this delicious salad, we need:
- fleshy juicy tomatoes – two kilograms;
- Bulgarian multi-colored pepper – two kilograms;
- refined sunflower oil – half a liter;
- table 6% vinegar – half a glass;
- salt to taste;
- granulated sugar to taste;
- black allspice to taste.
The preparation of the ingredients begins with pepper. It is thoroughly washed under running water and all seeds and stalks are removed. The vegetables are then cut into pieces. It can be half rings, slices and cubes. Next, pour vegetable oil into a large frying pan and heat it on the stove. All chopped peppers are thrown there and fried.
Now let’s move on to tomatoes. They need to be poured with boiling water and left for two minutes. After that, the fruits are placed in cold water and the skin is removed. In this form, tomatoes should be ground with a meat grinder or chopped with a blender. Now you can send the tomato mass to the prepared pan.
The pan is put on the stove, turn on a small fire and bring to a boil. After that, salt, granulated sugar and allspice are thrown into it to taste. Next, fried peppers are added to the tomato mass and the salad continues to boil over low heat for 20 minutes.
A couple of minutes before readiness, table vinegar is poured into the workpiece and the fire is turned off. The salad is immediately poured into jars and rolled up. Containers for lecho must be prepared in advance. All jars are thoroughly washed with soda and scalded with boiling water. This method is very convenient, since you do not need to look for a huge pan to sterilize each jar of salad. Such lecho can be stored in the cellar for a long time.
Lecho with carrots without sterilization
To prepare such a spicy salad, you need to prepare:
- Bulgarian red and yellow pepper – 2 kilograms;
- ripe fleshy tomatoes – 3 kilograms;
- vegetable oil – 1 cup;
- large carrots – 4 pieces;
- incomplete glass of sugar;
- 2 tablespoons salt (or to taste)
- table vinegar – 8 tablespoons.
Cooking starts with tomatoes. They must be poured with boiling water and peeled. Carrots are peeled and chopped together with tomatoes using a blender or meat grinder. Then the liquid mass is put on a slow fire and boiled for 30 minutes.
While the tomato is languishing, you can start preparing the bell pepper. It is thoroughly washed under cold water and all the stalks are cut out. Then all the seeds are shaken out from each fruit. Now the vegetables are completely ready for cutting. You can do this in any way convenient for you. Large slices, half rings and small slices look very nice in a jar.
After the time has passed, peeled and chopped bell peppers are added to the tomato-carrot mass. Immediately after this, sunflower oil, salt and an incomplete glass of granulated sugar should be thrown into the pan. All this is boiled over low heat for another 30 minutes. Don’t forget to taste the dish for salt. More spices can be added as needed. Some housewives at first throw only part of the spices, and then they try and add as much as they need to taste.
Now you can turn off the fire and start rolling cans. Previously, all containers and lids are washed and sterilized in boiling water or in the oven. After seaming, the jars are put down with lids and wrapped in something warm. In this form, lecho stands until it cools completely. Then it is moved to any cool room.
Such a salad can not be rolled up, but eaten immediately. It keeps well in the refrigerator for up to a week. If you are afraid that you will not have time to eat everything, then you can reduce the amount of ingredients by 2 times. Although the salad turns out so tasty that it rarely stagnates in the refrigerator.
Conclusion
Not all housewives have a lot of time for preparations. Others simply feel sorry for wasting their precious time on such lengthy procedures as sterilization. That is why the recipes described above are so popular. This does not require a large number of dishes and huge pans. You can also be sure that the banks will not crack. Simply boil the salad and roll it into clean containers. It is much easier to sterilize empty jars than full ones. In addition, this can be done in a preheated oven or microwave. So, in general, you can do without water. Agree, saving time, you can make more blanks for the winter. We are sure that your family will enjoy such a delicious and mouth-watering salad!
