Zucchini caviar with carrots

Zucchini caviar with carrots is one of the most common types of preparations for the winter. It is stored for a long time and serves as a great addition to the main dish. To prepare the dish, zucchini and carrots are required. Depending on the recipe, you can get blanks with the addition of mushrooms, apples or tomatoes.

The benefits of squash caviar

Fresh vegetables that are used to prepare caviar contain vitamins and microelements (phosphorus, potassium, calcium, sulfur, etc.). Under the influence of high temperatures, many useful components are destroyed.

100 g of zucchini and carrot product contains about 90 kcal. It contains proteins (1 g), fats (7 g) and carbohydrates (7 g), so it is quite satisfying. Due to the low calorie content, it can be included in the menu even if you are on a diet.

With caution, caviar should be used with a tendency to stone formation in the kidneys and bladder. If there is a stomach ulcer or gastritis, then for cooking, you should choose recipes where tomatoes are not provided.

Cooking principles

To obtain squash caviar, the following principles must be observed:

• Caviar should be cooked in steel or cast iron containers with thick walls. So, with prolonged heat treatment, the components will not burn. Such dishes provide uniform heating, which has a positive effect on the taste of caviar.
• Young zucchini are selected, in which there is no thick crust, and the seeds have not yet formed. If mature specimens are used, then the peel is necessarily removed and the internal contents are removed.
• Carrots give the dish an orange hue and a sweet aftertaste. For cooking, choose small root crops with a bright color.

  

• Onion, garlic, pepper, tomato will help improve the taste of caviar. As a seasoning, you can use any spices, be sure to add salt and sugar.
• For canning, caviar is supplemented with vinegar or lemon juice.
• To make preparations for the winter, clean, sterilized containers are required that are twisted with lids.

Basic Recipes

The process of preparing caviar consists in chopping vegetables, their subsequent frying or stewing. This can be done in a pan or by placing the mixture in a slow cooker. Garlic, onions, tomatoes and other vegetables may be required to prepare the dish.

fried caviar

To prepare this type of squash caviar, 3 kg of zucchini and 1 kg of carrots and onions are required.

The cooking process includes the following steps:

1. All of these components are finely chopped, and then fried separately in a pan.
2. After frying, the vegetables need to be ground in a combine, mix and add a little salt.
3. The resulting mass is placed in a saucepan with a double bottom.
4. After 20 minutes, add 1 tbsp. l. vinegar and 2 tbsp. l. tomato paste.
5. On low heat, the dish should be simmered for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Ready caviar is rolled up in jars and covered with a warm blanket.

Caviar with tomatoes and carrots

Zucchini caviar with carrots, supplemented with tomatoes, is perfect for canning for the winter.

The dish is prepared as follows:

1. 0,8 kg of onion finely chopped. A similar amount of carrots is rubbed on a coarse grater.
2. The resulting mass is spread on a hot frying pan, salt and oil are first added.
3. 1,5 kg of zucchini and 1,2 kg of tomatoes should be coarsely chopped, then passed through a meat grinder along with fried carrots and onions.
4. All components are mixed with the addition of salt, sugar and black pepper.
5. The final mixture is placed in a container and stewed over low heat for 2 hours. Caviar is constantly stirred.
6. In the process of cooking, you can add pepper and finely chopped parsley to the dish.

garlic caviar

Homemade preparations with the addition of garlic will help protect against winter colds.

This dish is prepared in the following order:

1. Zucchini with a total weight of 3 kg cut into cubes. 1 kg of white onion is cut into four parts, after which they are chopped into thin strips. 1 kg of carrots should be rubbed on a coarse grater.
2. Sunflower oil (60 g) is poured into a deep frying pan, after which zucchini is placed. When the pieces become soft, they are placed in a colander.
3. On the remaining oil, first fry the onion, after which they move on to the carrots. The resulting components are added to zucchini.
4. The total mass of vegetables is scrolled through a meat grinder, after which it is placed in a cauldron.
5. The dish must be brought to a boil, then simmer for half an hour over low heat. Periodically, the caviar is mixed.
6. At the stage of readiness, you can add tomato paste (120 g), sugar (50 g). 8 cloves of garlic must be pressed through with a press, and then placed in the total mass.
7. All components are left on low heat for 10 minutes, after which the caviar can be packaged in jars.

Caviar with carrots and mushrooms

According to the following recipe for zucchini caviar with carrots, preparations are made with mushrooms:

1. One large carrot and a kilogram of zucchini should be grated, 2 sweet peppers can be cut into strips. Three onion heads are cut into thin rings. 0,4 kg of oyster mushrooms or champignons can be cut into cubes.
2. Five small tomatoes are dipped in boiling water for a few minutes. Then cool the vegetables in cold water, remove the skin and grind in a blender. The pulp of tomatoes can be grated.
3. 2 tablespoons of oil are placed in a deep frying pan, after which the container is heated. First, the mushrooms are stewed in a frying pan over moderate heat until the liquid is completely evaporated from them. Then the mushrooms are thoroughly fried. After readiness, the mushrooms are placed in a separate bowl.
4. Fry the onion in a pan for 5 minutes, then add the carrots and simmer over low heat.

   

5. After 5 minutes, zucchini, peppers and tomatoes are added to the vegetable mixture. The dish is cooked within 20 minutes if young zucchini are used. If the vegetables are ripe, the process will take about an hour.
6. In the middle of the stewing process, mushrooms are added. A few minutes before cooking, you can use chopped dill.
7. Hot pepper (a quarter of a teaspoon), garlic, lemon juice will help improve the taste of caviar.

spicy caviar

Spicy food lovers can cook caviar using the following technology:

1. One hot pepper is de-seeded and then cut into thin strips. Grate two small carrots on a coarse grater. Zucchini in the amount of 0,5 kg and one onion are cut into thin rings. Three cloves of garlic are crushed with a knife.

   

2. The resulting mixture is placed in a high frying pan, after which oil and a little water are poured. Caviar must be simmered over low heat until the ingredients become soft.
3. The vegetable mass is crushed in a blender until a porridge-like consistency is formed.
4. The mixture is spread in a pan and stewed until a dense mass is formed.

Spicy caviar

Preparations for the winter with an unusual taste can be obtained from zucchini, carrots, apples and peppers. The dish is prepared in a certain sequence:

1. To prepare caviar, 3 large apples are taken, which are removed from the peel and seed pods. 3 kg of zucchini are cut together with apples.
2. 3 kg of tomatoes are dipped in boiling water, after which the skin is removed from them.
3. 2 kg of carrots need to be grated, 1 kg of onions are cut into rings, as well as 5 kg of sweet pepper.
4. All chopped components are cut and placed in a meat grinder, and then in a saucepan for stewing over low heat.
5. After 3 hours, the caviar is ready to eat or roll into jars. Salt and sugar are added to taste.

spicy caviar

Fragrant caviar can be obtained by following a certain procedure:

1. 0,2 kg of carrots are grated, 0,2 kg of white onions are cut into rings. Vegetable oil is added to the vegetable mixture and simmered over low heat.
2. 0,3 kg of zucchini rubbed on a coarse grater and added to the mixture.
3. After 20 minutes, paprika, ginger, bay leaf, finely chopped garlic, salt and sugar can be added to the dish. Add a little water to the dish and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Caviar in a slow cooker

In the presence of a multicooker, the process of preparing caviar is greatly simplified:

1. 2 carrots and 2 onions finely chopped, then placed in a slow cooker.
2. Add a little oil to the container and set the “Baking” mode for 20 minutes. Periodically, the mass is stirred.

   

3. 0,5 zucchini and one bell pepper are cut into cubes and placed in a slow cooker for 20 minutes when the same mode is turned on.
4. Salt, sugar, 2 tbsp. l. tomato paste, after which they transfer the multicooker to the stewing mode. In this state, the dish is cooked for 50 minutes.
5. The resulting mixture is placed in a blender and ground.
6. Vinegar is added to caviar for rolling into jars.

Conclusion

Squash caviar is a popular option for harvesting for the winter. Zucchini goes well with other vegetables, which include carrots, tomatoes, apples. Mushrooms, spices and herbs can be added during the cooking process for more savory dishes.

After processing, the zucchini retains trace elements in its composition. Adding caviar is allowed even in the diet. In the presence of problems with the digestive system, the dish should be consumed with caution. The dish is prepared in a special dish with thick walls or in a slow cooker.