Squash caviar with tomatoes for winter

Traditional snack, suitable for lunch and for the holiday! Caviar turns out very tasty and tender. It goes well with second courses of meat, poultry, fish, as well as all kinds of side dishes: pasta, rice, mashed potatoes, etc. And you can eat it just like that, spread on a piece of fresh bread.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 6 % 1 g
Fats 35 % 6 g
Carbohydrates 59 % 10 g
94 kcal
GI: 60 / 0 / 40

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    From this recipe you will learn how to cook squash caviar with tomatoes for the winter. We take the products according to the list.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Let's start with the tomato. We need to remove the skin from it, for this we make a cross-shaped incision on it and pour boiling water, keep it in boiling water for 1-2 minutes and remove the skin.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Cut the peeled tomato into a small cube.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Now we heat up the frying pan, pour a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil into it and send our chopped tomato. Add a little salt, sugar, ground pepper to it (if desired, you can add a little dried basil and oregano) and fry until the excess liquid evaporates, about 5 minutes. Now add tomato paste to the tomato and mix everything well, our dressing is ready.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Let's do the rest of the vegetables. My zucchini, cut off the tips and cut into a small cube (everything will be prepared faster this way).

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Peel and chop the onion.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Heat up another frying pan and send the zucchini into it, let it also be slightly dimmed (2-3 minutes). Add the onion and our tomato dressing to the zucchini, mix everything together.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Cover with a lid and simmer until tender (it took me about 15 minutes). Do not forget to stir the vegetables and at the very end add a little more salt, sugar, or rather what your taste lacks.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Our caviar is almost ready. Now let it cool down a little and grind it in a blender. Now our caviar is completely ready. It can be eaten immediately, or it can be closed for the winter in sterilized jars with a capacity of 0.5 or 1 liter and sent for storage in the basement.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Bon appetit!

Squash caviar is one of my favorites. I cook it for a quick meal, and close it for the winter. When I go to visit, I always take a jar of such caviar with me, it always comes in handy on the table, whether it's a holiday or the usual gatherings in a friendly company. This recipe is simple and successful, the result will please you!

The caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Tomatoes - 23   kcal/100g
  • Zucchini - 23   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Ground hot pepper - 21   kcal/100g
  • Table salt - 0   kcal/100g

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