Pickle of fresh cucumbers with pearl barley

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare everything you need to prepare a pickle.

2. Step 2:

   

   First of all, rinse the pearl barley several times until the water becomes clear (about 3x-4x times).

3. Step 3:

   

   Then send the cereal into a saucepan and pour a little more than a liter of water.

4. Step 4:

   

   The soup can also be cooked in meat or chicken broth, then it will turn out richer and more nutritious. I almost always have ready-made broth in my refrigerator, in the recipe I used meat, cooked from pork. If you also use broth, then pour it over the pearl barley and send the pan to a high heat. After boiling, reduce the stove to medium and cook the pearl barley for about 35-40 minutes.

5. Step 5:

   

   At this time, prepare everything else. Peel the potatoes and wash them well. Peel the onion and carrot and rinse together with the tomato and cucumber under running water.

6. Step 6:

   

   Cut the potatoes into thin cubes. You can optionally cut it into small cubes.

7. Step 7:

   

   Chop the carrots into thin strips, and chop the onion as finely as possible. If you do not like large pieces of carrots in the soup, then grate it on a coarse grater.

8. Step 8:

   

   Let's get down to the tomato. Which tomato is better to use? A seasonal vegetable is very suitable, it is usually more saturated and slightly sweet in taste. Make a cross-shaped incision on the tomato (as in the photo) and pour boiling water over it. Leave it for just one minute.

9. Step 9:

   

   Then drain the water, and remove the peel from the fruit (after boiling water, the skin is removed without much difficulty). Cut the tomato into small cubes.

11. Step 10:

    

    Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan. Send the carrots and onions to fry. Cook for about one minute, stirring continuously, until the onion becomes slightly transparent.

12. Step 11:

    

    Send a tomato to roast. If you have an out-of-season vegetable, then you can add a pinch of sugar for taste. Mix everything and simmer on high heat for one to two minutes. Sometimes stir the roast so that nothing burns.

13. Step 12:

    

    Cut the cucumber either into cubes or into strips, as you prefer.

14. Step 13:

    

    After 35 minutes, try the pearl barley, whether it is cooked. When the cereal is ready, put potatoes and salt to taste in a saucepan. Make the fire to the maximum.

15. Step 14:

    

    Then add a fresh cucumber, mix everything, after boiling, reduce the stove to a minimum. Under a half-closed lid, cook the soup until the potatoes are ready (it will take about 15-20 minutes).

16. Step 15:

    

    Turn the heat to maximum again and send the roast to the pan, let the soup boil for about a minute.

17. Step 16:

    

    Add finely chopped greens to the finished dish, turn off the stove and leave the soup to brew for a while. Five to ten minutes will be quite enough.

18. Step 17:

    

    Fragrant pickle is ready! Serve hot.