Onions in cooking are used in raw, boiled, fried, pickled and salted types. Although to preserve all the useful properties, minimal thermal exposure is recommended. Onions can be both a flavor seasoning for the main dish (and it is combined with meat, fish, rice, potatoes, flour products, cottage cheese, and other vegetables), and the basis of the recipe. Many national cuisines have their own “branded” culinary products, in which onions can be called a key ingredient: French onion soup, British onion pie, etc. There are some culinary tricks that will allow you to cook this product (or a dish based on it) as tasty as possible: If you add a little granulated sugar to the oil during frying, the onions will brown better. So that the chopped onion does not burn during sauteing, before sending it to the frying pan, you should roll the “straw” in flour. Then it will simply acquire a reddish hue. Onions can be added to minced meat not only to improve the taste, but also to extend the shelf life of the meat part. To get rid of onion bitterness in the manufacture of salads, raw onions are slightly scalded with boiling water, and hands and knife are smeared with wet salt.
When choosing onions, preference should be given to dense clean heads, without damage, holes and stains. The sweetness-bitterness of a vegetable depends not only on the variety, but also on the length of daylight in the place of cultivation (southern onions are considered sweeter), the mineral content of the soil, the softness of the climate, the abundance of precipitation, etc. For example, with a large amount of annual precipitation, sulfur is actively washed out of the soil, which creates prerequisites for growing a sweeter vegetable. However, in general, it is believed that white varieties have a stronger flavor and are better suited for filling pies, red and purple ones have a sweet taste and are well combined in salads and marinades, and the Spanish variety is softer and sweeter, as well as onions with yellow–brown husks are better suited for frying.
On Sunday, for lunch, you can please your household with an unusual serving of your favorite dishes. Banal cutlets will be served in a chest… Let’s have some fun.
Kebab is a dish of minced meat strung on a skewer and grilled. This dish is a popular variant of street fast food in Turkish, Caucasian and Asian cuisines. In order for the shish kebab to hold well on the skewer, minced meat must be kneaded for a long time and thoroughly until its consistency becomes viscous and sticky. After all, there are no binding components in minced meat (eggs and bread). The composition of the Adana kebab, in addition to meat and onions, included a paste of paprika and hot red pepper. For a brighter taste, I advise you to pre-bake Bulgarian and hot peppers. In my recipe I will use a mixture of beef and lamb minced meat. Beef is used chopped, and mutton is twisted in a meat grinder with a large grate. After cooking, minced meat should stand in a cool place for at least a day.
An incredibly simple way to cook carrots with onions as a side dish. Simple and affordable products that are prepared in less than an hour. A pleasant sweet and sour taste goes well with a large piece of meat, fried, baked or stewed.
Recently, our supermarket has started producing homemade noodles for lagman and vermicelli of its own production. The noodles were of very good quality. This is what I started using. Now you don’t have to mess with it at home. The soup turned out wonderful, fragrant, delicious!
A very unusual side dish will surprise your family and will look very impressive on the table. Instead of couscous, you can take rice, bulgur or quinoa. Coriander, mint or thyme greens will complement the taste of this side dish.
