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.
The dish can be prepared both for a family Sunday lunch and for working days. Minced meat and vegetables do not need to be pre-fried. Juicy casserole with minced meat and vegetables is prepared quickly and easily, and it turns out very tasty.
In this salad, you can use any pasta. Add fish, vegetables, olives, season with salad sauce, and dinner is ready. This salad will completely replace your main dish in hot weather – quite nutritious, fast and delicious!
Walnuts are an integral part of a huge number of Georgian dishes, they give a special piquancy and brightness.. And if you love lobio, then this salad is definitely worth a try to get acquainted with a new, interesting and unusual taste.. A scattering of pomegranate gives the dish juiciness and conviviality.
The secret here is that potatoes for salad, already grated, are cooked in vinegar solution. A very tasty and hearty salad, the only thing it lacks is paint, it turns very pale. The recipe is not mine, I somehow wrote it out from a magazine, I don’t remember.
