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.
A very good snack recipe that will decorate a festive and everyday table! It is being prepared for one or two. Try to cook and surprise your loved ones.
Mashed potato soup with corn and shrimps is a very tasty and healthy dish, as shrimps contain a lot of protein and other substances useful for the body. It will take quite a bit of your time and effort to prepare this soup, since shrimp, like many seafood, are cooked very quickly, the main thing is that they are not digested. The sharpness can be adjusted to your liking.
Today is my coconut milk day. I cook for two, and 400 ml cans were enough for soup and dessert. The soup turned out to be very tender, fragrant, light and quite satisfying. The taste of their favorite lentils, at least he liked the smell of coconut and the slight sharpness of ginger. Recommend.
I often cook vegetable dishes, mostly for dinner. I took vegetables of five colors and added chicken. My men don’t really want to eat vegetables without meat and side dishes, so I cooked them with chicken and steamed rice.
Always, I order homemade food from a Chinese restaurant, I took myself rice with vegetables, I really like the taste, I’ve been picking up a recipe for a long time to cook it at home)
Delicious cottage cheese. It can be used as a butter substitute for breakfast sandwiches and snacks. I added carrots and green onions. It turned out to be a great snack. Carotene is useful for beautiful skin and hair, calcium is for strengthening bones. But instead of buying expensive vitamin complexes at the pharmacy, it’s better to go to the refrigerator. Every housewife will have carrots and cheese.
A very spicy and delicious snack. This bean combines all flavors, from the sweetness of plums to the sharpness of pepper and garlic and the sourness of lemons and tomatoes. Try this fireworks to taste, it will not leave you indifferent. It is very well suited to fish and meat dishes.
Juicy, bright, summer salad with fresh vegetables. Moderately sharp and very interesting. There was a young cabbage, sweet and juicy, so I did not observe the proportions, the cabbage I have here is more than noticeable. It is very tasty, juicy, fragrant, spicy, festive. Barbecue is the best option.