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.
This recipe came to me spontaneously. Initially, I planned to cook pilaf, but I found that there was very little rice. I didn’t want to go to the store and decided to “make” ala-pilaf from Bulgur. The result pleased me.
This dish is a real gift for ketovegetarians. Even if you are not a vegan, try these tortillas at least once. I’m sure if you didn’t know they were vegan, you would never have guessed! Please note that this is a very hearty dish, but it is very useful. This is a celebration of taste and aromas, which, by the way, you can adjust to your personal preferences. The recipe is very simple to perform, most of the ingredients are always at hand, and some can be replaced, or even do without them. Be creative!
Fans of lazy recipes are dedicated to a simple, but very tasty, budget dish. Here with the photogenic potatoes with mushrooms was not lucky, but the taste is a song.
Vegetable appetizer of eggplant, tomatoes and green olives! It is also good for a snack with bread or dried slices of bread, and as a vegetable addition to the main dishes!