In the preparation of various dishes, potatoes are in perfect harmony with other vegetables. Potatoes stewed with vegetables are an excellent variant of such a combination. Dishes of this type, definitely, like vegetarians of different persuasions, they are also good for fasting and unloading days.
Prepare stewed potatoes with vegetables is easy, it's done quickly enough. The choice of potato variety is a matter of individual preferences, the choice of other vegetables and proportions are widely variable. Also much depends on seasonal situations. In any case, such dishes are a good option for lunch or dinner.
The recipe for stewed potatoes with vegetables
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 5-8 pieces. medium size;
- carrots - 1-2 pieces;
- onion - 1-2 pcs.
- sweet red pepper - 2 pcs.
- cabbage of any sort - about 200-300 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- Fresh greens are different;
- dry spices to your taste;
- a little vegetable oil;
- salt;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs. or tomato paste 1-2 st. spoons (optional).
Preparation
In a cauldron or a thick-walled saucepan, let's save on the oil finely chopped onions until the color changes. Add crushed carrots, and after 3 minutes - potatoes, sliced. Stew for 10-12 minutes, closing the lid, if necessary, pouring water and stirring occasionally. Next, we lay the rest of the crushed vegetables - pepper in the form of short straws and chopped (or disassembled into kitties) cabbage. Prisalivaem and add dry spices, you can add slices of tomatoes or 1-2 tbsp. spoons of tomato paste. We keep everything together for 10-15 minutes. Before serving, season with finely chopped herbs and garlic.
Braised potatoes with vegetables in a multivariate
At present, many people enjoy using this very convenient kitchen device.
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 5-8 pieces. medium size;
- onion - 1-2 pcs .;
- carrots - 1 piece;
- eggplant - 1-2 pieces;
- zucchini young small - 1 pc .;
- cabbage brussels sprouts - 10-15 pcs .;
- young string beans - 20 pcs .;
- sweet pepper - 1-2 pcs .;
- vegetable oil for frying;
- garlic - 2 -3 cloves;
- greens are different fresh;
- salt.
Preparation
Eggplants will be cut into cubes and placed in a bowl with cold water for 20 minutes, so that the bitterness is gone. Then, let's salt the water, rinse it and turn the eggplant into a colander.
Zucchini also cut into cubes, potatoes - slices or as you like. We place the potatoes in a bowl with water, so that it does not become airy and darkened, then we put it back in a colander. By the way, when processing this way, extra starch will go away. Pepper sweet and carrots cut into short straws. Each bean pod is cut into 3-4 parts, the tips are removed. Brussels cabbage whole together.
First, lightly fry or save in a conventional frying pan in vegetable oil finely chopped onions, do not regret oil. We will move the onion with the remains of oil in the bowl of the multivark. We put there sliced potatoes, carrots, beans, eggplant and zucchini. We pour 30-50 ml of water. We select the "quenching" mode and set the timer for 20 minutes. After this time, add pepper and Brussels sprouts to the bowl. Stir and put the stew for another 15 minutes. You can set the timer for 10 minutes, then add the tomato paste or cream and cook for another 5 minutes. Potatoes with vegetables, cooked in a multivark, spread out on plates and season with chopped garlic and chopped greens.
Of course, this same dish can be cooked in a conventional saucepan, cauldron or deep frying pan. Well, for those who do not want to vegetarian and keep fasting, you can cook stewed potatoes with meat and vegetables.
To the list of ingredients of any of the above recipes (see above), add at least 400 grams of meat. First fry the onions and carrots, then add the meat. Pork, rabbit meat, veal or chicken are stewed for 40-60 minutes. Other types of meat (turkey, lamb and especially beef for a bit longer). For 20-10 minutes before the meat is ready, you can add the rest of the vegetables. However, meat can be cooked separately.