Zucchini in a saucepan

Delicious and tender squash caviar with the addition of mayonnaise is an ideal cold snack. Add a slice of fresh crispy bread to it and a quick snack is ready! Garlic and ground pepper give the caviar spicy notes, and tomato paste - a pleasant sourness and beautiful color.

Vegetable stew is an appetizing and healthy dish that can be served on its own or used as a fragrant vegetable garnish for meat or fish dishes. Vegetable stew uses simple and affordable ingredients. A dish made from young vegetables from your own summer cottage turns out to be especially tasty.

Khashlama, popular in the Caucasus, is very similar to what we are used to calling stew. There are, however, their own distinctive features. Firstly, this is a vegetable broth - there is quite a lot of it, and it is very rich. Secondly, it is an obligatory meat component, in this case - chicken. The meat is stewed in broth and turns out to be tender, melting in the mouth. Khashlama can simultaneously serve as both the first and second course, while it will provide satiety for a long time.

There are a lot of options for eastern khashlama, since not only every Caucasian people, but also individual housewives adapt the dish to their conditions and individual tastes. This is somewhat reminiscent of the situation with borscht, isn't it? There are no right or wrong recipes, because each option is delicious and unique. According to this recipe, we will cook pork-based khashlama with eggplant, celery, zucchini and carrots.

Often housewives add eggplants to khashlama along with onions, peppers and tomatoes. This vegetable adds a special flavor and spicy flavor to the meat. In addition, the eggplant retains its shape well during stewing, only it needs to be cut into large pieces. We simmer the dish in a cauldron. In the recipe, you are invited to add stalked celery with zucchini.

Vegetable pilaf with mushrooms has a special taste, besides, the dish is low-calorie and healthy not only for fasting days, but also for a healthy diet. The spices give the pilaf a wonderful aroma and the turmeric a golden hue. You can choose vegetables for pilaf according to your taste preferences, any mushrooms are suitable. The secret to the deliciousness of the dish lies in frying all the vegetables before laying the rice.