Lecho with eggplant and carrots

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Kitchen Russian
Calorie content 46 kcal
Portions 4 p.
Cooking time 150 minutes
Proteins * 0.6 g
Fats * 2.1 gr.
Carbohydrates* 7.7 g
Lecho with eggplant and carrots

What could be tastier than lecho with eggplant and carrots. A vegetable appetizer will help you out perfectly when you need an urgent snack or treat unexpected guests. I preserve this kind of lecho every year in large quantities. This appetizer is great for Lent.

Ingredients

Cooking process

step 1 out of 24
First, wash the strong eggplants, dry them and cut them into small cubes. Then place them in a deep container, cover with cold water, add table salt, stir and leave for about 40 minutes. During this time, the eggplants will release their bitterness.
step 2 out of 24
Peel and rinse the onions. Wash the tomatoes, make a cruciform cut, place in boiling water for a couple of seconds and then in ice water.
step 3 out of 24
Then remove the skin and cut the stalk.
step 4 out of 24
In this way, peel all the tomatoes.
step 5 out of 24
Cut the peeled tomatoes into small cubes.
step 6 out of 24
Cut the peeled onions into small cubes.
step 7 out of 24
Wash the bell peppers, peel them of seeds and core, and then cut into small cubes.
step 8 out of 24
Wash hot peppers thoroughly, remove seeds and cores, and then chop with a sharp knife.
step 9 out of 24
Wash the carrots thoroughly, peel them with a vegetable peeler, and then grate on a coarse grater.
step 10 out of 24
Pour the eggplants through a sieve or colander and rinse under cold water, leave for a while to allow excess moisture in the glass.
step 11 out of 24
Put a deep dish with a thick bottom over medium heat and pour in the required amount of vegetable oil. Place prepared eggplants and fry, stirring occasionally.
step 12 out of 24
Transfer the fried eggplants to a deep metal bowl in which you will cook lecho.
step 13 out of 24
Put chopped onions in a cauldron and fry, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.
step 14 out of 24
Transfer the fried onions to a deep bowl, in which the eggplants are already. Put the grated carrots in the cauldron in which the vegetables were fried and fry, stirring occasionally, until softened.
step 15 out of 24
Transfer the fried carrots to a deep bowl, which already contains the rest of the fried vegetables. Put chopped bell pepper in a cauldron and fry, stirring occasionally, until softened.
step 16 out of 24
Put the bell pepper in a saucepan. Finally, stew the chopped tomatoes in a cauldron, stirring occasionally.
step 17 out of 24
Transfer the stewed tomatoes to a deep metal bowl, in which there are already fried vegetables.
step 18 out of 24
Add chopped hot peppers, black ground pepper, coriander and fenugreek to the vegetable mass.
step 19 out of 24
Then add salt to taste and granulated sugar.
step 20 out of 24
Stir and cook for 30-35 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally.
step 21 out of 24
5 minutes before cooking, pour in vinegar and stir. Prepare the jars, wash and sterilize them in the oven, microwave, or water bath. Pour boiling water over the lids or simmer in a saucepan for about 10 minutes.
step 22 out of 24
Gently arrange the hot lecho with eggplants and carrots in sterile jars and tighten with sterile lids.
step 23 out of 24
Turn the lecho cans upside down. Leave as it is until it cools completely, wrapped in a warm blanket.
step 24 out of 24
Then, turn the cooled snack jars over and store them in a cool, dark place.

Bon Appetit!

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