On the eve of important events or during fasting, I so want to enjoy something light and tasty. And there is nothing better than vegetable stew with pumpkin. There are a lot of cooking options for this dish, the ingredients are in any refrigerator and are available on the vegetable market. The only thing left is to find the most interesting and original recipe.
Vegetable stew
The pumpkin is universal. It goes well with other vegetables, harmonizes with meat, and can be used for sweet pastries and making drinks. Moreover, it is very useful and well stored in the cold season, which means that even in winter you can cook vegetable stew from it.
Any vegetables are combined with pumpkin. The stew is incredibly light and tasty, looks nice and has a rich aroma, can be used as an independent dish or as a side dish for meat. It is worth noting that traditional Russian cuisine knows many recipes in which pumpkin takes pride of place.
The easiest recipe for cooking vegetable stew
Peel a pumpkin from a hard peel and cut into cubes or small slices. Add spices. Here, everyone decides for himself what exactly: coriander, turmeric, basil, etc. It is also necessary to pour one teaspoon of sugar and a pinch of salt here. Now the pumpkin needs to be alone so that it is well saturated with aromatic spices.
Now you can chop the onion, but it’s not necessary to grind much, it’s the same vegetable stew with pumpkin, so each component should be felt. Heat vegetable oil in a pan and send the pumpkin there, simmer it to a transparent consistency. At this time, it is necessary to peel the tomatoes, cut them into quarters and send to the pumpkin. Only after this can you add onions and bring the dish to full readiness by stewing the vegetables together for another five minutes.
Pumpkin and meat - the perfect combination
To prepare a vegetable stew with meat, the following ingredients are required:
- One and a half kilograms of pumpkin itself.
- One kilogram of pork.
- One can of canned peas and corn.
- One tomato and two sweet peppers.
- Onions, fresh herbs and spices.
To cook vegetable stew with pumpkin and meat, you must first peel the vegetable and cut it into small cubes, and then place it in a heated pan. Since pumpkin releases a large amount of liquid, it turns out that it is stewed in its own juice.
At this time, you can do meat, which must be cut into small pieces, beat slightly and also fry in vegetable oil. Separate the onions. In the pan where the meat was stewed, pour the peas and corn along with the contents. Simmer the whole mixture for 15 minutes.
And only now you can combine stewed pumpkin with meat and other vegetables. Sliced tomato, sweet pepper and onion are also added here. At the very end, it is advisable to add the garlic passed through the press, fresh herbs and spices.
Lean stew
This option is ideal for those who are fasting or dieting. The recipe for vegetable stew with pumpkin is easy to prepare, and all the necessary ingredients are grown in the garden or sold on the vegetable market. For stew you will need: 500 g of pumpkin, 200 g of celery, 1 carrot and onion, 2 tomatoes and bell peppers, sunflower oil and garlic.
You can cook vegetable stew with pumpkin and zucchini, but first consider this recipe. The dish is prepared very quickly and simply. All vegetables are washed and cut into small pieces. Sweet pepper and tomatoes are preferably cut into 4-6 slices, depending on their size. Garlic can be crushed using a press, but it is better to cut into several parts. Carrots are also cut in half rings.
The only thing left is to put out all the ingredients in a pan or in a cauldron until cooked. At the very end, add garlic for a rich flavor. The dish can be served cold or hot.
Vegetable stew with pumpkin and potatoes
Ingredients needed for cooking:
- 1 medium sized pumpkin.
- A few carrots.
- Two onions.
- Two medium-sized turnips.
- 5-6 potatoes.
- Spices and garlic.
First of all, a pumpkin cut in small cubes is sent to the pan. After a few minutes, she will start the juice, and all the other vegetables will be stewed in this liquid. After that, right after the pumpkin, turnip is added to the container, since it takes the most time to cook it completely. Next comes the turn of potatoes and onions - vegetables are sent to the pan after the turnip.
Partially cut the carrots into half rings, and grate the remaining portion on a suitable grater, then send to all other vegetables. At the very end, add the garlic, passed through the press, and spices.
Vegetable stew with pumpkin and zucchini
As already mentioned, pumpkin can be stored for a long time in the cold season. The same applies to her close relative - zucchini. So why not combine these two elements into one incredibly tasty dish that will remind you of the generosity of the last summer month? To use meat in this dish or not is a matter of personal preference. You can add fried chicken breast or pork to vegetables, or you can serve separately vegetable stew with pumpkin. The recipe with a photo clearly demonstrates how beautiful and appetizing this dish looks.
You can talk for a long time, but it's time to get down to action. So, for cooking you will need the following ingredients:
- Potato - 6 pcs.
- Bulbs - 2 pcs.
- 1 bell pepper.
- 2 carrots.
- 3 tomatoes.
- A small piece of pumpkin (approximately 300 g).
- Zucchini - 200 g.
- Spices and little for frying.
All vegetables, except carrots and onions, are cut into large enough pieces and sent to the cauldron for stewing. Of course, the dishes should already be heated with a small amount of vegetable oil. As soon as the pumpkin begins to acquire transparency, you can add chopped onions and spices (turmeric for golden color, curry, pepper, thyme, etc.). It is advisable to reduce the fire and leave the vegetables alone for a while. Pumpkin juice will be quite enough so that they do not burn. Then you can add pepper and tomato, season with garlic, keep on the fire for another 10 minutes and rearrange the cauldron in the oven. This dish is very tasty in itself. But you can serve it along with juicy and flavorful meat.