Zucchini contains a lot of fiber, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, beneficial amino acids and vitamins. They are very easily absorbed by the body and have excellent taste. Therefore, the recipe for zucchini soup is an important part of not only baby food, but also important for the menu of people who suffer from digestive problems. Due to its extremely low calorie content, the recipe for zucchini soup is also extremely popular in weight loss diets.
To prepare such a soup, you need to take 200 grams of zucchini, two small potatoes, six tablespoons of rice, one carrot and a half liter of water. Two tablespoons of olive (flaxseed) oil, some fresh herbs and salt to taste are added to the soup. First, peel the zucchini and potatoes. First you need to lower the diced potatoes into the boiling water, then rice is added there. Zucchini is also diced and added to boiling water after rice.
It is better to grate the carrots, but you can cut them into small strips and add to the pan. Before cooking, when the vegetables are already soft, salt and spices are added. Before serving, the soup is poured with olive oil and sprinkled with fresh herbs. Such a recipe for zucchini soup is not only useful for diet food, but also very tasty and satisfying.
You can also make mashed soup. For it, you need to take one liter of water, a pound of zucchini, one onion, dill, low-fat yogurt, juice of one lemon and one tablespoon of olive oil. Zucchini should be separated from the peel, remove all seeds from them, cut into large pieces and dip in boiling water. Boil them for 5 minutes, then remove from heat and cool.
Peel the onions, finely chop and stew with olive oil. Put the fried onions and boiled zucchini in a blender, add one glass of broth and chop everything. Then put the mashed potatoes into the remaining broth, mix thoroughly and refrigerate for two hours. After the mashed soup has cooled, put it on plates in which you need to add a spoonful of yogurt, a little squeezed lemon juice and finely chopped greens. This recipe for zucchini soup is also ideal for almost any diet.
From such very useful vegetables as zucchini, you can cook a large number of a wide variety of dishes. For example, there is a very delicious zucchini casserole recipe. It should be pre-peeled zucchini, cut into circles and fry on both sides. Cook the minced meat, mixing it with finely chopped onions and raw eggs, salt and pepper to taste. Take a stewpan, grease it with oil, sprinkle breadcrumbs on the bottom, then put several layers of zucchini and minced meat.
Smooth everything, lay on top circles of fresh tomatoes, pour sour cream, melted butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Bake in the oven. Before serving, cut the casserole into four parts, put it on one plate, pour sour cream and sprinkle with finely chopped greens. Also, almost every housewife has in her arsenal a recipe for delicious squash caviar.
Here is one of these recipes. You need to take three kilograms of zucchini, one kilogram of carrots and onions, one spoonful of tomato paste. Zucchini, onions and carrots need to be peeled and finely chopped. Each product individually should be slightly fried. Then skip them all through a meat grinder and after that put the stew for 40-45 minutes. At the very end, you need to add tomato paste, salt and pepper to taste. Then the resulting mass must be crushed in a blender. According to this recipe, caviar can also be preserved for the winter. To do this, bring it to a boil in a pan, and then put it in sterilized jars.