Food cooked on a fire or on charcoal always has a special aroma. Shish kebabs are good for meeting with friends or a family dinner on Sunday , but for everyday meals it is better to choose something more wholesome, for example grilled vegetables. At home, they can be cooked in a special pan with a wire rack. Everything you like is suitable: from zucchini to bell pepper.
The main thing that their recipe should take into account is that grilled vegetables are tastier with marinades. Therefore, the cooking method differs primarily in the sauces used in the cooking process. Let's consider several options.
Recipe: Grilled Vegetables with Garlic and Lemon
For two or four servings of vegetable skewers, you will need one zucchini, eggplant, tomato, pepper, onion, several large mushrooms, a couple of cloves of garlic, lemon juice, a tablespoon of olive oil, salt, pepper, basil. Wash all selected vegetables thoroughly. Cut the eggplant in circles about one centimeter wide. Put in salt water. Cut the zucchini in the same circles. Pepper and cut into slices. Divide the tomato and onion into quarters. Put all the vegetables except the tomato in a bowl, add the mushrooms, salt, pepper and pour olive oil, mix, season and let it brew for a quarter of an hour. Salt tomatoes and chop vegetables on skewers in any order.
If you take as many products as the recipe indicates, grilled vegetables will take about five skewers. Cooking takes about twenty minutes, periodically turning over. While hot coals are working, prepare a dressing. Chop the garlic finely, squeeze the juice of fresh lemon. When the vegetables are ready, sprinkle them with garlic and pour over the juice. The aroma will be unforgettable. And the calories in this dish are very, very small, so you can eat without fear for the waist.
Recipe: Grilled Vegetables with Marinade
This dish tastes great as an independent, and also combines well as a side dish with barbecue. If you are still considering whether to cook grilled vegetables, the recipe with a photo will help you cast aside all doubts. This is a very bright and appetizing dish, one of its kind evokes the desire to try it soon.
So, take eggplant, bell pepper, large mushrooms and tomatoes. Cut the first in longitudinal strips, the second into three parts, the last into quarters. Mushrooms can be left whole or chopped in any way convenient for you. Prepare the marinade and pickle bag. You can take a
baking sleeve. Combine an equal amount of soy
sauce, balsamic vinegar and olive oil. If you do not really like the specific taste of olives, take sunflower or any other vegetable. Mix everything, transfer the vegetables to the prepared bag, fill with sauces and tie tightly. Shake a little so that the marinade is evenly distributed, and put in a warm place, such as in the sun or near the grill. Wait a couple of hours for the vegetables to become juicy and aromatic, and fry them on a wire rack or on skewers.