In a modern kitchen, the hostess has many household appliances at her disposal, which greatly facilitate the process of creating a variety of dishes. Many people have a multicooker - a very handy household appliance that makes cooking just child's play. You can cook a lot in it, from soup to dessert. Each dish has its own program.
Unfortunately, this device does not have the "Canning" mode. But this does not stop inventive housewives. They have adapted to cook various salads in this device for the winter, and squash caviar in a Panasonic multicooker turns out to be especially tasty. The heat exchange system in this device allows you to reveal all the taste characteristics of the products to the maximum. Products cooked in a multicooker can be safely called dietary. Oil is used for them in small quantities, and the cooking process itself is most often extinguishing, the most gentle mode. Therefore, canned food made in a multicooker will not only be tastier, but also definitely more useful.
The process of preparing zucchini caviar in a Panasonic multicooker is so simple that it only requires the ability to cut vegetables.
You can take the ingredients for caviar that you are used to. Better if they are cut into small pieces. In this case, the oil content will be minimal, since the vegetables are actually stewed in their own juice. There is probably no need to mention the benefits of such dishes, everyone knows about it.
This recipe allows you to use the capabilities of the device to obtain 100% dietary products. It does not contain tomato components, bell pepper, onions and can be safely recommended for diseases of the liver, gallbladder and pancreas. A somewhat bland taste is diluted with the addition of peppercorns, bay leaves and herbs.
Zucchini caviar for those on a diet
For 1 kg of zucchini you will need:
- grated carrots - 400g;
- parsley and dill - a small bunch;
- vegetable oil - 1-2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt to taste;
- bay leaf - 3 pcs.;
- peppercorns - 5 pcs.
The oil in this recipe is not added at the beginning, but at the end of cooking. The zucchini are peeled, seeds removed and cut into cubes. Place them together with grated carrots and spices in a multicooker bowl and cook in the "Stew" mode for about an hour. The ready-made caviar is strained in a colander, turned into puree using a blender.
The dish can be served, sprinkled with vegetable oil and sprinkled with chopped herbs. It is stored in the refrigerator for 2 days.
For winter preparation, mashed caviar with the addition of oil will have to be warmed up in a multicooker in the "Baking" mode for about 10 minutes and immediately rolled up in sterile jars with the same lids. We will add greens already when serving.
For those who do not need a diet, caviar may include more ingredients. From this it will become much tastier.
Classic squash caviar
A large number of ingredients will make the taste of this dish rich and rich. Dried dill will give it a zest, while olive oil will provide health benefits.
For 2 zucchini you will need:
- onions, carrots, sweet peppers, 1 pc .;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- dried dill - half a teaspoon;
- olive oil - 1 tbsp. the spoon.
Salt and pepper to taste.
If they have been stored for a long time and have lost their elasticity, it is better to add 50 ml of water to the multicooker bowl.
Cut vegetables into cubes, only carrots into strips. Tomatoes need to be peeled and chopped.
We put the cooked vegetables in the multicooker bowl, add oil to the bottom beforehand. Salt, pepper if necessary, add dill, put chopped garlic on top. We cook on pilaf mode for about 2 hours. Turn the finished mixture into mashed potatoes with a blender and heat in the "Baking" mode for about 10 minutes. We put it in sterile jars and roll it up.
Caviar with tomato paste
Tomato paste replaces tomatoes in this recipe. The taste of such an additive changes. The cooking mode is different from the previous recipe. Such caviar will not be better or worse, it will be different.
For 2 fairly large zucchini you need:
- 2 onions;
- 3 carrots;
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of tomato paste;
- 1-2 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil.
Add salt and ground pepper to taste.
Wash vegetables, remove seeds from zucchini, clean. Three carrots on a grater, cut the rest into cubes. Pour oil into the multicooker bowl, put vegetables, add salt, pepper. Cooking on the "Baking" mode for 30 minutes. Mix well and continue cooking in the "Stew" mode. It will take another 1 hour. 20 minutes before its end, thick tomato paste and chopped garlic should be added to the vegetable mixture.
We transform the resulting caviar into mashed potatoes and heat for another 10 minutes in the "Stew" mode. We pack the finished product into sterile containers and roll up hermetically sealed sterile lids.
A multicooker is a device that allows you to cook not only a variety of dishes, but also a lot of canned food for the winter, and the beneficial properties of vegetables in it will be preserved as much as possible. This is very important in winter when the body is deficient in vitamins.
