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Prepared by: Marina Krasilnikova
08/30/2019 Cooking time: 3 hours 0 minutes
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Green tomatoes can not only be salted or fermented, but also an incredibly tasty lecho can be prepared from them. If you love vegetable snacks, then be sure to take a closer look at this simple recipe.
How to cook “Green Tomato Lecho”
Wash, dry and peel the vegetables.
Cut the onion and bell pepper into thin slices, grate the carrots on a coarse grater.
Cut the tomatoes into quarters.
Add tomato sauce and vegetable oil. Put it on fire. After boiling, cook over low heat for about 2 hours.
Salt and add sugar to taste. 5 minutes before the end, pour in the vinegar.
Place the finished green tomato lecho into sterilized jars, roll up and leave upside down until completely cooled.
Green tomato lecho
Published: 01/02/2019 Posted by: Drug [Offline] Calories: Not specified Cooking time: Not specified
Green tomatoes can be cooked and stored for future use in different ways: pickling, fermenting, frying in batter, making preserves and jams, canning salads. One of the most successful and delicious options for processing unripe tomatoes is lecho. According to the recipe, a spicy lecho of green tomatoes for the winter is prepared with the addition of off-season vegetables that are equally available in both winter and summer - bell peppers, carrots and onions. Fans of savory snacks can add hot peppers and garlic to taste, fresh herbs and other spices. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the basic recipe for delicious lecho.
Ingredients for approximately 2 liters of preserved food: - green tomatoes - 1 kg; — onions (white or yellow) – 300 g; — carrots – 500 g; — sweet pepper (Bulgarian) – 300 g; - tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l.; — sunflower oil – 150 ml; — table salt – 2 tsp; - sugar - 2 tsp.
Step-by-step recipe with photos:
1. Wash and sort all the vegetables. Remove the stem from green tomatoes and cut each tomato into 6-8 pieces to form large slices.
2. Peel the carrots and onions, remove the core and seeds from the pepper. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater, cut each onion into 4 parts and chop into thin strips, chop the pepper into strips.
3. To prepare lecho you will need a saucepan or saucepan with a thick bottom. Pour oil into it (it is better to use sunflower, unrefined). Heat the fat well over low heat, put all the chopped vegetables in the pan.
4. Add concentrated tomato paste.
5. Stir. Simmer the lecho over low heat, stirring frequently to prevent burning. Approximate cooking time is 60-70 minutes. If a larger portion is being prepared, the cooking time should be increased by 20-30 minutes. About 10 minutes before the lecho is ready, add salt and sugar. Please note that for preparing preserves you should use only ordinary rock salt, since it does not contain anti-caking additives, iodine or other substances that can reduce the shelf life of the product.
6. Prepare jars of the required volume. From this quantity of products approximately 2 liters of lecho are obtained. Thoroughly wash the container with soda inside and out, sterilize it in the oven or over hot steam, and dry it. Fill sterile jars with hot lecho up to the rim. Seal with tin lids using a seaming machine or screw on with screws. Lids must be boiled and wiped dry before use. Check the blockage for leaks: place the jars of lecho upside down and observe. If the lids do not allow air to pass through, you can turn the jars over to their normal position. The preservation should cool slowly, so it must be wrapped in a thick old blanket. After 1-2 days, you can put the lecho in the cellar or pantry for long-term storage. Shelf life – 2 years.
Bon appetit! Adjika made from green tomatoes for the winter is also very interesting.
Lecho of green bell peppers with tomatoes
To prepare lecho, you can use not only green tomatoes, but also green bell peppers. The result is a fragrant snack that will attract all your household members to the kitchen already during the cooking process. Therefore, you will have to immediately put some of the lecho on a plate for testing.
So, what will you have to stock up on in advance (the number of products is indicated in purified form):
- two kilograms of peppers;
- a kilogram of red tomatoes;
- 100 grams of carrots;
- four medium onions;
- red chili pepper;
- 60 ml refined vegetable oil;
- 45 grams of granulated sugar;
- vinegar essence - a third of a teaspoon.
Attention! Salt is not specified in the recipe, add it to your taste.
Cooking according to recipe
If green tomato lecho takes more than an hour and a half to prepare, then a pepper and tomato appetizer takes only 45 minutes. Since heat treatment is minimal, many useful substances are retained in the finished dish.
So, let's start cooking:
- We wash and peel the vegetables. First, grind the tomatoes in a meat grinder. Pour the puree into a cooking vessel. Place sweet peppers and chili peppers cut into strips there.
- Mix carefully and set to cook. When the mixture boils, remove the foam and pour in vegetable oil.
- After 10 minutes, add grated carrots and diced onions in half rings, mix. Immediately add salt and sugar and simmer under the lid for another 25 minutes.
- After this, pour in the vinegar essence, boil for 5 minutes, and place in hot sterile jars. Cool under the fur coat upside down.
That's it, lecho made from green bell peppers with tomatoes can be put into the basement for storage. Although, as a rule, it is he who is taken out first.
Another recipe - lecho in a slow cooker:
Recipe for Lecho from green tomatoes. Calorie, chemical composition and nutritional value.
Nutritional value and chemical composition of “Green Tomato Lecho”.
The table shows the nutritional content (calories, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals) per 100 grams of edible portion.
| Nutrient | Quantity | Norm** | % of the norm in 100 g | % of the norm in 100 kcal | 100% normal |
| Calorie content | 240.1 kcal | 1684 kcal | 14.3% | 6% | 701 g |
| Squirrels | 0.9 g | 76 g | 1.2% | 0.5% | 8444 g |
| Fats | 24.6 g | 56 g | 43.9% | 18.3% | 228 g |
| Carbohydrates | 3.9 g | 219 g | 1.8% | 0.7% | 5615 g |
| Organic acids | 0.2 g | ~ | |||
| Alimentary fiber | 1.4 g | 20 g | 7% | 2.9% | 1429 g |
| Water | 65.7 g | 2273 g | 2.9% | 1.2% | 3460 g |
| Ash | 0.5038 g | ~ | |||
| Vitamins | |||||
| Vitamin A, RE | 452.8 mcg | 900 mcg | 50.3% | 20.9% | 199 g |
| beta carotene | 2.717 mg | 5 mg | 54.3% | 22.6% | 184 g |
| Vitamin B1, thiamine | 0.034 mg | 1.5 mg | 2.3% | 1% | 4412 g |
| Vitamin B2, riboflavin | 0.031 mg | 1.8 mg | 1.7% | 0.7% | 5806 g |
| Vitamin B4, choline | 3.84 mg | 500 mg | 0.8% | 0.3% | 13021 g |
| Vitamin B5, pantothenic | 0.226 mg | 5 mg | 4.5% | 1.9% | 2212 g |
| Vitamin B6, pyridoxine | 0.115 mg | 2 mg | 5.8% | 2.4% | 1739 |
| Vitamin B9, folates | 10.42 mcg | 400 mcg | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3839 g |
| Vitamin C, ascorbic acid | 7.56 mg | 90 mg | 8.4% | 3.5% | 1190 g |
| Vitamin E, alpha tocopherol, TE | 0.361 mg | 15 mg | 2.4% | 1% | 4155 g |
| Vitamin H, biotin | 1.031 mcg | 50 mcg | 2.1% | 0.9% | 4850 g |
| Vitamin K, phylloquinone | 7.5 mcg | 120 mcg | 6.3% | 2.6% | 1600 g |
| Vitamin RR, NE | 0.651 mg | 20 mg | 3.3% | 1.4% | 3072 g |
| Niacin | 0.454 mg | ~ | |||
| Macronutrients | |||||
| Potassium, K | 187.33 mg | 2500 mg | 7.5% | 3.1% | 1335 g |
| Calcium, Ca | 15.34 mg | 1000 mg | 1.5% | 0.6% | 6519 g |
| Magnesium, Mg | 20.17 mg | 400 mg | 5% | 2.1% | 1983 |
| Sodium, Na | 12.12 mg | 1300 mg | 0.9% | 0.4% | 10726 g |
| Sera, S | 21.76 mg | 1000 mg | 2.2% | 0.9% | 4596 g |
| Phosphorus, P | 39 mg | 800 mg | 4.9% | 2% | 2051 g |
| Chlorine, Cl | 38.36 mg | 2300 mg | 1.7% | 0.7% | 5996 g |
| Microelements | |||||
| Aluminium, Al | 165.6 mcg | ~ | |||
| Bor, B | 111.6 mcg | ~ | |||
| Iron, Fe | 0.536 mg | 18 mg | 3% | 1.2% | 3358 g |
| Yod, I | 1.83 mcg | 150 mcg | 1.2% | 0.5% | 8197 g |
| Cobalt, Co | 4.58 mcg | 10 mcg | 45.8% | 19.1% | 218 g |
| Lithium, Li | 1.374 mcg | ~ | |||
| Manganese, Mn | 0.1328 mg | 2 mg | 6.6% | 2.7% | 1506 g |
| Copper, Cu | 83.59 mcg | 1000 mcg | 8.4% | 3.5% | 1196 g |
| Molybdenum, Mo | 4.008 mcg | 70 mcg | 5.7% | 2.4% | 1747 g |
| Nickel, Ni | 8.13 mcg | ~ | |||
| Rubidium, Rb | 196.6 mcg | ~ | |||
| Selenium, Se | 0.252 mcg | 55 mcg | 0.5% | 0.2% | 21825 g |
| Fluorine, F | 18.55 mcg | 4000 mcg | 0.5% | 0.2% | 21563 g |
| Chromium, Cr | 3.32 mcg | 50 mcg | 6.6% | 2.7% | 1506 g |
| Zinc, Zn | 0.3092 mg | 12 mg | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3881 g |
| Digestible carbohydrates | |||||
| Starch and dextrins | 0.22 g | ~ | |||
| Mono- and disaccharides (sugars) | 4.2 g | ~ | |||
| Glucose (dextrose) | 0.8702 g | ~ | |||
| Sucrose | 2.2901 g | ~ | |||
| Fructose | 0.5038 g | ~ | |||
| Essential amino acids | 0.1369 g | ~ | |||
| Arginine* | 0.046 g | ~ | |||
| Valin | 0.0156 g | ~ | |||
| Histidine* | 0.0064 g | ~ | |||
| Isoleucine | 0.0172 g | ~ | |||
| Leucine | 0.0215 g | ~ | |||
| Lysine | 0.0224 g | ~ | |||
| Methionine | 0.0044 g | ~ | |||
| Methionine + Cysteine | 0.0092 g | ~ | |||
| Threonine | 0.0165 g | ~ | |||
| Tryptophan | 0.0064 g | ~ | |||
| Phenylalanine | 0.0165 g | ~ | |||
| Phenylalanine+Tyrosine | 0.0275 g | ~ | |||
| Nonessential amino acids | 0.2881 g | ~ | |||
| Alanin | 0.0243 g | ~ | |||
| Aspartic acid | 0.0469 g | ~ | |||
| Glycine | 0.016 g | ~ | |||
| Glutamic acid | 0.1042 g | ~ | |||
| Proline | 0.0137 g | ~ | |||
| Serin | 0.0137 g | ~ | |||
| Tyrosine | 0.011 g | ~ | |||
| Cysteine | 0.0057 g | ~ |
The energy value of Green Tomato Lecho is 240.1 kcal.
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** This table shows the average levels of vitamins and minerals for an adult. If you want to know the norms taking into account your gender, age and other factors, then use the “My Healthy Diet” application.
Ingredients for green tomato lecho
While preparing lecho you will have to work with a knife. However, if you have special devices that make cutting vegetables easier, it’s time to take them out of the cupboard. So, the ingredients are as follows:
- 1 kg green tomatoes
- 1 kg sweet pepper (any color)
- 500 grams of carrots
- 500 grams of onion
- 60-70 grams of sugar
- 100 ml vegetable oil
- 60 ml 6% apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- dry spices to taste
You can also take 1-2 hot peppers if you like it “hot”.
Ingredients for green tomato lecho
