Cucumbers take pride of place in Russian cuisine. They are eaten fresh, they are used to make vegetable salads. Lightly salted or salted crunchy cucumber is a great snack with cold vodka. Cucumbers can not only be salted, pickled, but also fried.
Roasted cucumber with onion and vinegar recipe
If you want to prepare an original tasty side dish for meat or poultry, take 750-800 grams of fresh cucumbers, 1 medium onion, 0.5 teaspoon of granulated sugar, 4 tablespoons of 9% vinegar, 1 full (top) tablespoon of salt … You will also need a small amount of frying butter and sour cream (to add to the finished dish).
Wash the cucumbers and pat dry with paper towels. Cut the vegetables in half lengthwise with a sharp knife, remove the seeds with a teaspoon. Then cut the cucumber halves across into slices about one centimeter thick. Put in a bowl, sprinkle with granulated sugar and salt, cover with vinegar. Mix thoroughly, leave for 20-30 minutes. This is to make it easier to remove excess liquid from the cucumbers.
Try not to overexpose the cucumbers in this marinade, otherwise they will become saturated with the taste and smell of vinegar. You just need to keep them in the mixture for 30 minutes.
Throw in a colander, let the juice drain. Then dry the cucumber slices thoroughly with paper towels or a towel.
Chop the onion finely and fry in butter. When the onions are golden brown, add the sliced cucumbers and turn up the heat. Fry the contents of the pan, stirring vigorously. Pour sour cream over the finished dish.
It will be a great side dish for meat or poultry. But you can use such cucumbers as an independent dish.
Fried cucumbers with sesame seeds and soy sauce
For fried vegetables with sesame seeds, take about 700-750 grams of small cucumbers, 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds, 2 tablespoons of starch, 2 half tablespoons of soy sauce, 2-3 cloves of garlic, a little vegetable oil for frying, 2 teaspoons of salt, hot ground pepper to taste.
Cut the washed cucumbers in half, put in a bowl. Season with salt, stir and leave for about 20-25 minutes. Then rinse in warm water, pat dry, then roll in starch.
Heat some vegetable oil in a deep frying pan with a convex bottom, add garlic, peeled and chopped into thin slices, sprinkle with hot pepper. Fry the contents of the container, after 30 seconds add the halves of the cucumbers, add the sesame seeds and pour in the soy sauce. Grill over high heat with constant stirring for about 4 minutes. Then serve the dish immediately.
