Stewed zucchini

Zucchini is a vegetable diet, so it is useful to include in the diet of anyone who follows the figure. Which is fine - however, if you cook the zucchini right, the dish is not only healthy, but very tasty. How to cook zucchini that they have preserved the maximum nutrients? Of course, to extinguish.

In the zucchini lots of valuable to the human body substances: proteins, carbohydrates, carotene, b vitamins, ascorbic acid, mineral salts of calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, pectin, cellulose and mn.etc. Especially brightly useful properties of this vegetable are manifested when he is still young and slightly immature, so eating better to use these zucchini length 20-25cm, they should be prepared with the skin. Young zucchini eat even raw - that's the way they do the most good!

Interestingly, initially used in food it is the seeds of zucchini, whereas now they are before cooking of the vegetable is removed.

Zucchini can be a great basis for a meal or a great addition, their culinary application is very wide, ranging from a variety of main dishes and ending with such blanks as jam! Stewed zucchini is one of the very popular options, as you can cook this vegetable, and all because this method of cooking allows you to save a maximum of valuable substances.

Calorie zucchini is just about cal per 100g!

Put out the zucchini as you can in a "proud" alone, and in company with other vegetables, but they should add in this last case, because be subjected to prolonged heat treatment is not required: to be ready at least 10 minutes.

Recipe braised zucchini

You will need: 2 carrots and onion, 1 zucchini and garlic cloves, ? tsp. coriander, parsley, pepper, salt.

How to put out the zucchini. Finely chop the garlic, onion chop semirings. Peel and thinly slice the carrots. Zucchini to release the seeds, cut into quarter or polukrugom. Heat pan with oil, fry the onions, the carrots, the garlic, fry still 5-min, then add the zucchini. Put out the vegetables, covered over medium heat for about 10 minutes, add pepper, salt, seasoning spices, chopped herbs, stir and then covered for 5 minutes. Bon appetit!