Zucchini originally grew only in northern Mexico. This vegetable was popular among the local population. People cooked zucchini not only in salads and main courses, but also added it to baked goods and sweets.
In the 16th century, zucchini arrived in Europe, where local cooks began to experiment with the vegetable. Before cooks discovered the ways of cooking zucchini, this vegetable decorated the botanical gardens of France and Italy.
Now you can make a lot of useful dishes from zucchini
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For example, a summer vitamin salad.
Ingredients for zucchini salad:
- zucchini – 2 pcs;
- vegetable oil – 4 tablespoons;
- cheese – 80 g;
- salt – a pinch;
- sour cream – tbsp;
- ground black pepper – a pinch;
- dried garlic – ½ tsp.
Preparation of zucchini salad:
Cut zucchini into large cubes. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, add dry garlic and ground black pepper to it.
Stew the spices in the oil for no more than 15 seconds, and then send zucchini into the frying pan. On high heat you need to fry zucchini until golden crust.
At this time, grate cheese finely, together with sour cream, send it to the frying pan with zucchini. As soon as zucchini fried, you need to reduce the heat.
Salt the zucchini, stew for 3-4 minutes, stir.
The result is a rather unusual salad of zucchini. It can be combined with other vegetables or used as a spread on bread.
