Kebab - a delicious and aromatic dishes of Caucasian cuisine.
It is cooked everywhere: in the elegant restaurant and on the nature, in the small southern cafes and even at home (on a grill or in an oven) - and all this ancient recipe is appropriate.
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The history of the traditional recipe
His triumphant journey through the world kebab started in Turkey. The roots of the origin of the recipe is lost in centuries. There is a theory that the creation of the recipe we are obliged to Turkish soldiers, nomads, which in its long equestrian hikes put under the saddle a piece of meat. Turk was sitting in the saddle of his war horse galloping, and meat batters in a natural way, turning almost into mincemeat. When they stopped to rest, bonfire, batted well under saddle meat strung on saber seasons steppe herbs and cook over an open fire. The result was a kind of shish kebab, which immediately, piping hot, eaten with a good appetite. "Kebab" is translated from the Turkic language as "roast", "Lula" - "tube". In the end - everything is simple and clear.
Since this recipe is a Muslim, in its manufacture are traditionally used meats are allowed in this religion, that is, everything except pork. More often - lamb, at least - beef and goat meat, and sometimes - poultry. Now kebab is present in the kitchens of many countries, and in every country of this recipe appeared features of the culture and taste preferences of a particular people. For example, in India a similar dish made from chicken, spiced, with the addition of fruits and vegetables, and call it rishmi kebab; Israel kebab often uses tender turkey meat that is roasted on the grill; and Iran is prepared so the fish fillets.
Modern chefs prepare kebab of minced thoroughly milled, which is sometimes added for greater richness kurdjuchnyj fat.
In minced meat add the onion and spicy seasonings, formed from a mixture of oblong meatballs, strung them on skewers and fried often on the grill or grill. We'll try to cook a wonderful kebab at home using a conventional oven.
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Required ingredients
mince any fat (or meat), all depends on your preference - 500 g;
onions - 300 g;
kurdjuchnyj or lard - 50 g;
salt, pepper, garlic, spices, herbs - to taste
wooden skewers, skewers - as needed.
Recipe
Before you start to learn a new recipe, prepare the wooden skewers. They must be immediately before cooking for half an hour to soak in cold water. This is to ensure that the wand did not burn at a high temperature in the oven.
Stuffing for cooking kebab must be bold, otherwise you get not the traditional Caucasian dish, and simple burgers. Grind or mince the pieces of meat with onion and bacon in a meat grinder or blender, add salt, pepper, garlic, chopped herbs, spices favorite (well suited coriander, basil). You can add the juice of half a lemon. Then we begin to beat and the resulting mince as carefully as possible. Minimum time for mixing is 7-10 minutes.
You can, for example, put the stuffing in a plastic bag with the power to discourage him on the table. Meat should stand protein mixture kebab turns viscous and homogeneous, it will allow our best to stay cutlets on skewers. You can not for long, for 30 minutes, remove the stuffing in the refrigerator, so that it has cooled, marinated and become pliable.
Meanwhile turn the oven, set the temperature to 200 ° C. Start preparing baking. It is best to put on a grid, which should be to lay on top of the foil. You must obtain oblong recess. This is done in order to grease and moisture while cooking that will stand out from the kebab, running down the notch in the pan without touching our food. It will also help us to achieve the effect of thin mist that is our recipe as close to the traditional.
We took out a dish with minced meat out of the fridge, take a small portion of it and start with clean hands to form a flat cake. Then lay out the middle of the cake prepared skewer and form an oval around the cutlet. Something our products must remind the tip of a cane (see. Photo) Image 1
We spread the skewers with the meat on the prepared grooves across the grid with foil. Put the pan in a preheated oven grill to medium. Do not forget to check back often our meal, follow it very closely. Bake until the top is lightly browned part, forming a tasty crust. Then turn over kebab the other side and wait, and the second side is golden. The dish should be well propechsya while out of your oven will result fabulous flavor.
Serve kebab is best with fresh vegetables, sprinkle it with lemon juice or vinegar, without removing from the shpazhek. you can use either a side dish to your liking: potatoes, rice, and pasta fit. There is also a dish you can submit one or more sauces. Spicy, delicious and fragrant kebab surprise and delight your loved ones, and even suitable as a main dish for the holiday table. We hope that the recipe presented here will be useful to you. Bon Appetit! PICTURE 2
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Recipe for Pumpkin pancakes
Potato pancakes with zucchini and potatoes
Pumpkin pancakes with meat
Potato pancakes - a traditional dish of Belarusian cuisine, which is a pancake of grated potatoes. But they can be prepared from any of the vegetables.
For example, very tender and delicious zucchini pancakes are obtained.
Due to the low calorific value and easy digestibility of vegetable organism is widely used in baby food and diet of people suffering from diseases of the digestive system. Often zucchini include in the diet to lose weight. The best flavor have young vegetables, they have no rough peel and almost no seeds.
Potato pancakes can be used as a separate dish, and as a garnish for meat and fish.
Serve them better with sour cream or melted butter. Properly cooked pancakes with crispy outside and juicy inside. To do this, they should fry in a well heated oil on both sides until golden brown.
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Recipe for Pumpkin pancakes
The recipe for this dish consists of the following ingredients:
Squash medium size - 2-3 pieces.
2 eggs.
4 tbsp. spoons of wheat flour.
Salt - 1 tsp.
A small bunch of herbs.
Ground black pepper - to taste.
Vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. spoon.
Vegetables should peel and grate (medium and fine). If the squash is very juicy, you can remove excess moisture. It is more convenient to do it through a colander lined with cheesecloth. Then add to the vegetables and stir eggs. Greens finely chopped and attach to the mixture with salt and pepper. Pour the flour. The resulting dough should have the consistency of sour cream. Spread it needs a spoon into the pan with the hot oil and fry on both sides over medium heat, uncovered.
Recipes for pancakes there are so many. You can add to the squash grated carrots, onions, garlic and various spices. The following is an interesting recipe extraordinarily delicious pancakes zucchini and potatoes.
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Potato pancakes with zucchini and potatoes
Items needed for cooking:
2 small zucchini.
1 kg of potatoes.
1 medium onion.
1 egg.
3-4 tablespoons. tablespoons flour.
Sunflower oil or olive oil for frying - 2-3 tbsp. spoon.
Salt, pepper, spices - to taste.
Garlic - on request.
Zucchini, potatoes and onions peel and rinse with water. Pitchers and potatoes need to grate and squeeze out the excess water, if necessary. Then add the vegetables to the egg, salt, pepper and seasoning. All the mix, add the flour, ensuring the necessary consistency, and fry in hot oil, as described previously. Serve with sour cream and herbs.
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Pumpkin pancakes with meat
The recipe for potato pancakes with meat is an option of making this simple dish, which makes it more nutritious. Stuffing can be any: pork, chicken or mixed.
The ingredients you will need for cooking pancakes with minced meat:
Squash - 2-3 pieces.
Stuffing - 200 g
Onions - 1 pc.
Eggs - 2 pcs.
2 tbsp. spoons of wheat flour.
White bread, milk - for the preparation of meat.
Vegetable oil (for frying).
Salt and pepper - to taste.
The pre-soaked in warm milk bread have to twist through a meat grinder, along with meat and onions. Then, the resulting mince add egg, salt and pepper, mix well and put in the cold for 30 minutes. Peeled zucchini grate, remove excess water, to introduce the salt and flour. The resulting mass is mixed. In a frying pan with hot oil spoon lay thin pancakes. Then on top of each squash cake is necessary to put a layer of meat. Superimposed over again marrow mass. Fry should be on medium heat until crispy crust. Then cover with a lid and bring the pancakes until tender over low heat.
Instead of meat, you can use the mushroom stuffing. Dish receive at least a hearty and tasty.
