How to cook carrots in sour cream according to an old Russian recipe

The lake fish (carp in particular) has been used by man since the Paleolithic times. Naturally, each people has specific features of frying river inhabitants. World glory achieved the Czechs, the Chinese, the Japanese. But our brothers, the Eastern Slavs, also turned out to be not a Shita. Therefore, here we will consider the primordially Russian recipe for carrots in sour cream. Every self-respecting fisherman and a good housewife should be able to cook this dish. But let's start in order - from the selection of products.

Every fisherman dreams of catching bigger. With a specimen that looks more like a small torpedo, it's good to take a picture, so that later on you can cause envy from fellow fishermen. But here is to eat such a giant ... Well, how to fry the carp in sour cream, if they do not climb into a frying pan? For this dish choose fish of medium, gram so on 200. The same goes for the second ingredient - sour cream. Contrary to the popular belief that the fatter, the better, we take the "light" grade - 10%. As we will heat it, a fatty sour milk product will simply melt in a pan like oil.

Even before thinking about how to cook carrots in sour cream, we need to stock up vegetable oil (better sunflower unrefined), onion (two large heads per kilogram of fish) and three eggs. We need two glasses of sour cream. The rest is a trifle: greens of dill and parsley, breadcrumbs, salt. Yes, by the way, when concoction of this dish should not be zealous with all sorts of spices and herbs - carp have a gentle and slightly inexpressive taste, which is easily "lost" among spicy coriander or turmeric.

So, how to cook carrots in sour cream and where to start? First of all, you need to separate them. I hope you did not buy a horrible dirty gray briquette called frozen fish, and before you are freshly caught or at least slightly chilled carcasses. First we clean off all the scales from them, then we rip open the belly and gut. If you completely lose your appetite from the fish head , remove it, and if not, then remove the gills. Then diligently rinse the carcass under running water, soak with paper towels, salt.

How to cook carrots in sour cream so that it is delicious? Perhaps the main secret in this art is mixing blister. Bulbs are cleaned and finely shredded. Pour a small amount of sunflower oil on the pan and, when it is hot, add onions. Fry evenly until golden brown and remove from heat. In the mixer, beat the eggs to a light foam and pour in onions. Remember: omelets do not need anything, so the frying pan should cool down enough. We pour the claret into the bowl, and in the other plate we fill the rusks. We put a frying pan on the fire, pour oil into it again. We take the fish for a tail, dipped first in the egg-onion mixture, then - in breadcrumbs and put on a hot frying pan. Fry from two sides to the formation of a mouth-watering blush.

Well, the final stage of the process is the pouring of fish with a sour milk product. Without reducing the fire, just quickly pour the sour cream and distribute it evenly so that it completely covers our carp. Once the liquid boils, reduce heat and cover for 10 minutes. But after this time, open the frying pan again and bring the sauce to a boil. When serving, sprinkle the finished dish with chopped herbs. Now you know how to cook the carrots in sour cream.