Skewers of aubergines - tasty and healthy

Spring-summer period is a season of picnics, swimming and barbecue. What are not thought up recipes for pickling shish kebab from meat, chicken and even fish. Vegetables, as a rule, are served as a side dish to meat dishes, and few people think that it is possible to show originality and cook, for example, a shish kebab from eggplants. This dish will be an excellent side dish for meat. As for vegetarians, this approach can be an excellent alternative to traditional shish kebab for them.

Basic rules for cooking vegetable shashlik

As a rule, the word "shish kebab" means a dish cooked on a fire. It is cooked on the grill, on the grill and even in the oven, but only when cooking on charcoal can you achieve that unique flavor. Vegetarian shish kebab was formerly considered an exotic dish, now it can be found in any restaurant. Cooking it is very simple, but here there are their subtleties:

• So that during the cooking the vegetables do not fall apart, they can not be salted in any case. This applies to all vegetables, except eggplant. If a shish kebab from aubergine is not soaked in salt water, it will give bitterness. Therefore, before cooking, chopped eggplants drop the salted solution.
• The time of cooking vegetables depends on the size of slicing vegetables. The cook himself determines this time interval - vegetables should be ruddy and soft, but not lose their shape.

Shish kebab from aubergines on the fire can be prepared in various ways, this will be described below.

Skewers of vegetables and lard

Skewers of eggplants on skewers can be prepared from various vegetables, with the addition of meat or fat, this is a matter of taste. For this recipe you need: 5-6 medium eggplant, 250 gr. Fresh lard, salt, pepper and spices to taste. In the aubergines make transverse incisions every 1.5 cm, not cutting to the end. Inside, sprinkle them with salt, wait 20 minutes, then carefully wipe with a paper towel to remove the bitterness. Chilled lard cut into squares, rubbed with salt and spices, put in each incision in the eggplant. To plant vegetables on skewers and to fry on coals till readiness. Eggplant's skin should slightly darken and wrinkle. Inside, they are very delicate and juicy, and the bacon will be fragrant and crispy. This shish kebab from eggplants is served with greens and pita bread.

Vegetable shish kebab without pickling

This fragrant vegetarian shish kebab will be loved by those who do not eat meat. For its preparation you need 2 large eggplants, 2 large tomatoes or several cherries, 3 small green peppers, several onions, salt and pepper to taste. All the vegetables need to be pre-prepared. Eggplant cut into large rings obliquely, salt or put in salt water. While they are soaked, peeled onions, cut across in three parts, if the onion is shallow, you can divide it in half. Place the cut grease with vegetable oil and leave for a while. After 15 minutes the eggplants are pulled out of the water, dried with a paper towel. Bulgarian pepper cut along into 4 parts, tomatoes in half. String vegetables on skewers in this order - a quarter of pepper, eggplant, onion, tomato, repeat sequence. If cherry tomatoes are taken for cooking, they need to be threaded whole. All the vegetables sprinkle a little with lemon juice and cook on charcoal until blanch. When serving dishes, pour the sauce over to taste and sprinkle with herbs.

Aubergine and minced shish kebab

This is the original way to cook shish kebab from eggplant. The recipe for this dish includes not only vegetables, but also meat, which will suit any gourmet. For its preparation you will need: 0.5 kg of minced meat from mutton or pork, 2 large eggplants, onions, garlic, fresh cucumber, greens, low-fat sour cream, olives, salt, spices to taste.

Onion finely chopped, put into mince, mix well, add salt, add spices, mix again. Forcemeat remove the refrigerator for 30 minutes, and in the meantime prepare the sauce. Grate the cucumber on a grater, add salt and remove excess water. Add chopped garlic, olives and greens. There also put 30 gr. Sour cream, mix everything and put it in the refrigerator.

A few cloves of garlic, clean, cut, salt, mix with olive oil and leave to marinate for 10 minutes. Eggplants cut into thick circles, salt, wipe with a napkin. From the stuffing to glaze balls, a little flatten, thread on skewers, alternating with eggplant. Fry on charcoal until ready, serve, sprinkled with marinated garlic, with pita bread and sauce.

Vegetable platter with cheese

Aubergine skewers on skewers with the addition of various ingredients is a very simple and tasty dish. For example, vegetables and cheese can be liked not only by adults, but also by children. For its preparation you need: 2 eggplants, 2 small zucchini, 2 tomatoes, sweet corn, hard cheese, vegetable oil, salt and spices.

Wash vegetables, cut into slices, sprinkle a little, put the eggplant on a paper towel to make the glass bitter, cut the cheese into cubes. Vegetables and cheese dip in vegetable oil, so that during cooking they are not burnt. String alternately on skewers vegetables and cheese, when frying is often turned over. Serve with any sauce and greens, garnish will serve as sweet corn.

Tips and Tricks

Vegetable cooking is a very simple process, but to make it successful, you need to follow some recommendations.

1. During cooking vegetables can be scrolled, so you can use skewers-corners.

2. If possible, it is better to cook vegetables on a barbecue grill.

3. Any vegetables can do without marinating, so do not waste time on this.

4. When cooking shish kebab with minced meat, you need to start from the ends of the skewer. Then mincemeat immediately grab, and from it will not flow out the juice.

It has long been known that the most harmful food is this fried, so the aubergine skewers, cooked on charcoal, are an excellent opportunity to eat not only delicious, but also useful.

Bon appetit and be healthy!