In Russia - the soup, Ukraine - borsch and Azerbaijan - of course, Petey. Fragrant and hearty PITI - very popular Azerbaijani soup being prepared in special pot - pitishnitsa. Its main ingredients are lamb and chickpeas. The recipe for this soup Piti includes baked chestnuts. But if you want this exotic ingredient may be replaced by potatoes.
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Pea soup in the pot
But chickpeas in the recipe replace the usual peas not worth it.
That chick - pea varieties, which give preference in Western and Central Asia - is the highlight of this delicious soup recipe.
In form it resembles the head of a ram with a bird's beak, so in Azerbaijan, it is also called garbanzo beans. Compared with conventional chickpeas softer contains less calories and proteins and fats, of high quality. Yet, it includes magnesium, potassium, calcium, and vitamins A and C. Due to the abundance of nutrients in its composition chick is capable of improving digestion and heart, and with constant use - to reduce blood cholesterol levels and prevent cataracts. That has such amazing properties this product!
Azerbaijan is famous for its cuisine based on chickpeas. This variety is present in recipes pea soups, side dishes and salads. RATED chickpeas and vegetarians, as well as people who hold posts. Chickpeas easily replace meat, has a pleasant nutty flavor and very satisfying.
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Recipe soup
On 6 pots you will need:
lamb (breast or cervix) - 700 g
dry chickpeas - 200 g
Potatoes - 6 pieces.
onions - 4 pcs.
tomato - 2 pcs.
plums - 6 pieces.
Mint - 2 tbsp. l.
Saffron - 6 stamens
parsley and cilantro - 4 tbsp. l.
salt and pepper - to taste.
With all the positive properties of chickpea he has one feature - a very long time preparing for it. Therefore, if you want to try lunch soup Piti, the chickpeas overnight should be soaked in cold water. In the morning drain the water and rinse the chickpeas.
Mutton is cut into pieces of 30-40 g and put in pots, so that each of them turned out for 3-4 pieces. Then add the chickpeas in pots, fill ¾ full with water and place in oven to languish for 40 minutes.
When the meat and chickpeas will be able semireadiness, pots get, add to potatoes, onions, tomatoes and plum. Potato is better to take small and putting whole tubers. If you take a large, then cut into four parts. Tomato and onion cut into cubes. If onions are small, they can also be put entirely. Plum placed to make the soup "sour." Myrobalan peculiarity is that it contains very little sugar and many malic and citric acids. It is best to use fresh fruit, but suitable for soup and dried. If you buy a plum does not, add a little lemon juice. Then in pots must also pour water, add salt to taste and place in oven for 30 minutes.
Features Azerbaijani soups are a tangy taste and an unusual aroma, so the recipes are always present spices. At the end of each cooking pot should be putting greens, peppers, mint and saffron, cover and hold it in the oven for another 5 minutes. Mint will give a refreshing taste, saffron - a tasty yellow. Saffron is a very useful spice that helps digest food and relieve irritation in the stomach. However, it should be added in small amounts, or soup turn bitter.
An important ingredient in the preparation of PITI is your good mood
. It will serve as an excellent dressing. Your guests will be pleased with the soup and asked to share the recipe of its preparation.
Here's a simple recipe!
Serve the soup to the table should be Petey in the pot in which it is prepared, served hot.
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The best recipes of soups, mashed vegetables
Useful tips for cooking soup, mashed potatoes
Proper healthy diet - the key to good health, beauty and high vitality. In today's hectic lifestyle this statement is often forgotten or permanently do not have time to cook some healthy meals. Come to the aid harmful intermediates and fast food. As a result, there are various diseases related to malnutrition, such as gastric ulcer, gastritis, allergies and so on. N. But out of this situation is still there.
It is a vegetable soup, which is very useful and tasty dishes that do not require a lot of time for preparation, which is essential for the modern man is constantly engaged.
What is this meal?
Vegetable soup puree used in dietetic food, so this soup is familiar to many from his childhood.
Make soup pureed vegetables for lunch, you can do without the second dish, because these soups are high in calories and nutritious. Contained in vegetables, carbohydrates are necessary to maintain the strength of the body, it is recommended to use them all, especially those who have any problems with the digestive system.
Soups have a velvety texture, has a delicate flavor and is easy to cook. For their preparation commonly used vegetable, chicken or fish broth. Prepare most of several kinds of vegetables, sometimes with the addition of cereals (barley or rice) and legumes (beans, peas).
A distinctive feature of these soups is chopping vegetables boiled to the state of a homogeneous mass with a sieve, blender or food processor.
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The best recipes of soups, mashed vegetables
The following are the most delicious recipes, useful and unusual soups-mashed potatoes, which are very popular today. For their preparation they need the most simple ingredients, which is in every house. Recipes are simple enough for their cooking does not take much time.
The original mushroom soup in a bread pot
This is a very tasty soup that will appeal to absolutely everyone.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
any mushrooms - 500 g;
onions - 1 pc .;
potatoes - 400 g (2-3 pcs.);
cream 20% fat - 0, 5 l;
any hard cheese - 100 g;
Garlic - 2 cloves;
vegetable oil;
Rye bread rolls - 4 pcs .;
salt and pepper.
Cooking method:
First you need to prepare the dishes for soup. From buns to cut the top of the head, which will serve as a lid for the pot bread. Carefully remove the bread pulp. Do not leave too thin crust. Then get bread pots need to dry for 15 minutes in the oven at 180 ° C.
Garlic grind and rub with vegetable oil, then coat with bread inside the pots and lids.
Put to boil potatoes. The water in the pan should cover only slightly potatoes. In a frying pan fry the mushrooms, onion and put in a pot with potatoes. Continue to cook until done, add salt and pepper. Then, drain the broth.
Ready chop vegetables to puree the state, pour the cream and once again put on fire. Soup boil and immediately turn off. But do not boil! This is important, as affect the taste of the soup.
Hot soup is ready pour into bread pot, sprinkle with cheese. You can decorate by putting one-piece mushrooms in a pot. Cover and bring to the stolu.Priyatnogo appetite!
Fragrant potato soup with garlic
Ingredients for this fragrant soup puree (4 servings):
Potatoes - 500 g;
onions - 1 pc .;
butter - 3 tbsp .;
flour - 2 tbsp. L .;
salt and pepper;
Milk - 1 cup;
cream - 1 cup;
Garlic - 6 cloves;
fresh parsley.
Cooking method:
First, heat the butter in a pan and fry the onion until transparent.
Then you add the potatoes in a pan and flour, salt and pepper.
Pour 2 cups of water, 1 cup of milk and cook for 20 minutes over low heat.
Then crush the potatoes to the state of the liquid puree.
Peel the garlic. Half of the garlic must be passed through a garlic press, and with finely chopped parsley fry in butter, add to the soup. Another part of the garlic and squeeze out and put in the soup fresh.
Pour the cream into the soup and bring to boil.
All flavored potato soup with garlic is ready. Bon Appetit!
In the preparation of this soup it will take only 30 minutes.
Spectacular soup of zucchini
Soft velvety texture of this soup with creamy taste fascinates all with the first spoon. Most of those who try this soup for the first time, can not determine from what foods it is cooked. Many believe that the mushroom soup has a taste, although there is no fungus.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
young zucchini - 4 pcs .;
vegetable or chicken broth - 1 liter;
large potatoes - 2 pcs .;
onions - 1 pc .;
15-20% fat cream - 180 ml;
Garlic - 1 clove;
vegetable oil - 2 tbsp .;
water - 250 ml;
salt and pepper.
Cooking method:
Heat in a pan and add the vegetable oil chopped onion, crushed garlic, coarsely chopped potatoes and zucchini. Stirring constantly, fry the vegetables for 5 minutes.
Pour the broth and a glass of water. When a boil, reduce heat and simmer for another 20 minutes until cooked potatoes.
Then chop the cooked vegetables blender to puree the state.
Season with salt and pepper and add the cream. Again put on the fire, and only bring to a boil. But do not boil!
All delicious soup is ready! Bon Appetit!
Nourishing chicken soup
Very easy, nutritious and healthy soup with chicken. Vegetable soup saturated with the necessary and beneficial trace elements, along with dietary chicken gives it a wonderful flavor and taste amazing.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
chicken - 300 g;
carrots - 2 pcs .;
Potatoes - 3 pcs .;
celery, dried dill;
Garlic - 3 cloves;
allspice - 4 pcs .;
salt and pepper;
a handful of walnuts - on request.
Cooking method:
Chicken and vegetables coarsely cut and folded into a pan. Season with salt and pepper, add the pepper and minced garlic. Cover with water so that the water almost covered the food and cook for 20-30 minutes.
Then, drain the broth and strain.
Minced meat and vegetables in a blender and dilute broth until desired consistency.
Add dried dill and again bring to kipeniya.Podavat soup can sprinkle with chopped walnuts. Bon Appetit!
Succulent tomato soup with bacon and beans
It's incredibly rich and nourishing soup saturated with bright red color, having a plurality of flavor notes of which are interwoven in a single fragrant bouquet. After trying just one spoonful of soup, you can not stop without emptying the whole plate. This soup is great uplifting, warms the blood and invigorates.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
Tomatoes in own juice - 400 g (in the summer is better to use fresh tomatoes);
onions - 1 pc .;
carrots - 1 pc .;
celery stalk - 1 pc .;
Garlic - 2 cloves;
Canned white beans or red - 400 g;
Rice - 150 g;
vegetable or meat broth - 1 liter;
Tabasco sauce - or a few drops of chili - a pinch;
sugar - 0, 5 tsp .;
bacon - 4 bars;
salt pepper;
herbs and croutons - on request.
Cooking method:
Chopped onion, crushed garlic and fry the celery, add carrots and a little put out.
Then put the chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper, add the Tabasco sauce and spices. All the ingredients are thoroughly mixed and a little put out.
Put the broth into the fire. When the broth boils, put the rice, beans and tomato pulp with vegetables. Cook without a lid for 20 minutes after boiling, stirring occasionally.
The finished weight grind to puree the state and once again bring to a boil.
Serve with bacon, croutons and fresh herbs. Slices of bacon is better to pre-fry until crisp condition. Bon Appetit!
Gentle Cream of cauliflower with cream and cheese
This gentle soup will appeal to all, even those who do not like cabbage soup because of the smell. Cheese and cream well drown out the taste of boiled cabbage and saturated soup creamy and delicious taste.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
Cauliflower - 1 kg;
onions - 1 pc .;
carrots - 1 pc .;
medium-sized potatoes - 2 pcs .;
butter - 30 g;
water - 1, 5 liters;
10% fat cream - 100 ml;
cheese varieties - 100 g;
salt and pepper.
Cooking method:
Rinse the cabbage well, divide into florets and boil in salted water for 15 minutes. Then drain.
Sliced onions until transparent fry in a pan, add coarsely chopped potatoes, carrots and all a bit put out.
Then pour water into the pan and cook until tender vegetables. Add the cabbage, boil for a few minutes and ready to crush the mass blender.
Season with salt and pepper, add the hot cream and grated cheese. Another boil for 2-3 minutes.
Serve this soup with croutons best. Bon Appetit!
Rich soup with pumpkin and eggplant
This is a very delicate and rich soup with a light mushroom flavor, although the mushrooms in the soup there. A pumpkin and eggplant are not defined. Great for kids of all ages.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
potatoes of medium size - 5 pcs .;
pumpkin - 200 g;
carrots - 1 pc .;
large tomatoes - 2 pcs .;
onions - 1 pc .;
eggplant small size - 3 pcs .;
red pepper - 1 pc .;
Garlic - 3 cloves;
-2-3 tbsp olive oil .;
fresh herbs - 1 bunch.
Cooking method:
Pour water into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Peel the potatoes, onions, carrots and cut into cubes, dipped in boiling water. Boil the potatoes until tender.
Pumpkin peel and cut into pieces. Chop tomatoes and add with the pumpkin in a saucepan with vegetables.
Eggplant peel, slice and salt. As empty juice, rinse them under running water.
Garlic should be finely chopped and fry with eggplant in a little oil, then add to the pan with the vegetables.
Remove the pan from the heat and cool slightly. Chop vegetables blender to puree the state. After that pot again put on fire and bring to a boil, add salt and spices to taste.
Diced red bell pepper and fresh herbs, add boiling soup at all. All thoroughly. The soup is ready! Bon Appetit!
Such a suitable soup garlic croutons, sour cream or cream. To prepare the croutons must first chopped garlic, salt and fry in butter in a frying pan, then remove the garlic and the oil to fry bread, diced.
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Useful tips for cooking soup, mashed potatoes
Soup is best served at the table immediately after cooking, but if for any reason this is not possible, a pot of soup you need to put in a water bath. Therefore, the soup will not boil and remain hot.
For soups, puree usually served deep-fried croutons, crackers, small pies with a variety of toppings and fresh herbs.
You can also add the cream and egg filling. To do this part-time cup of hot cream or milk to pour 2-3 raw egg yolks and add to the soup. This will make the soup more nutritious.
