Zucchini, eggplant and potato stew is quick and easy

Healthy, dietary, appetizing and fragrant! Stew of zucchini, eggplant and potatoes is quick and easy to cook — vegetables are fried for a very short time, due to which they have a maximum of vitamins and nutrients. The stew can be served both independently and as a lean side dish.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 8 % 1 g
Fats 23 % 3 g
Carbohydrates 69 % 9 g
60 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to quickly and easily make a stew of zucchini, eggplant and potatoes? Prepare the products. Wash the vegetables thoroughly and dry them. Their set may vary depending on your preferences or availability. It's the same with herbs and spices — take it to taste.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Peel the potatoes. In the stew, you do not need to grind the products, otherwise you will get porridge. Therefore, cut the potatoes into large cubes. Pour oil into a frying pan and fry the potatoes over medium heat until golden brown, literally 5-7 minutes.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Peel the onion and carrot, cut into cubes and add to the potatoes.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Fry the vegetables until golden brown, stirring, for about 5 minutes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Cut the eggplant into large cubes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Do the same with zucchini.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Cut the tomato and pepper into cubes. You can remove the skin from the tomato beforehand. How easy is it to peel tomatoes? Wash them, make criss-cross incisions on top with a sharp knife. Put it in boiling water for 1-2 minutes. Remove, cool slightly and remove the skin.  Put all the vegetables in a frying pan, add salt and spices to taste.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Fry everything together for 10 minutes.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Add chopped herbs, 2 tablespoons of water and cover the pan with a lid for 5 minutes.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    The stew is ready. You can serve it to the table. Enjoy your meal!

Please note that in some cases there is no need to remove the bitterness from eggplants - usually young vegetables are not bitter, as well as some special varieties of them.

Which zucchini will work best? Choose young fruits with tender skins. Wash them and peel them. It is not necessary to cut off a very thin skin. If you use more mature zucchini, cut off the rough peel and cut out the middle with the seeds.

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ripe potatoes - 80   kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70   kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380   kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82   kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74   kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192   kcal/100g
  • Tomatoes - 23   kcal/100g
  • Zucchini - 23   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Eggplant - 24   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45   kcal/100g
  • Dill greens - 38   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289   kcal/100g

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