Zucchini with green peas in a frying pan

The simplest, light dish of summer vegetables. This dish is suitable for a summer menu when you want something light and simple. It is prepared quickly, without much time. Stewed vegetables can be served as a lean dish or as a light side dish to meat, fish or chicken.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 8 % 1 g
Fats 54 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 38 % 5 g
91 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 45 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    To cook zucchini with green peas in a frying pan, you will need: young zucchini, green peas, vegetable oil, salt, basil, rosemary, parsley.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the squash, dry it. Since the vegetable is young, with a delicate thin skin, it can not be cut. So the zucchini retains its shape even better when quenching. Cut the zucchini into small cubes.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Put the frying pan with vegetable oil on the fire. Lay out the zucchini.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Pre-wash the green peas, clean the partitions. Add the peas to the squash. The vegetables are young, so they will reach readiness at the same time. Mix everything together. Cook over low heat until the vegetables are half cooked for about 20 minutes. Zucchini gives juice when stewing, so I did not cover the pan with a lid at this stage so that excess moisture evaporated.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add salt, basil, rosemary, mix everything. Simmer on low heat under the lid until cooked for another 15 minutes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Wash parsley, dry, finely chop.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Before serving, sprinkle the finished dish with fragrant herbs. Bon appetit!

The dish turns out to be especially successful with young, unripe vegetables.
Green peas of milky ripeness have a delicate, slightly sweet taste and go well with zucchini.
The addition of aromatic herbs gives vegetables a special flavor. Seasonings and spices can be added according to your preferences.
Dill and green onions are also suitable as greens.
To add piquancy to vegetables, you can add garlic. It must first be cleaned, washed and crushed in a convenient way: pass through a press or finely chop. 1-2 cloves will be enough. Adding it in step
Zucchini is a unique vegetable, it has a wide range of useful properties. Due to its easy assimilation and low calorie content, zucchini dishes are recommended for therapeutic, restorative diets. And also for weight normalization diets.

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

  • Fresh basil - 27   kcal/100g
  • Dried basil - 251   kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45   kcal/100g
  • Green peas fresh - 280   kcal/100g
  • Canned green peas - 55   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Rosemary dry - 131   kcal/100g
  • Young zucchini - 24   kcal/100g

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