Stewed cucumbers

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to put out cucumbers with tomatoes in a frying pan? Prepare all the products listed in the recipe. Cucumbers can be used ordinary and long salad. The amount of any of the components can be increased or decreased to taste.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the cucumbers. Peel the onion and garlic from the husk. Rinse everything under running cold water and dry with paper napkins to remove excess water.

3. Step 3:

   

   Chop the onion into quarter rings or small cubes, as you like. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan. Send the onion to fry. Cook over high heat, stirring occasionally to the desired degree of roasting. You can add the onion to transparency or leave it in a frying pan until a golden hue appears.

4. Step 4:

   

   Cut cucumbers into rings or half rings about 0.5 cm thick. It is not necessary to cut cucumbers too thinly, otherwise during the cooking process they will spread into a shapeless mass, which will spoil the taste and appearance of the finished dish.

5. Step 5:

   

   Send cucumbers to the onion.

7. Step 6:

   

   Then add tomato paste. At this stage, instead of pasta, you can use mashed tomatoes, tomato sauce or ketchup.

8. Step 7:

   

   Pour in a small amount of water. Mix everything well. After boiling, reduce the flame under the pan to slightly below average and simmer the cucumbers under a closed lid for 15-20 minutes. After a while, open the lid and mix the cucumbers.

9. Step 8:

   

   Pass the garlic through a press or chop it by hand with a sharp knife as finely as possible. Add the garlic to the pan. Add salt to taste and season with your favorite spices. Simmer with the lid open for another 5 minutes.

10. Step 9:

    

    At the end of cooking, sprinkle the finished dish with chopped herbs, mix everything. Remove the pan from the heat and let the dish brew for about 5 minutes.

11. Step 10:

    

    Stewed cucumbers are ready. You can serve them immediately in hot form, sprinkled with hot or fragrant pepper if desired. On hot summer days, this dish will serve as a wonderful snack in a chilled form.