What dishes you can make with squash

Squashes are a kind of pumpkin, have a specific taste that not everyone likes. Raw, these vegetables are almost do not eat, basically, they marinate or cook a hot meal. The squash is ideal for the diet, normalizes metabolism, contain many vitamins and minerals.

Stuffed squash

This dish is unusual and original in the first place, thanks to an interesting design. Perfect to to surprise family or guests. In this recipe it is quite simple, and cooking does not take much time.

Ingredients:

- squash, 1 whole thing (about 200-300 grams);
- chicken, 300 grams;
- onion, 1 head;
carrots, 1 medium piece;
- garlic to taste;
- salt, pepper.

Recipe:

Wash squash and carefully cut off its top (horizontally) together with the stem. Clean it from the pulp, leaving only the walls, with a width of approximately 1-2 cm from the Inside coat the squash with salt. Removed flesh cut into cubes, then fry in a pan, pre-lubricated it with vegetable oil. Wash chicken, separate from the bones (if it's not fillet) and loop on the grinder.

If you want to get juicy meat, the skin from the chicken do not remove.

Onion and carrot peel, finely chop or grate. Garlic crush with chesnokodavilke. Minced chicken, onion, squash, carrot and garlic together and mix well. Add a pinch of salt and pepper. The resulting mixture was put into the squash, top cut off, close the earlier tip. Preheat oven to a temperature of 200oC and bake the squash for 40-60 minutes. Serve it whole, and then cut into pieces.

Squash fried

This is quite a tasty and hearty dish that goes well with meat. It is easy to prepare and the taste will please even the gourmets.

Ingredients:

- squash, 4 pieces;
cheese, 150 grams;
- eggs, 3 pieces;
- sunflower oil for frying;
- butter;
- greens;
- breadcrumbs.


Recipe:

Zucchini peel, cut the flesh into large chunks, season with salt and sauté in the pan with adding oil.
Cheese chop on a grater. To it add 2 eggs, butter, finely chopped herbs, salt. Put the mixture in the cauldron and heat.

The cauldron is a special cookware with thick walls and a round bottom.

Divide the remaining 1 egg and slightly beat it. Prepare the breadcrumbs. Using the resulting hot mixture (from the cauldron) make two pieces of squash, dip them in egg and roll in breadcrumbs. Fry in a hot pan until just brown, pre-lubricated with sunflower oil.