Siberian Lecho. Step-by-step Pepper Recipe For Home Canning

Lecho … This overseas dish with Hungarian roots has long and firmly established itself in the list of favorite preparations of our hostesses. It is prepared both according to the classic recipe from tomatoes and peppers, and with the addition of other vegetables: onions, carrots, zucchini, eggplants, beans, etc. In Siberia, for example, lecho with onions and carrots is very popular. The Siberian lecho recipe with onions and carrots is in this publication.

Ingredients for Siberian lecho

To prepare Siberian lecho you will need:

• 1.7 kg of tomatoes;
• 0.5 kg of onions;
• 0.5 kg of bell pepper;
• 0.5 kg of carrots;
• 100 g sugar;
• 100 g of vegetable oil;
• 25 g salt (1 flat tablespoon);
• 1 teaspoon vinegar essence

Method of preparation of lecho in Siberian style

First you need to prepare the vegetables: rinse well, peel the onions and carrots, remove the tail and seeds from the peppers. Chop or chop the tomatoes through a meat grinder.

Cut the carrots into strips. Onions ─ half rings. Peppers are also half rings, only wider than onions.

Put the saucepan with tomatoes on the fire.

When it boils, add carrots, onions and peppers.

The cooking time for Siberian lecho is 30 minutes over medium heat. 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add salt, sugar, gently pour in vegetable oil and at the very end vinegar.

Siberian Lecho is ready! It remains only to decompose hot in previously sterilized jars.

Eat to your health!

Photo: Lena Tsynkevich