Zucchini with rice 🍲 step by step recipe with photo

Kitchen appliances and utensils

plate,
teapot,
kitchen scale
beaker,
deep pan
a bowl,
grater,
cutting board,
knife,
kitchen spatula
tablespoon and teaspoon.

Ingredients

zucchini - 500-700 g
tomato - 6-8 pcs.
sweet pepper - 3 pcs.
onions - 1 pc.
carrots - 1 pc.
garlic - 5 cloves
rice - 120 g
tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l
vegetable oil - 3-4 tbsp. l
ground black pepper - ½ tsp.
salt - 1 tsp.
sugar - 1 tsp.
dill greens - to taste
fresh rosemary to taste
water - 0.8-1 l

Step cooking

Rinse thoroughly under running water with a couple of sprigs of rosemary, then dry them with paper towels. Then pour in a deep pan about 3-4 tbsp. l vegetable oil, put rosemary in it and warm well over medium heat. Thus, rosemary gives the oil a light spicy aroma.
While the oil is warming up, peel 1 onion, rinse it and cut into small cubes. Then remove the rosemary from the pan and place the chopped onions in the aromatic oil. Sauté the onions until soft over medium heat, stirring occasionally with a spatula.
Rinse under water 6-8 tomatoes (depending on size). Pre-make shallow cuts on their surface. In a teapot, boil about 0.8 liters of water and pour the tomatoes with boiling water for 2-3 minutes. So it will be easier for you to peel them.
Peel and rinse well 1 carrot, then grate it on a coarse grater or Korean carrot grater. Add chopped carrots to the onion in a pan, mix gently and simmer over medium heat.
Remove the peel from the soaked tomatoes and remove the places where the stalks were attached. Then cut the tomatoes into small cubes. Rinse approximately 500-700 g of zucchini, peel and cut into cubes approximately 1 cm thick. Also, rinse, peel and cut into cubes 3 pcs. sweet pepper.
To the fried carrots with onions, add 2 tbsp. l tomato paste and mix well with a spatula. Then add chopped tomatoes, zucchini and peppers to the pan. Mix everything thoroughly with a spatula. Then cover the pan and simmer the vegetables for about 10 minutes over medium heat.
In the meantime, rinse well with 120 g of rice. After 10 minutes, when the vegetables have started the juice, evenly pour rice into the pan. Cover the pan and simmer all together for another 40 minutes.
Peel and grate 5 cloves of garlic on a fine grater. About 10 minutes before cooking, add 1 tsp to the pan. sugar, 1 tsp. salt, ½ tsp. black pepper and chopped garlic. Mix everything well and bring to readiness under the lid.
Rinse thoroughly and chop the dill greens with a knife. If desired, you can use any other herbs to your liking. About a minute before cooking, add greens to the pan and mix well. Cover the pan, turn off the heat and let the dish stand and cool, then serve.

Video recipe

How to prepare all the ingredients and make a fragrant and juicy vegetable stew with rice, you can watch the video in detail.

Appetizing tender zucchini with rice can be served not only for breakfast, but also for lunch and dinner. The dish is very tasty and satisfying. Be sure to try cooking rice with vegetables - everyone will be happy and deliciously fed.In the comments, share your impressions of such a vegetable stew with rice. Tell us which ingredients you are using additionally.