Kitchen appliances and utensils: hob, frying pan, bowl, tablespoon and teaspoon, cutting board, knife.
Ingredients
Component | amount |
Tomato paste | 800 g |
Sweet pepper | 2 kg |
Water | 800 ml |
Salt | 1 tsp |
Sugar | 5 tsp |
Step cooking
- Take 800 grams of tomato paste and put it in a medium-sized bowl. Pour water into it in a ratio of 1 to 1 to tomato paste, that is, 800 milliliters. Stir the ingredients thoroughly in a bowl so that the tomato paste is completely dissolved in water.
- Add about 3 / 4-1 teaspoon of salt to the diluted tomato paste.
- Add 5 teaspoons of sugar to the diluted tomato paste. Mix the contents of the bowl thoroughly with a spoon so that the sugar and salt are completely dissolved in the liquid.
- We take 2 kilograms of bell pepper, cut and discard the stalk from each fruit. Next, we cut the peppers into rings, and then grind them into small pieces of 1-2 centimeters.
- Pour the diluted tomato paste into a heated skillet over a fire and bring to a boil.
- When the liquid boils, put the chopped bell pepper in it.
- Stir the ingredients in a pan with a spatula or spoon. After this, simmer the mixture for 20 minutes. After the appointed time, remove the pan from the heat. On this, the process of cooking lecho with tomato paste comes to an end, bon appetit.
Did you know?Instead, you can use tomatoes instead of tomato paste. It is worth giving preference to fresh and fleshy fruits. The more ripe and sweeter they are, the tastier it will be. You can also use large ripe fruits that are no longer suitable for individual consumption.
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Tomato Paste Lecho - This is a light dish with a delicate texture and rich taste of bell pepper and tomatoes. It goes well with meat, chicken or fish, as well as side dishes of porridge, potatoes or pasta - a very versatile product. In the classic Hungarian recipe must be present onions.
If desired, it can be added together with bell pepper to the heated tomato paste. Carrots and garlic are also often used, a rarer but more interesting option is the addition of eggplant. The lecho recipe is also ideal for adding fragrant herbs and spices. You can use cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, parsley, basil, thyme, cilantro or different types of peppers to your taste.