Pickled vegetables

Pickles are an ideal option when choosing a snack or appetizer, combining at the same time with the lifestyle to which we have adapted to this day. Since it is usually a recipe with a fairly simple preparation, it is also popular for having healthy properties for your body, which is known as a probiotic, which in previous years became a trend in the implementation of a healthy diet.

Being one of the oldest techniques within the kitchen, it is worth knowing these healthy and simple measures of food preservation with vinegar, which give a delicious flavor to your snacks. There are two ways in which this recipe is prepared, one of them is by cooking the food, and the other is through the fermentation process, this time we will do it cooked, this method takes a little more time to be consumed, but nevertheless its preparation is simple.

We recommend this recipe as an accompaniment to a main dish, or in the form of a flag, and we know that presenting it in this way will be the favorite of your family, friends or guests. Do not miss this alternative recipe, full of good flavor and intensity.

Vegetable Pickle Recipe

Ingredients

Preparation of Pickled vegetables

Before starting, remember that the utensils and even the container where the pickle is to be placed is neat and sterile, since we are going to use a fermentation process, therefore, you must ensure hygiene. We will guide you through these simple steps:

• You will need ½ kilo of onion, which you are going to wash and then chop or chop into slices, as well as ½ kilo of celery, ½ kilo of carrot and a clove of garlic, slice them well or to the size you want, but As a recommendation from us, the ideal is not to cut them so small.

• Then in a pot you will see half a liter of vinegar and another half liter of water, and to this mixture you will add 1 teaspoon of sugar ½ tablespoon of salt

•  Once this is done, you are going to add all the vegetables that you have chopped and as an additional ingredient ½ kilo of choclitos drink in the pot with the vinegar and water, we are going to let it boil for about 4 or 5 minutes, the idea is not that they remain cooked, since what we want to do with this is to take away its strength.

• After the time has elapsed, we have to have a jar, which must be glass, where before placing the mixture, and we will add 1 pinch of pepper and 1 a bay leaf into the jar before pouring the mixture.

• Then we add all the vegetables in the jar and finally you put the vinegar liquid with the water, make sure that this is done with the mixture very hot. Cover well and then wait for it to cool, to put it in the refrigerator marinating for a month.

Once you have made your pickle and after the maceration time, it is time for you to taste it, and accompany it with what you like, it can be toast, French bread, a beef grill, it has many ways to taste it.

Tips for preparing a delicious pickle of vegetables

As in this case we use a hard vegetable, as the carrot is, you must boil it before even mixing it with the other ingredients, and this should be done with another type of vegetable that is similar.

To improve the flavor of the pickle you can use spices, such as walnut, thyme, cloves, turmeric, mustard seeds, curry etc. There are many flavors that are to your liking, and they are not written here, you can add them.

Some vegetables, mushrooms or fruit that you can use to make a pickle can be cucumber, to make the famous pickles, zucchini, cabbage, lemons, chillies, chili peppers, capers, asparagus, eggplant, cauliflower, beets, turnips, radishes and many more , there is a great variety.

Some vegetables such as cucumbers must be pickled whole, however to be able to achieve a better texture, a little more homogeneous, it is recommended to slice the ingredients into fine pieces.

You can use any type of vinegar, but in our recommendation, apple cider is ideal, providing an excellent flavor

We recommend this recipe for those people, or if it is your case that you have a lot of vegetables in your kitchen and you feel that they are going to be damaged by not consuming them. Well, the pickle helps you get out of that problem, since it can last a month in your fridge without any problem.

Nutritional contribution

Well, since we want to inform you about the benefits of the foods that we use in our straights, we are going to take the opportunity to tell you about the benefits of consuming pickled vegetables.

This recipe contains great properties and benefits for your health, as well as to lose weight, both for those who are patients with diabetes.

It helps to control the anxiety of wanting to eat sweets, therefore it is recommended to get used to its consumption, since it has a satiating effect.

On the other hand, it strengthens your immune system, having a high content of vitamin C, enzymes, lactic acid, folic acid, in short it is of great advantage for your health. A large percentage of the immune system is located in the intestine, and the consumption of probiotics contains a base of vegetable fiber, which helps in the maintenance of the intestinal flora, avoiding imbalances and being out of shape.

And in addition to favoring the intestine, as well as the immune system, people with diabetes, in helping to lose weight and control it, it is also a very good detoxifier for the body, tones the liver, helps prevent the accumulation of gases.

As a recommendation for people who are taking antibiotics, it is ideal to consume pickles in this process since it helps to fight the bacteria of any infection.

Knowing all these benefits, what are you waiting for to implement it in your diet? However, remember that the rest of your diet should also be healthy so that you can fully enjoy the benefits of this recipe. We wait for you in a next recipe.