Delicate salad "Fried zucchini with garlic and mayonnaise"

Zucchini is an annual herbaceous plantPumpkin family. Their homeland is Mexico, where these vegetables are grown and used for food as cultivated plants for five thousand years. They got to Europe only in the 16th century after the Portuguese and the Spanish mastered the American continent.

Изначально в пищу употреблялись только зрелые zucchini seeds, and only thanks to Italian cooks, their flesh was used in side dishes, canned goods, salads, etc. The usefulness of this vegetable lies in the fact that it contains such useful and necessary for the human body substances as potassium, iron, organic acids, vitamins of group B and PP. Squashes have a delicate and pleasant, slightly sweet taste. In order to give them a little spiciness, they are combined with garlic, various greens, tomatoes. Zucchini, fried slices, with garlic served with tomatoes, with sour cream or spicy and spicy sauce. Of these fruits it is customary to cook caviar, as well as pancakes. Nevertheless, one of the most delicious dishes of this vegetable is the salad “Fried zucchini with garlic and mayonnaise” using Georgian seasonings and cilantro (coriander). It is very important to prepare the sauce yourself at home, although with a shortage of time you can always use the ready one.

Salad recipe “Fried zucchini with garlic and mayonnaise”

To make the dish reallydelicious, you need to pick up unripe fruits, without large seeds. However, it is desirable that they are not too small, even large. So, for the preparation of this salad, you must have the following products:

• Zucchini - 3 pcs. (large).
• Garlic - 1 clove.
• Cilantro - 1 small bundle.
• Hops-suneli - a quarter of a teaspoon.
• Black pepper, salt (to taste).
• Pomegranate seeds (for decoration).

For mayonnaise sauce:

• Egg yolk - 2 pcs.
• Olive oil - 150 g.
• Mustard - half a teaspoon.
• Sugar - 1 tsp.
• Lemon juice - 2 tbsp. spoons.
• Vegetable oil (for frying).

Cooking salad "Fried zucchini with garlic and mayonnaise"

First option:

1. Wash fruits, dry and cut into thin longitudinal petals.

2. Heat oil in a griddle. To fry zucchini in it from two sides.

3. Prepare the mayonnaise sauce. To do this, in a bowl using a mixer, beat egg yolks with salt and sugar, gradually adding vegetable oil and other ingredients.

4. Finely chop the cilantro and garlic and add to homemade mayonnaise. Season with spices.

5. On half of each petal, put 1 teaspoon of sauce and fold in half.

Serving “Fried zucchini with garlic and mayonnaise”

On a large flat dish, carefully lay the petals in a circle. Decorate with cilantro twigs and pomegranate seeds.

The second option:

Take a flat round dish.Lay the fried petals in a continuous layer. Pepper and salt. Top with a spoon to smear them with sauce and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds, then put a layer of zucchini again and smear with sauce. Cake salad "Zucchini with garlic and mayonnaise" can be decorated with sprigs of cilantro or dill, pomegranate seeds, as well as finely chopped nuts.