Courgette caviar

Ingredients

• courgettes – 1.5 kg
• pepper – 300 g
• carrot – 1 pc
• onion – 2 pcs
• tomato purée – 2 tbsp
• sunflower oil – 100 g
• salt – 0.5 tsp
• ground black pepper – ¼ tsp
• bay leaf – 1 pc
• garlic – 3 cloves

Method

1. Step 1

   First you need to prepare all the ingredients. Wash and peel all vegetables.

   
2. Step 2

   Cut the courgette, onion and bell pepper into small cubes. Three carrots on a grater.

   
3. Step 3

   In a preheated frying pan, fry the onion until slightly golden brown.

   
4. Step 4

   Add carrots to the onion and fry until tender.

   
5. Step 5

   Add bell pepper and fry everything for 1 minute.

   
6. Step 6

   Add the courgette and bay leaf to the vegetables, mix everything and cover with a lid. We reduce the fire. Add spices, stir and simmer with the lid closed until done.

   
7. Step 7

   When almost all the liquid has evaporated, add tomato paste and fry everything for 7-10 minutes, the caviar should acquire a pleasant brown tint.

   
8. Step 8

   Turn off the heat and add chopped garlic. Let it brew for 10 minutes so that the vegetables are saturated with the aroma of garlic.