Kuban salad for the winter

“Kuban” salad is an excellent vitamin preparation for the winter, containing a maximum of various vegetables. The brighter and meatier the vegetables used to prepare the salad, the more beautiful the finished dish will be. It is better to take winter varieties of cabbage: it retains its taste better when preserved.

Kuban salad for the winter without sterilization

To prepare such a salad, it is better to take meaty vegetables, which retain their shape better after heat treatment and remain juicy. If you take bell peppers of different colors, the salad will turn out even brighter and more appetizing.

1. 
   How to prepare Kuban salad for the winter? Chop the cabbage thinly, place it in a deep bowl, mash it slightly, add salt and let it release its juice.
2. 
   Remove the sweet peppers from seeds and internal membranes, and then cut them together with the carrots into thin strips or cubes.
3. 
   Cut the washed cucumbers into slices, removing the stems. The thickness of the slices should be about 5 mm.
4. 
   We cut out the stem of the tomatoes and cut them into slices of such a size that they do not lose their shape in the salad.
5. 
   Cut the peeled onion into small cubes.
6. 
   Place all salad ingredients in a deep bowl, season with salt, sugar, add spices and oil. Mix well with a large wooden spoon or your hands. This must be done carefully so that the pieces of vegetables do not wrinkle or lose their shape. Leave the mixture to sit for one hour.
7. 
   Place the resulting vegetable mass with the released juice on the fire and simmer for about 7 minutes over low heat under the lid. The salad needs to be stirred periodically. When the salad is almost ready, pour vinegar into it and mix again.
8. 
   Transfer the prepared salad while hot into sterilized jars and immediately close the lids. Leave for several hours in a warm room to allow the workpieces to cool, and then store in the dark and cold.

Kuban salad with cabbage and cucumbers for the winter

Sterilization when preparing salad keeps cabbage and cucumbers crisper, which makes the “Kuban” salad more tasty. Herbs, garlic and seasonings add piquancy and spiciness. These ingredients should be given special attention: their quantity determines the final heat of the finished dish.

Cooking time: 3 hours 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Cucumber – 1 kg
• Tomato – 1 kg
• White cabbage – 1 kg
• Carrots – 1 kg
• Onions – 500 gr.
• Sweet pepper – 500 gr.
• Dill – 100 gr.
• Garlic – 7 teeth.
• Hot pepper – 1 pc.
• Ground black pepper – 10 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 200 ml
• Salt – 60 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 200 gr.
• Table vinegar 9% – 100 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Remove the top dirty or wrinkled leaves from the cabbage, chop finely, mash with salt and leave to release the juice.

2. Cut cucumbers and carrots into cubes. If the cucumbers have a hard skin, you need to cut it off first. Cut the tomatoes into fairly large slices, removing the stem.

3. It is best to cut sweet peppers and onions into half rings, and garlic, dill and hot peppers - as finely as possible.

4. Place all the vegetables in a deep bowl, mix and leave, covered with a lid, in a warm room so that the juice is released. This process usually takes 2-4 hours, depending on the juiciness and meatiness of the vegetables.

5. After the specified time, transfer the salad into a heat-resistant bowl, boil for 15-20 minutes and place in sterilized jars, add juice on top and then immediately seal. Kuban salad is ready for the winter!

Kuban salad with cabbage, tomatoes and cucumbers for the winter

The constant components of the “Kuban salad” are tomatoes and carrots, and all other ingredients can vary depending on the preferences of the cook. In this recipe, the stars of the dish are cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes - a familiar and much-loved combination by many.

Cooking time: 2 hours. 40 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Carrots – 500 gr.
• White cabbage – 1 kg
• Parsley – 1 bunch.
• Tomato – 1 kg
• Hot pepper – 1 pc.
• Cucumber – 700 gr.
• Sweet pepper – 700 gr.
• Onions – 500 gr.
• Salt – 2 tbsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Table vinegar 9% – 1 tbsp. per 1 liter jar
• Bay leaf – 2 pcs. per 1 liter jar
• Allspice peas – 3 pcs. per 1 liter jar
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. per 1 liter jar

Cooking process:

1. Shred the cabbage in the traditional way, lightly crush it, add a little salt and leave to release the juice.

2. Grate the carrots, cut the cucumbers into half circles, and the onion into half rings. Cut the tomatoes into large slices.

3. After removing the seeds and internal partitions, chop the sweet pepper into strips, and cut the hot pepper very finely, not forgetting to remove the seeds. If you don't do this, the salad will turn out too spicy.

4. Place all the ingredients of the salad in a deep bowl, add the ingredients for marinating, with the exception of vinegar, and chopped herbs, mix carefully so as not to damage the slices of vegetables and leave the salad in a warm place for several hours.

5. In each jar where the preparation will be stored, put a bay leaf and allspice, put the salad on top, pour in the resulting juice, add oil and vinegar.

6. Sterilize the jars in a wide saucepan for no more than 20 minutes, and then immediately roll them up. Bon appetit!

How to prepare Kuban salad for the winter with sterilization?

This salad, which is not difficult to prepare, contains many useful substances and will appeal to every household member. It will perfectly complement the diet in the winter season, especially if you use bright and meaty vegetables for its preparation.

Cooking time: 2 hours. 40 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Cucumber – 1 kg
• White cabbage – 1 kg
• Sweet pepper – 500 gr.
• Cream tomato – 1 kg
• Carrots – 1 kg
• Garlic – 8 teeth.
• Onions – 500 gr.
• Hot pepper – 1 pc.
• Dill – 100 gr.
• Ground black pepper – 10 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 1.5 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 200 ml
• Salt – 80 gr.
• Table vinegar 9% – 80 ml

Cooking process:

1.Remove the top leaves from the cabbage and chop it finely, add a little salt and mash, and then leave it in a warm room in a bowl so that it begins to release juice.

2. Peel the cucumbers and cut into half circles, tomatoes into slices, onions and bell peppers into half rings, and carrots into circles or cubes, depending on the size of the vegetable.

3. Mix all the prepared ingredients, trying not to disturb the integrity of the chopped vegetables, add the specified amount of granulated sugar and salt, as well as chopped garlic, parsley and hot pepper. Leave the salad in a warm place for several hours to infuse.

4. Divide the preparation into jars, pouring into each an equal amount of the released juice, the required amount of vinegar and oil, and cover with lids.

5. Place the workpieces for sterilization in a large saucepan for 20 minutes at medium boiling, and then seal the jars tightly and store in the cold.

Incredibly delicious Kuban salad with eggplant in jars

Instead of cabbage, which is used in classic recipes for “Kuban” vegetable salad, you can use eggplant. The result is an original appetizer that even sophisticated gourmets will happily sweep off the table.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Eggplants – 1.5 kg
• Tomato – 1 kg
• Carrots – 1 kg
• Hot pepper – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 3 heads.
• Vegetable oil – 0.5 l
• Table vinegar 9% – 120 ml
• Salt – 2 tbsp.
• Granulated sugar – 200 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Peel the eggplants, cut into small cubes, sprinkle with salt and leave for 15 minutes to get rid of bitterness.

2.Grind tomatoes, garlic cloves and hot peppers using a meat grinder or in a blender, add butter, sugar and salt, mix and heat over low heat.

3. Cook the tomato paste over low heat for about 15 minutes until it thickens.

4. Grate the carrots as for preparing vegetables in Korean.

5. Squeeze the eggplants and place in tomato paste, add carrots. Cook everything together on low heat for another half an hour, then pour in the vinegar and, after stirring, place in sterilized jars and seal.

How to prepare Kuban salad without cabbage for the winter?

For those who want to eat a delicious vitamin-rich salad in winter, but don’t like cabbage, you can prepare a variation on the Kuban theme, but without this vegetable. Chili peppers, fresh or ground, will add spice to the preparation, and preparing such a salad is quick and easy.

Cooking time: 1 hour 05 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Tomato – 1 kg
• Sweet pepper – 1 kg
• Cucumber – 1 kg
• Onions – 1 kg
• Carrots – 1 kg
• Vegetable oil – 500 ml
• Table vinegar 9% – 2 tbsp.
• Granulated sugar – 2 tbsp.
• Salt – 2 tbsp.
• Hot pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. In a large frying pan, fry chopped or grated carrots in hot oil.

2. After 15 minutes, add sweet peppers, which were previously cut into cubes, to the carrots.

3. After another 15 minutes, add onion half rings to the vegetables and mix well.

4. At the next stage, add diced tomatoes and cucumbers cut into half rings into the pan with vegetables. Add the ingredients for the marinade - granulated sugar, salt and vinegar, as well as the desired amount of chopped hot pepper.

5. Mix everything and cook for 15 minutes on low heat.Then place the hot salad in sterilized jars and seal. Bon appetit!