The well-known lecho salad is actually a traditional dish in Hungarian cuisine. It has received special distribution in the countries of Europe and in Russia. Most often it is prepared as a side dish for various dishes, for example, meat dishes, as in Germany. Traditionally in Hungary, lecho is prepared as a main course, often with meat additives, and served with a large amount of white wheat bread. However, there is no clear recipe, depending on the country and region, each hostess prepares lecho at her own discretion, based on her preferences. But still, it has common mandatory ingredients, without which it is simply impossible to call the dish “lecho” – these are onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Sometimes carrots, cabbage and other ingredients are added there. In this article, you can learn how to cook a lecho salad for the winter with step-by-step instructions. This is a low-calorie dish rich in carbohydrates, only about two hundred kcal per hundred grams of finished salad. Great for a snack, for breakfast, a hearty lunch or dinner, for a festive table, a salad is especially appreciated on cold winter days, when there are not so many vitamins and fresh products on the shelves in stores. Thanks to the cooking method, a vegetable dish retains a maximum of useful nutrients, which is why it is classified as a dietary salad for a healthy diet.

The salad is used as a quick preparation for pizza, stewing with meat and poultry, for serving with Hungarian chops, for making stews, as a dressing for light soups and meat or vegetable pies. Sometimes, in addition to the main ingredients, young radishes, beets and even cucumbers are added to the Hungarian recipe.

We will look at two recipes on how to cook lecho salad for the winter and how to cook Bulgarian lecho at home on your own.

Light Hungarian salad for a winter spin
twist for the winter
The lecho recipe for the winter includes the following simple ingredients:

2 kg fresh tomatoes;
1 kg of sweet pepper;
2 heads of fresh onions;
80-100 g of fresh garlic;
1 st. l. salt;
a couple of tablespoons of vinegar (about 50 ml);
80 g of sugar;
sunflower oil for frying;
spices, which can be seen in the photo below (cloves, black pepper, a little cinnamon).
necessary spices.