Rassolnik with pearl barley and fresh cucumbers

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 55 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Having prepared seven hundred and fifty grams of tomatoes according to the recipe, remove the stems and cut them into medium cubes.

2. STEP 2

   

   Place medium diced tomatoes in a large saucepan.

3. STEP 3

   

   We also cut one and a half kilograms of cucumbers into medium cubes.

4. STEP 4

   

   Place medium diced cucumbers in a large bowl.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add sixty milliliters of vegetable oil, two tablespoons of sugar, one tablespoon of salt and seven black peppercorns to the tomatoes in the pan.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour one hundred milliliters of water into a saucepan with tomatoes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the saucepan with the tomatoes on the stove and bring to a boil over medium heat.

8. STEP 8

   

   Grate five hundred grams of carrots on a coarse grater.

9. STEP 9

   

   Pour two hundred and fifty grams of well-washed pearl barley into a saucepan with boiling tomatoes and mix well.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place five hundred grams of onion cut into half rings into a saucepan with tomatoes and pearl barley and mix.

11. STEP 11

    

    Place the grated carrots in the pan with the previous vegetables.

12. STEP 12

    

    Place the chopped cucumbers into the pan in parts, mixing all the ingredients.

13. STEP 13

    

    Bring the vegetable mixture in the pan to a boil, cover with a lid and continue cooking for another twenty minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent the vegetables from burning.

14. STEP 14

    

    After twenty minutes, mix all the ingredients and pour sixty milliliters of 9% vinegar into the pan.

15. STEP 15

    

    Mix all the vegetables in the pan again, then close the lid and continue cooking for another ten minutes.

16. STEP 16

    

    Place the prepared pickle sauce with barley and hot vegetables into sterilized jars to the very top and seal with a wooden spoon.

17. STEP 17

    

    We close the jars with sterile lids, then turn them over and cover them with a warm blanket or blanket, after which we leave them to cool for several hours.

18. STEP 18

    

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