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The adjika recipe is in the cookbook of every housewife. This appetizer is very popular among the population. Most often, it has a pungent taste, so it is used with meat and poultry. Adjika from tomato paste has many fans. Some housewives do not make the dish too spicy, then it can even be given to children.
For winter evenings, a dish prepared according to one of the recipes below is perfect. It should be noted that, in addition to the degree of pungency, adjika also differs in the methods of preparation. Some housewives use a recipe without boiling, others - cook vegetables.
It is worth remembering that adjika is red due to the presence of exactly peppers in its composition, not tomatoes.
The best adjika recipes for the winter
Recipe number 1 Adjika without cooking
Tomato adjika for the winter can be prepared even without heat treatment. In this case, all vegetables will retain their beneficial properties. Before starting work, you should very thoroughly rinse all vegetables, preferably in hot water.
Main ingredients.
- 1 kg of pepper. Choose a Bulgarian sweet. It is most suitable for taste.
- 5 pieces. hot pepper.
- 500 ml of tomato paste.
- 1 bunch of dill, parsley and coriander.
- 3 large or 4 small garlic.
- 2 tbsp. l. salt.
- 2 tsp vinegar.
- 100 g Sahara.
- half a glass of vegetable oil.
Adjika cooking process:
- The preparatory stage includes washing vegetables under running water. After that, let them dry so that excess water does not get into the dish.
- We prepare the meat grinder. It will help grind all the ingredients so that the finished mass is as homogeneous as possible. A more modern version of kitchen appliances - a blender is also great for this purpose. It is worth noting that the mass of vegetables passed through a meat grinder turns out to be more puree. This is exactly what a real tomato miracle should be - adjika.
- Grind all the ingredients in turn, leaving only the greens for later. The finished mass most often has an orange color. Mix them with a wooden spoon. At this point, add vinegar, sugar and salt.
- Finely chop the greens and send them to the rest of the ingredients.
- Knead the mass for about 10 minutes. After that, we give it the same amount to stand and soak.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add it to the pan with adjika and stir everything well again. The dish for this recipe is ready. Enjoy your meal.
Recipe number 2 Adjika with plum
This recipe is good both for those who make preparations for the winter, and for those who prepare adjika for the next festive table.
Main ingredients.
- 1 kg of blue, not mint plum. Take exactly the blue plum, only it is suitable for blanks.
- 1 head of garlic. You can also vary this ingredient to your liking.
- 2 tbsp. l. salt. You should not choose iodized salt for blanks.
- 1 kg of bell pepper. Use different colored peppers for a more dramatic look.
- 3 pcs. hot pepper.
- Sugar to taste.
- 500 ml of tomato paste. When buying, pay attention to the shelf life of the paste. Poor ingredients will cause your snack to go bad.
- 1 tsp vinegar.
In total, from all these components, 12 servings should be obtained.
The process of cooking adjika.
- Peppers are peeled, seeds are removed. In order to make it more convenient to pass them through a meat grinder, they are cut into several parts.
- Pass the peppers through a meat grinder.
- Preparing plums. Remove seeds from them, after cutting each fruit in half.Choose slightly unripe berries to avoid too much juice.
- Grind plums in a meat grinder.
- Hot peppers and garlic are finely chopped. A blender will do just fine with this task. Whether or not to use hot pepper seeds in cooking is up to you. Food won't be as spicy without them.
- We mix all the ingredients in a separate saucepan.
- We put the pan on fire. When the mass has boiled, we reduce it and add the last ingredients - salt, sugar. For about half an hour, the mass will be cooked on a small flame.
- Vinegar is added at the very end.
- You can roll adjika into jars.
The dish according to this recipe has a very specific taste, thanks to the plum in its composition. Try it, you will not regret the time spent cooking. Your family and friends will love this snack.
Recipe number 3 Adjika "horseradish"
A somewhat original recipe for adjika. Unlike traditional cooking methods, this dish contains tomatoes.
Main ingredients.
- 3 kg tomato.
- 4-5 pcs. hot pepper.
- 3 tbsp salt
- 200 gr. horseradish roots.
- 2-3 heads of garlic.
As you can see from the ingredients, the snack will turn out to be very rich and spicy.
The process of cooking adjika.
- Cut the tomatoes into several pieces. If there is a hard stalk inside, it is better to remove it.
- Separately soak horseradish roots in water. After about 50-60 minutes, take them out and clean them.
- We clean the garlic and hot peppers.
- We prepare the meat grinder and pass all the components of our adjika through it.
- Mix the resulting mass thoroughly for several minutes. Now you can take out the prepared jars and do the most pleasant thing in the process of preparing snacks - laying out the dish in containers.
It is not subjected to heat treatment. It is stored perfectly.
Recipe number 4 Adjika apple
The spicy appetizer will not be to the taste of the little ones. However, on dark winter evenings, they also want to please with tasty and healthy food.
For 6 half-liter cans, we need the following ingredients:
- 1 kg of apples. Try to choose more acidic varieties.
- 1 kg of sweet Bulgarian pepper.
- 200 gr. oils. When choosing vegetable oil, pay attention to the fact that it is refined, does not have impurities and additional flavoring components. Take only natural products.
- 200 gr. garlic.
- 1 kg of tomatoes.
- Sugar and salt 150 gr.
- 100 g tarragon.
The process of cooking adjika.
- We clean all vegetables and fruits. Remove the core from the apples. Remove the skin from the tomatoes by dipping them in boiling water for 2-3 seconds.
- Grate the tomatoes. We put the mixture on fire.
- Rub all the other components through a grater. We send them to the tomatoes.
- We turn on the fire and extinguish for about half an hour.
- We put salt with sugar, butter. After that, we continue to simmer for another 10 minutes on a small fire.
- Add garlic, herbs and seasonings last.
- A few more minutes of cooking and you can put the mixture in jars.
Recipe number 5 Adjika with walnuts
Main ingredients.
- 500 gr. garlic and chili.
- 20 gr. cumin and dried savory,
- 300 gr. walnuts.
- 100 g cilantro.
- 60 gr. wine vinegar.
- 50 gr. olive oil.
- 60 gr. salt.
As in the previous recipe, you can use any method convenient for you to grind all the ingredients. Cooking time - 40 minutes. At the very last moment, add vinegar, granulated sugar and salt.
Among the wide variety of snacks, adjika takes worthy first places. Almost no celebration in our country is complete without her on the table. If you have not tried to prepare such a dish yet, be sure to use our recipes and write us your impressions.
