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Not everyone likes to eat eggplant. But in vain, this vegetable contains a lot of vitamins and minerals. In addition, eggplant has the ability to remove toxins and toxins from the body. It lowers cholesterol levels in the body and has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system. However, even all these positive properties did not attract many in childhood, when parents forced them to eat eggplant. Due to the bitter taste, few dishes with it are really tasty. But still, \ there is one cooking option that leaves no one indifferent, and this is eggplant caviar.
Description of the dish
The dish is prepared from the simplest and most inexpensive ingredients. So everyone can pamper themselves with eggplant caviar. Usually it contains no more than 5 components. Most often, eggplants, tomatoes, bell peppers and various spices are used for this. The most delicious is the recipe according to which the eggplants must first be grilled. This way of cooking gives the appetizer even more sophistication and rich taste.
Of course, not every home has a grill, so most people use the oven to bake eggplants. Next, we will consider several options for cooking eggplant caviar. The first option is the classic one, which is most often used by housewives. The second recipe is not prepared with baked, but with fried eggplants. For many, it is much faster and more convenient to cook eggplant caviar this way. And the third cooking method is completely unusual. Raw ingredients are used for this dish, which gives the caviar a special flavor.
Classic eggplant and tomato caviar
Required Ingredients:
- 1 kg fresh eggplant;
- 1 kg of large tomatoes;
- 1 head of garlic;
- cooking salt and olive oil to taste.
For the preparation of eggplant caviar, it is necessary to choose young eggplants of medium and small size. Larger fruits have a harder flesh and a lot of seeds. Young vegetables will make the dish tastier. So, the eggplants must be washed under running water. After that, the stalks are removed from each fruit.
Next, prepare the pan. It must be covered with cling film, and prepared eggplant should be placed on top. Then the pan is placed in a preheated oven for 40 minutes. The oven is heated to 190-200 degrees. You can check the readiness of the eggplant with a regular toothpick. If the fruits are easily pierced, then the pan can be taken out. After that, the vegetables should stand for a while to cool. Now peel off the eggplants and put them in a colander so that the liquid glass along with the bitterness.
Then you can prepare the rest of the ingredients. Wash tomatoes and pour boiling water over them. The tomatoes should be in this state for about 10 minutes. After that, the peel will easily come off.
Now both eggplants and tomatoes should be chopped. To do this, use a meat grinder or blender. The chopped mass is poured into one large container, garlic is crushed there. All components are thoroughly mixed until a homogeneous consistency and olive oil is poured into the same. Then add salt to the appetizer to taste and mix the mixture again.
Place the container with caviar on the stove and cook for 15 minutes. You do not need to cover the container with a lid. Stir the caviar from time to time during cooking.That's all, eggplant caviar with tomatoes is ready. Now it can be poured into jars of a container convenient for you. Before this, the dishes should be sterilized. But you can not roll up the snack, but leave it for further use in food. Fresh, it can be stored in the refrigerator for about 14 days.
You can use this snack in a variety of ways. It is most often used as an addition to side dishes or simply spread on bread. Such a recipe has been proven over the years, as if it will not disappoint you, and the pleasant taste and pungency will delight your guests and relatives.
Eggplant caviar with pepper recipe
Eggplant and tomato caviar can be complemented with other delicious vegetables. For example, you can prepare an excellent snack or preparation for the winter according to the following recipe. Interestingly, such caviar can have a completely different appearance depending on the method of preparation. Vegetables for her can be cut into small cubes or grind with a blender.
To prepare eggplant caviar with tomatoes and peppers, we need the following ingredients:
- medium-sized eggplants - 5 pieces;
- red bell pepper - 2 pieces;
- large ripe tomatoes - 6 pieces;
- large onions - 2 pieces;
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- granulated sugar - 1 tsp;
- chopped dill and parsley - 4 tbsp l .;
- ground hot paprika - 0.5 tsp;
- ground sweet paprika - 1 tbsp l .;
- ground black pepper and salt to your liking.
All greens and vegetables should first be washed under running water. The eggplants are peeled and cut into small cubes. Then put the chopped pieces in a bowl of the appropriate size, sprinkle with kitchen salt and leave that way for 20 minutes. After that, the eggplants are thrown into a colander and left to stand for a while so that the water glass along with the bitterness.
Tomatoes are poured with boiling water, allowed to stand for a while and peel off. The onions should be finely chopped and sautéed in oil. During cooking, the onion is salted and a little pepper. Tomatoes pre-cut into cubes are added to it and the components are thoroughly mixed. Now the onions with tomatoes are put on fire and boiled until most of the liquid has evaporated.
Chopped eggplant fried in a frying pan with a small amount of vegetable oil. The eggplants should be well gilded. Stir from time to time. Add pepper cut into the same small cubes to the mixture of tomatoes and onions and put the container on fire. Then add granulated sugar, hot and sweet ground paprika there and stew everything over low heat, stirring regularly. Now the fried eggplants are added to the mixture, everything is mixed again and cooked under the lid for 15 minutes.
The appetizer is completely ready to eat. Cool the caviar before eating. You can immediately roll up the hot snack in sterilized jars. The indicated amount of ingredients is more suitable for immediately eating the dish. For preservation, you will have to increase the amount of ingredients several times.
Raw eggplant caviar recipe
To prepare raw caviar, we need the following ingredients:
- 1 kilogram of small eggplants.
- 4 large sweet bell peppers.
- 4 large tomatoes.
- 1 medium onion.
- A couple of garlic cloves.
- 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil (vegetable oil or olive oil).
- Greens to taste (parsley, basil or dill).
- 0.5 teaspoon of ground black pepper.
- 0.5 teaspoon allspice.
- 0.5 teaspoon granulated sugar.
- Salt to taste.
Wash and dry vegetables and herbs. Dry the bell peppers and eggplants and grease with a small amount of vegetable oil. We put the prepared vegetables in a preheated oven. In addition, no other heat treatment is required, all other ingredients are used raw.
After baking, eggplants and bell peppers are transferred to cling film or plastic bag for 10 minutes. This is done so that the skin can be easily removed from the vegetables. Now the eggplants should be put under oppression so that all the liquid is glass, along with the bitterness.
Tomatoes are poured with boiling water for a couple of minutes, after which they are immediately placed under cold water. After that, you can easily remove the skin. Finely dice the onion and soak in cool water. After the onion is infused, you should squeeze out all the liquid well.
Now all vegetables are chopped using a meat grinder or blender. Greens and other ingredients are also added there. The caviar is thoroughly mixed and poured into jars. After the dish has been in the refrigerator for an hour, the caviar can be considered ready to eat.
Conclusion
As you can see, eggplant caviar can be prepared quickly and inexpensively. Now you can always please your loved ones with this delicious snack.
