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Adjika home can be not only a wonderful sauce or dressing for various dishes, but also a natural source of vitamins, reliable protection against viruses in the winter season. It can be prepared quite simply from improvised products and vegetables that ripen successfully in the fall in the garden. There are recipes that make it possible to prepare an extremely delicate sauce, suitable even for children. Spicy adjika is perfect for "real" men. Anyone can choose a recipe to their liking, because a wide variety of options allows you to satisfy the taste preferences of even the most pampered gourmets.
Variety of recipes
On the shelves of many shops you can see adjika in small jars. As a rule, it is based on the use of tomatoes or bell peppers. Starch gives thickness to such a product, and various preservatives and chemical additives add flavor. It is almost impossible to find real, natural adjika on sale. It is for this reason that many housewives try to prepare a delicious sauce on their own, using only the best products and taking into account the preferences of each family member.
Homemade adjika, of course, can also be different: a fresh product contains many vitamins and takes no more than an hour to cook. Cooking the same product using cooking will take more time, and there are not so many vitamins in it, but it is convenient to store it in a cellar or pantry, without observing the temperature conditions.
The composition of the sauce depends on the taste preferences of the consumer. If you want to get a delicate sauce, then you need to stock up on tomatoes or bell peppers. There are also such original recipes, which are based on the use of zucchini, eggplant or even beets. You can get a spicy, piquant adjika if you add hot pepper and garlic to its composition. Aromatic herbs can complement absolutely any recipe for this sauce.
Experienced housewives can independently choose the ingredients and create their own unique recipe or make changes to an existing cooking option. Novice cooks are looking for the best recipe that would definitely give recommendations on how to cook adjika at home. It is for them that we will try to give a clear description of some of the best recipes for preparing this product.
Adjika from tomatoes
Homemade tomato adjika is the most popular. It is her that hostesses often cook in their kitchens. The sauce gained such popularity due to its especially delicate taste. Bell peppers, carrots or even apples can complement the tomatoes in the composition.
A simple recipe without cooking
One of the most common adjika recipes advises using 5 kg of ripe tomatoes, 3 kg of bell peppers, 3 chili peppers, 500 g of garlic. Vinegar is added in a volume of 1 tbsp., Salt to taste. From this amount of products, it will be possible, literally in half an hour, to get 8 liters of very tasty fresh adjika, saturated with vitamins.
Making tomato sauce for the winter according to this recipe is very simple:
- Wash, peel vegetables. Cut the stalk of the peppers, remove the grains if desired. Cut the tomatoes into pieces.
- Twist the tomatoes, garlic and all the peppers with a meat grinder.
- Add salt and vinegar to the resulting gruel from vegetables, mix everything well and leave on the kitchen table for an hour.
- Pack the finished product in clean jars and close them tightly. Adjika should be stored in a refrigerator.
As you can see from the above description, the recipe for homemade tomato adjika is very simple, does not require cooking and allows you to preserve all the vitamins of fresh products. The sauce will be an excellent addition to various dishes in the winter season.
Recipe for tender adjika for the winter
You can prepare tender adjika for the winter using a whole range of different ingredients. The sauce is based on 2.5 kg tomatoes. It is customary to add 1 kg of carrots, fresh sour apples, and Bulgarian pepper to this volume of the main product. In the amount of 1 tbsp. you need to take sugar, 6% vinegar and vegetable oil. The sauce will be spicy thanks to the addition of 2 heads of garlic and 3 hot pepper pods. Salt is used to taste.
Cooking adjika at home consists of the following steps:
- Wash and peel the vegetables. Free peppers from seeds and stalks.
- Cut the apples into 4 pieces, remove the seeds from their cavity.
- Grate carrots, chop apples, peppers and tomatoes with a meat grinder.
- Put the prepared vegetables in a large container and put it on fire.
- It is necessary to simmer the sauce over low heat for about 1.5 hours. After this time, add oil, salt and sugar, as well as chopped garlic to the food mixture.
- Until complete readiness, it remains only to extinguish the adjika for another 10-15 minutes, after which you can spread it out in banks and send it to the cellar.
Adjika cooked at home according to the proposed recipe is distinguished by its special tenderness and pleasant, rich taste. She can safely season a meal even for a child, because there will be no special bitterness in the taste of the sauce.
If desired, you can cook tomato adjika using other recipes.
One of them is shown in the video:
The video will not only allow you to get acquainted with the list of ingredients for the sauce, but also clearly demonstrate the entire cooking process, which can be useful for novice cooks.
Sweet pepper recipe
Fresh bell pepper sauce turns out to be very tasty and healthy. To prepare it, you need 3 kg of sweet red peppers, 300 g of peeled hot peppers and the same amount of garlic, celery root, parsley. The sauce will be stored in winter thanks to the addition of salt and vinegar. Their number should be at least 0.5 tbsp. Depending on taste preferences, celery and parsley greens can be added to adjika, the amount of salt and vinegar can be increased.
Adjika homemade using all of the above ingredients will be cooked without boiling. Fresh product is very healthy and tasty. It will retain its qualities throughout the winter season.
In order to understand how to make delicious homemade adjika from peppers, you need to familiarize yourself with the following points:
- Peel and wash all vegetables and roots.
- Chop two types of peppers, roots and garlic with a meat grinder.
- Chop the greens and mix with the main ingredients.
- Add salt and vinegar to the mixture of vegetables and herbs. You need to add these ingredients little by little, constantly monitoring the taste of the product being prepared.
- Stir all the ingredients in a deep container and leave it on the table for a day. Then put the adjika made into jars and cover with a nylon lid. Store the sauce in the refrigerator.
Such a simple recipe for making fresh adjika for the winter allows you to immediately prepare 4 liters of this sauce in just 30-40 minutes. Even the most inexperienced culinary specialist can cope with such a task.
Another recipe can be found in the video:
It also allows you to prepare delicious, fresh adjika with bell pepper.
Traditional Abkhaz recipes
Traditional Abkhazian adzhika recipes are based on the use of only hot ingredients and spices. Among these recipes, there are two, the most famous options:
Red spicy adjika
To prepare such adjika, you need to stock up on 2 kg of hot pepper. Also, the composition will include such spices as coriander, dill, "Khmeli-suneli", fragrant leaves of cilantro, dill and parsley. Complement the composition of hot and spicy components with 1 kg of garlic and salt.
The process of preparing adjika consists of the following stages:
- Remove stalks and grains from hot, slightly dried peppers. Peel the garlic.
- Grind all ingredients, including herbs and spices several times with a meat grinder, add salt to them. You need to salt the adjika gradually until the seasoning becomes very salty.
- Maintain the prepared mixture for a day at room temperature.
- Spread adjika in jars and close tightly with a lid.
Green adjika with nuts
The composition of green adjika comes off 900 g of celery, 600 g of cilantro and 300 g of parsley, hot pepper and bell pepper. It is better to take green bell peppers in order to maintain the harmony of color. Also, for cooking, you will need walnuts (1 tbsp.), A bunch of mint, 6 garlic heads and 120 g of salt.
For cooking you need:
- Rinse the herbs and pat dry with a towel.
- Peel the peppers from the stalk and seeds.
- Chop greens, garlic, nuts and peppers with a meat grinder. Add salt to the mixture and mix it well.
- A day later, put the green mixture in jars and close the lid.
It is worth noting that traditional Abkhaz recipes allow you to get a particularly pungent and spicy seasoning, which can only be eaten in combination with basic products, for example, meat, fish, soup.
Original recipes for adjika with vegetables
In the autumn season, it is especially important to preserve vegetables grown in the garden. Among all storage methods, housewives often choose canning. An excellent option in this case can be the preparation of adjika from such fruitful vegetables as zucchini, pumpkin, eggplant or beets. Suitable recipes for making these types of adjika are given below in the article.
Adjika with zucchini
To prepare 2 liters of winter preparation, you will need 3 kg of zucchini and 1.5 kg of ripe tomatoes, as well as bell peppers and carrots in an amount of 500 g, a glass of garlic and the same amount of vegetable oil, half a glass of granulated sugar, salt and hot red pepper (3 Art. l).
The process of making the sauce is quite simple:
- Remove the grains from the peppers, cut the stalk. Peel the tomatoes. Peel the carrots.
- Grind all vegetables except garlic with a meat grinder. Stir the resulting mixture and add sugar, oil and salt to its composition.
- You need to cook vegetable puree over low heat for 40 minutes.
- After the specified time, cool the mixture and add ground pepper and chopped garlic.
- Boil adjika additionally for 10 minutes.
- Put the finished product in jars and close the lids for later storage in the closet or cellar.
Adjika squash always turns out to be very tender and juicy. Both adults and children eat such a product with pleasure.
Adjika with eggplant
A real palate can be created with eggplant. The sauce with their use always turns out to be especially tender and tasty. To prepare this amazing product, you will need 1.5 kg tomatoes, 1 kg eggplant and bell peppers, as well as 200 g garlic, 3 chili peppers, a glass of oil and 100 ml of vinegar. Salt is added to the product to taste.
Cooking such adjika is very, very simple. To do this, all vegetables need to be washed and peeled, chopped with a meat grinder. After adding oil, the vegetable mixture is sent to stew for 40-50 minutes.A few minutes before the end of cooking, vinegar and salt are added to adjika. In sterilized jars, such a product will be stored without problems throughout the winter season.
Adjika with beets
Recipe adjiki with beets it is designed immediately for the preparation of a large amount of adjika. So, for 7 liters of winter preparations, you will need 5 kg of red, ripe tomatoes, 4 kg of beets, 1 kg of carrots and bell peppers, 200 g of garlic, a glass of oil, hot pepper in the amount of 4 pods, 150 ml of 6% vinegar, salt and sugar in the amount of 150 g.
The process of making the sauce can be described in several main stages:
- Wash and peel vegetables.
- Grind vegetables, with the exception of garlic, with a meat grinder, food processor, or blender.
- Put the resulting mass in a deep container, add oil to it and cook for 1.5 hours.
- Add chopped garlic, salt, sugar and vinegar 30 minutes before cooking.
- Arrange hot adjika in jars and preserve.
Conclusion
Of course, today's adzhika recipes are much more varied and "brighter" than those that shepherds used to make traditional seasoning many years ago. Adjika has long become a popular and adapted sauce that can be successfully consumed not only by adults, but also by children. A delicious and natural food supplement is easy to prepare. To do this, you need to choose a recipe for homemade adjika, stock up on all the necessary products and time. In gratitude for the efforts, for sure, the hostess will hear thanks, which will be the best reward from family and friends.
