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At the end of the summer season, caring housewives ask themselves how to prepare this or that preparation for the winter. Particularly in demand during this period are adjika recipes... Often, among all the variety of options, culinary experts are looking for a guide on how to cook spicy adjika. without cooking... Especially for such lovers of fresh and spicy food, we will try to describe in detail the best recipes for making an excellent sauce.
Simple recipes for delicious adjika
Fresh adjika has three main and very important advantages:
- simplicity and high speed of preparation;
- excellent taste that can complement meat, fish, vegetable and large dishes;
- a huge amount of vitamins in the composition, which are successfully stored all winter, bringing benefits to humans.
Having decided to cook spicy adjika without boiling, it is important to choose a good recipe and bring it to life with precision. After all, the introduction of even minor, at first glance, adjustments can lead to the fact that the fresh product deteriorates very quickly, even in a refrigerating chamber.
Fresh tomato adjika according to the classic recipe
The recipe below allows you to prepare a large amount of hot sauce for the winter. The proportions of the ingredients are made in such a way that as a result of cooking, a fragrant mixture of vegetables and spices is obtained in the amount of 6-7 liters. If such a volume is too large for a family, then the amount of ingredients can be reduced proportionally.
To prepare a spicy and aromatic, fresh adjika, you will need:
- Tomatoes. Despite the fact that vegetables will be chopped, special attention should be paid to their quality. There should be no putrefactive spots or black spots on the surface of the tomatoes. If defects are found, the damaged areas from the surface of the vegetable must be removed. The number of tomatoes for one recipe is 6 kg.
- Bell peppers. It is preferable to use red vegetables so that the color of the sauce is uniform. Before cooking with peppers, you must cut off the stalk and clean the inner chamber of seeds. The weight of a pure pepper should be 2 kg.
- Garlic should be used in an amount of 600 g. It is important to remember that the most aromatic garlic can only be found in the garden. Vegetables from the store counter may taste different. It is recommended to use it in slightly larger quantities.
- Chili peppers will make adjika especially spicy. It is recommended to add 8 peppers to one serving of the sauce. The amount of the ingredient can be increased if desired, since chili is an excellent preservative and promotes long-term storage of fresh foods.
- Add sugar and salt in 2 and 6 tbsp. l. respectively.
- Use table vinegar in the amount of 10 tbsp. l.
The rules for careful selection and preparation of vegetables apply not only to the recipe proposed below, but also to other options for preparing fresh adjika. The thing is that even the slightest fungi of rot, fermentation or mold can spoil a product that has not undergone heat treatment.
The process of preparing adjika is quite simple and consists of the following stages:
- Peel, wash, dry vegetables.
- Grind tomatoes and bell peppers with a meat grinder.
- Hot chili peppers and mince the garlic twice.
- Mix all vegetable ingredients, add salt, vinegar, sugar.
- Insist the mixture at room temperature for 2-3 hours.
- Spread adjika in sterilized jars and close with tight lids.
If fleshy tomatoes are used in the preparation of adjika, then the consistency of the sauce will be quite thick. Tomatoes with a high content of free juice can be "dried" before chopping by cutting them into small pieces and placing them in a colander in order to strain the juice.
You can evaluate the taste of the resulting adjika literally right after cooking. A hot and sweet sauce will complement any dish and make even a regular slice of bread surprisingly tasty.
Fresh adjika with carrots and mustard
Carrots are rarely included in fresh adjika. This is due to the fact that without heat treatment, the vegetable has a fairly dense structure and literally crunches in the mouth. At the same time, a small amount of carrots may be appropriate in a fresh sauce prepared according to a special recipe. So, below are recommendations on how to cook fresh, tasty and very spicy adjika with carrots for the winter.
To prepare spicy adjika with carrots, you will need ripe tomatoes 500 g, sweet and sour apples 300 g (you can take apples of the well-known variety "Antonovka»), Bell peppers, preferably red, 500 g, 4-5 hot pepper pods. For one recipe, carrots, parsley root and garlic are used in equal proportions, 300 g of each component. The uniqueness of the recipe lies in the use of mustard. This product will give adzhika a unique taste and aroma. The amount of mustard should be 100 g. Also, the recipe includes 2 tbsp of tomato paste. l., salt to taste, half a glass of vinegar 6%.
Having collected all the products on the table, delicious adjika can be prepared in literally 30-40 minutes. To do this, follow these steps:
- Peel the carrots, wash, cut into small pieces. If desired, they can be blanched in boiling water for 5 minutes. This will soften the vegetable. Place the blanched carrot pieces in a colander to drain off excess water.
- Wash the bell peppers and hot peppers, remove the stalk from their surface, remove the grains from the inside.
- Wash the tomatoes, if desired, remove the skin from their surface, cut out the hardened place of attachment of the stalk.
- Remove the skin from the surface of the apples, cut the fruit into quarters.
- Grind prepared vegetables and fruits with a blender or meat grinder until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
- After mixing thoroughly, add tomato paste, mustard and all remaining ingredients to the mixture of crushed products.
- Insist the resulting adjika for several hours at room temperature, then put in sterilized jars and preserve.
Immediately after cooking, it may seem that the taste of vinegar in adjika is too strong, but over time, the acid will partially evaporate, apples and carrots will add sweetness to the sauce. That is why the final result and taste can be appreciated about a week after preparation.
Adjika from tomato paste with celery
Using tomato paste allows you to get a thick and very tasty adjika. In the proposed recipe, tomato paste is successfully combined with celery, herbs and other ingredients. You can quickly prepare a fresh sauce for the winter. So, skillful hands will cope with the task in no more than half an hour.
In order to prepare fresh adjika, you need 3 liters of tomato paste, 25 pcs. medium sized bell peppers, 10-12 hot chili peppers, 18 heads of garlic. Parsley, dill and celery will add a special flavor to the sauce. Each type of greens should be taken in the amount of 200 g. Salt is added to adjika in the amount of 2 tbsp. l. with a slide, sugar in the amount of 12 tbsp. l. The composition also includes vinegar essence 9 tbsp. l.
It will be quite simple to prepare adjika if you read the following points:
- Peel the garlic, remove the stalk and internal grains in the hot and bell peppers.
- Pass the garlic, peppers and herbs several times through a meat grinder.
- Combine the resulting mixture with tomato paste, sugar, salt and vinegar.
- Insist adjika for several hours, and then put it in clean, sterilized jars.
Fresh adjika prepared according to the proposed recipe should be stored in a dark and cool place. Such storage conditions are typical for a cellar or refrigerator. You can eat the product literally right after cooking.
Spicy adjika with horseradish
The recipe below can be found in many cooking books under various names: "Ogonyok", "Hrenovina" and others. The main difference between this recipe and other options for preparing adjika is the use of ground black pepper, horseradish and other spicy and pungent ingredients. As a result of the competent combination of a certain set of products, it will be possible to obtain a spicy, tart and very aromatic seasoning for meat and fish dishes, soups, salads.
To prepare a fragrant, spicy adjika for the winter without cooking, you will need 2 kg tomatoes. It is the tomatoes that will be the basis of the sauce. No additional ingredients with a mild flavor (bell peppers, carrots or apples) are used in the recipe. The spicy taste and pungency of adjika is given by 3 chili peppers, 3 heads of garlic, 3 tbsp. l. black pepper (ground), 150 g horseradish (root) and salt, in the amount of 3-4 tablespoons. This "explosive" mixture can fully satisfy the needs of spicy food lovers.
Cooking adjika takes little time and does not require special skills from the culinary specialist. So, the whole process can be described in several simple steps:
- Wash the tomatoes, cut into pieces and strain the juice slightly. This will allow you to cook a thicker adjika. To obtain a delicate consistency, it is recommended to additionally remove the skin from the tomatoes.
- Grind the chili pepper, horseradish root and garlic with a meat grinder several times to obtain a homogeneous mixture.
- Chop the tomatoes with a meat grinder and mix the resulting puree with garlic and pepper.
- Add ground pepper and salt to the resulting vegetable preparation.
- After dissolving the salt, put the adjika in clean jars and close the lid tightly.
The proposed recipe is popular with housewives, since such adjika can be quickly and simply prepared from available products, and then stored for a long time in the refrigerator. If necessary, a spoonful of spicy mixture can always be a good seasoning for soup or sauce for meat, fish, addition to vegetable and large dishes.
Conclusion
Of course, it is impossible to list all the recipes for spicy adjika without cooking. The article also offers the best and most frequently used cooking options, which are time-tested and found a lot of admirers. In addition to the proposed recipes, it is also worth paying attention to another cooking option, which is described in detail in the video:
A visual guide will allow even a novice hostess to successfully cope with a culinary task and surprise relatives with delicious, fresh and very healthy adjika, which will always be at the table.
