How many unexpected, but at the same time rather witty, names are found in culinary recipes. After all, culinary specialists are creative people, you cannot do without imagination and a sense of humor, so memorable names appear, and those without which the dish itself, perhaps, would not have caused such interest, but the name already attracts to itself. These include Armenians - quite a popular spicy tomato appetizer.
Now it is already difficult to say with certainty whether the pungency of the appetizer gave rise to such a cute name, or historically this recipe got to the majority of housewives from Armenian families. But the name was preserved and strengthened, although there are many variations of its manufacture. In autumn, for example, are especially popular Armenians from green tomatoes, because due to the sudden whims of the weather, a large number of unripe tomatoes always remain on the bushes.
Recipe "yummy"
In addition to the wonderful taste that distinguishes this green tomato appetizer, its recipe is so simple that even a beginner can handle it. In addition, the dish is prepared quite quickly, which is also important in our time of constant haste and whirlwind.
But if desired, the finished tomato dish can be decomposed into sterile jars, sterilized and hermetically sealed.
In order to please your guests or household members at the festive table, you need to start making a dish about 3-4 days before the celebration. Before preparing a 3 kg green tomato snack, look for 4-5 hot pepper pods and a bunch of celery greens, as well as half a glass of the following ingredients:
- Salt;
- Sahara;
- Chopped garlic;
- 9% table vinegar.
Wash the tomatoes and cut them into quarters and put them in a separate container.
Pepper is cleaned of seed chambers and cut into thin rings, and celery is washed well and chopped into small pieces using a sharp knife.
After peeling and slicing the garlic, it is also chopped either with a garlic press or with a knife.
Celery, pepper and garlic are thoroughly mixed in a separate bowl. Then the chopped tomato slices are sprinkled with salt and sugar, the required amount of vinegar is poured into the same container. Last of all, all the spicy herbs are added to the container with tomatoes. Everything mixes well and a lid or plate with a load is placed on top of the tomatoes. On the third day, the spicy Armenians are ready to be served. And if the guests do not fully cope with them, the rest of the tomato dish must be stored in the refrigerator.
Pickled armenians
It is also tasty, but even more beautifully made by the Armenian people from green tomatoes according to the following recipe, especially since there is a suspicion that this recipe is older, since in the countries of the Caucasus they rarely used vinegar, especially table vinegar, and generally preferred naturally fermented hot snacks ...
This time, green tomatoes are not cut into pieces, but used whole, but not just like that, but cut in different ways so that you can put a delicious filling of spicy vegetables and herbs inside. Each housewife can change the composition of this filling as she wishes, but garlic, hot red pepper, cilantro, parsley and basil are considered traditional ingredients. Many people also like to add bell peppers, celery, carrots, apples, and sometimes even cabbage to it.
Most often, tomatoes are cut in the following ways, as in the photo below:
- On the back side of the tail in the form of a cross, rather deep;
- Having previously cut out the tail from the tomato in the form of a triangle;
- Not completely cutting the tomato into 6-8 parts in the form of a flower;
- Cut off almost completely the top or bottom of the tomato and use it as a lid. And the other part plays the role of a kind of basket.
- Cut the tomatoes in half, but not completely.
All vegetable and fruit components are taken in arbitrary proportions, but the brine is prepared according to the following recipe: 200 g of salt and 50 g of granulated sugar are put in 3 liters of water. In order for the tomato harvest to be stored longer, the brine must be boiled and cooled. Green tomatoes stuffed with all sorts of stuff are placed in clean containers and filled with cold brine. Then a load is placed on top and in this form the dish is warm for about a week.
Armenians in marinade
In principle, according to the same recipe as pickled tomatoes, cook pickled Armenians. It is necessary only after the brine has boiled, add one glass of vinegar to 3 liters of water. It is advisable to use natural apple cider vinegar, or even better grape vinegar.
True, in this case, it is advisable to add spices such as allspice and black peppercorns, bay leaves and cloves to the marinade for taste.
This dish provides a lot of room for experimentation, tomatoes can be cut in all sorts of ways and stuffed with vegetables and herbs of various colors and tastes. Perhaps one day you will be able to come up with something completely new, and the recipe will even be named after you.
