Delicious adjika with eggplants, tomatoes and peppers in a slow cooker
Adjika is a hot spicy seasoning that gives dishes a special taste and aroma. The main ingredient of traditional adjika is various varieties of pepper. Everyone knows about such a preparation as eggplants with adjika, but few people know that a delicious seasoning can be prepared from the eggplants themselves.
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The main advantage of the ancient eggplant adjika recipe offered today is its simplicity. My proven recipe with step-by-step photos is at your service. I note that today I will make the preparation in a slow cooker, but, in principle, everything can also be done in a regular cauldron or saucepan.
We will need the following products:
- eggplants – 3 kg;
- tomatoes – 3 kg;
- bell pepper – 10 pcs.;
- garlic – 2 pcs.;
- vegetable oil – 200 ml;
- vinegar – 100 ml;
- salt – 3 tbsp. l.;
- sugar – 3 tbsp. l.
How to cook adjika with eggplants, tomatoes and peppers for the winter
Rinse the eggplants thoroughly with running water and cut into several pieces. Grind the chopped parts using a food processor.
Wash the peppers, remove seeds and stalks. Grind it in a food processor.
Next, let's move on to the tomatoes. Vegetables must be washed and passed through a juicer. As a result, you will get tomato juice without seeds and peel.
Pour sunflower oil into the multicooker container.Add tomato juice and pepper to it. Select the “Cook” function in the menu and set the cooking time to 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, add chopped eggplants to the mixture of pepper and tomato juice. On the multicooker panel, select the “Stew” section. Set the cooking time to 40 minutes.
Add sugar, vinegar, salt and garlic passed through a garlic press to the boiled vegetable mixture.
On the multicooker panel, press the “Cook” button. Cook the dish for another 5 minutes.
Wash the jars well in warm water and sterilize. To sterilize, you just need to hold the jars over boiling water for about 5 minutes.
Place the hot eggplant adjika into sterilized jars. Roll up homemade preparations with lids. Wrap them up until they cool completely, after turning them upside down.
It is necessary to store such homemade preparations for the winter in a dark and cool place. Delicious adjika with eggplants, tomatoes and peppers, prepared according to this old recipe, goes perfectly with almost any dish.