Eggplant preparations

Each of us does not remember a funny episode from the film “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession”, which talks about overseas eggplant caviar. But not everyone knows how to prepare delicious eggplant caviar at home, and even save it for the winter. And this can be done quickly and tasty.

Today I’m preparing a very simple winter eggplant salad with a pronounced sweet and sour taste. The preparation of such a preparation is not replete with ingredients. Besides eggplants, these are only onions and bell peppers. I must say that this delicious eggplant salad was accepted in my family as a savory snack even by those who don’t really like eggplants.

Nutritionists believe that eggplants are very low in calories, just like tomatoes. But these vegetables are very rich in macro- and micronutrient composition. Eggplants contain potassium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus, iron and many other elements. Eggplants also contain a lot of vitamins.

I present to the culinary experts my favorite recipe for a delicious assorted vegetable mixture of eggplants, bell peppers and carrots in a sauce made from tomatoes. For heat and piquant aroma, I add a little hot pepper and garlic to the tomato sauce.

In winter you always want something tasty. And here a delicious, satisfying and original homemade chicken stew with eggplant always comes to my rescue. If making a classic homemade stew is expensive and takes a long time, then there is an excellent replacement - salad with eggplant and chicken. Eggplants have the unusual property of absorbing the aromas of the foods they are cooked with, thereby imitating their taste.

It cannot be said that in Georgia there are any traditional recipes for preparing lecho. Every Georgian family has its own traditions, and you can’t rewrite all the recipes. Moreover, some housewives do not want to share their secrets, and sometimes you have to guess what gives a divine taste to a particular dish. I will write the recipe that has been repeatedly tested by my family, my friends and neighbors.

Of all the summer vegetables, bright eggplants offer the richest palette of flavors. But in the summer, vegetables are freely available, you can come up with new items every day, but what about in the winter, when you can’t find fresh vegetables? Each housewife chooses a suitable method for preparing vegetables; this can be freezing, drying or canning.

In the 90s, homemade preparation of a variety of letcho salads was almost mandatory for every family. Salads were made from vegetables alone or with additives from various types of cereals. Canned food with rice and barley were especially popular. Such snacks were popularly called “Tourist’s Breakfast”. Today we will look at the most popular recipes for making homemade lecho with rice.

Natural tomato juice is the basis of the classic lecho recipe. For many housewives, in the modern rhythm of life, the procedure for processing fresh tomatoes into juice and further boiling them is too time-consuming. Therefore, savvy chefs have learned to use ready-made canned or packaged tomato juices, as well as tomato paste and ketchup for cooking lecho in tomato. Read more about all the tricks of preparing a winter salad from various vegetables in tomato sauce in our article.

Many culinary masterpieces have long gone beyond the framework of traditional national cuisine. In any case, Bulgarian lecho earned great love from our housewives, and each of them contributed to the recipe. Eggplant lecho is an excellent confirmation of this. This is one of the main preparations for the winter, and it is rare that a housewife does not prepare lecho with the addition of “blue ones”.

It is difficult to overestimate the benefits of eggplant, and it is impossible to count and list all the recipes where the main ingredient is eggplant. Lightly salted eggplants are an excellent appetizer that is not difficult to prepare, but whose taste will be appreciated by everyone.

Dishes of Armenian national cuisine sometimes surprise and delight with how skillfully they combine what seemed impossible to combine. We will now look at the recipe for one of these “impossible” dishes.This is jam made from eggplants, or “blue” ones, as we call them.

Today I’ll tell you how to make a very simple and tasty eggplant and champignon salad for the winter. The highlight of this recipe is the champignons. After all, few people add them to their winter preparations. Eggplants and champignons go perfectly together and complement each other.

When the vegetable harvest ripens en masse, it’s time to prepare a delicious salad of eggplants with tomatoes and other healthy vegetables called Assorted for the winter. The preparation includes a wide variety of available fresh vegetables.

Vegetable caviar with eggplant is one of everyone’s favorite and familiar preparations for the winter. It has excellent taste, simple and easy preparation. But ordinary recipes become boring and quickly become boring in winter, so I always try to prepare caviar according to different recipes.

I make this simple and tasty salad of green tomatoes with eggplant, onions and garlic every year for the winter, when it becomes clear that the tomatoes will no longer ripen.Such preparation will not allow a healthy product to go to waste, which cannot be eaten raw, but would be a pity to throw away.

Eggplants in any form have the amazing ability to harmonize with almost any side dish. Today I will make pickled eggplants with garlic and herbs for the winter. I will put vegetables in jars, but, in principle, they can be stored in any other container.

When you want to prepare something new and tasty for the winter, but don’t have enough energy or time, you should pay attention to the delicious salad I offer with eggplants and green tomatoes. In addition, this recipe is especially good in the fall, when you already need to pick green tomatoes from the bushes, because it is clear that they will no longer ripen.

This delicious eggplant caviar is made with carrots and tastes perfect. The preparation is perfectly preserved all winter and will be an excellent snack throughout the winter, and especially during Lent.

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.

Dear cooking lovers. Autumn is the time to prepare a rich eggplant sauté for the winter. After all, every year we want to surprise our loved ones and accomplish something new. I want to offer you a recipe that my grandmother shared with me.

I always prepare this vegetable caviar in the fall from leftover vegetables, when there is a little bit of everything left. After all, when there are a lot of vegetables, it seems that you can still prepare something special, delicious, for the holiday table.