Content
The variety of culinary recipes for preparing adjika amazes even experienced chefs. What kind of vegetables are used to make this popular snack? The traditional recipe does not include sweet peppers or tomatoes in the dish, but the high level of creativity of housewives has led to the fact that these options have taken their rightful place in the list of preparations called “adjika”. The original solution was preparations of yellow vegetables and fruits. In this article we will focus on such options with a step-by-step description of their preparation.
For tomato lovers
This type of adjika differs from its ancestor in both taste and color, but remains very popular for a long time. When bright sunny orange adjika appears on the table, your mood and appetite increase significantly. To prepare such a dish, simply replace the usual red tomatoes with yellow tomatoes. Fortunately, the efforts of breeders have made yellow tomato varieties available.
The appetizer goes well with any side dish, meat and fish dishes. Let's consider several options for bright adjika.
Combination with bell pepper
For cooking, you can take only yellow pepper, then the shade of adjika will exactly correspond to the name.
Let's prepare the necessary products.
For 2 kg of yellow tomatoes, take 1 kg of sweet pepper, three heads of garlic (you can change the amount to your taste). Garlic is a spicy vegetable, so add it to the dish taking into account family traditions. Two pods of hot pepper are enough, but no one forbids adjusting the spiciness of adjika. So if you want a milder seasoning, use less. Prepare 50 ml of sunflower oil and vinegar, 2 tablespoons of salt and sugar. From the herbs you need to take coriander (15 g) and basil (5 g).
We start cooking by chopping vegetables. Make the pieces of a size that will be easier for you to chop. Vegetables can be ground in a meat grinder, chopped in a food processor or blender. Garlic and hot pepper are chopped together with yellow vegetables.
Place the mixture in a saucepan, bring to a boil, add butter, herbs, salt and sugar. Now let's be patient and cook yellow tomato adjika within 45 minutes.
At this time we are preparing the jars. We sterilize them with lids. Place the prepared yellow tomato adjika into jars, roll up and leave to cool slowly. Canned adjika looks so unusual and appetizing that you want to immediately open the jar.
Sunny version with greenery
To add an unusual taste, white wine vinegar is used in the recipe instead of table vinegar. The remaining ingredients are quite familiar and familiar:
For 1 kilogram of yellow tomatoes, one head of garlic and one pod of hot pepper are enough. A large onion takes the place of sweet peppers and a glass of chopped cilantro is added. The amount of salt and spices should be adjusted to taste.
The yellow tomatoes, onions and chili peppers in this recipe must be cooked. They are fried over low heat for half an hour, then blended in a blender. At the same time, add cilantro, garlic, and salt to the mixture. In this case, all ingredients are saturated with each other’s taste, and adjika becomes homogeneous. For those who do not like cilantro, there is an excellent substitute - parsley.
This version of adjika from yellow tomatoes is not prepared for long-term storage, so calculate the volume right away.
Adjika with sourness
The cherry plum adds a slight sourness to the adjika. Everyone knows that there is blue and yellow fruit. In our case, of course, we take the second shade. Adjika with cherry plum is called “meat” sauce. Pairs perfectly with any meat dish.
What nuances need to be taken into account? First, you need apple cider vinegar in the amount of one teaspoon. Secondly, 3 sprigs of mint are added to traditional herbs. And the third nuance - 2 tablespoons of sugar are complemented by half a teaspoon of honey. You already guessed that the taste will be unusual, but attractive.
The remaining ingredients will be needed in the following quantities:
- 1 kg yellow cherry plum;
- 0.5 kg yellow tomatoes;
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds;
- 5-6 garlic cloves;
- 1 pod of hot pepper.
Remove the pits from the cherry plum and cook the pulp for 10 minutes, then grind. A sieve and colander are suitable for this operation. We continue to cook, but in a mixture with chopped tomatoes, garlic, pepper and herbs. After 35 minutes of boiling, add spices, salt, vinegar and honey. It remains to boil for 5 minutes and pour the sauce into hot sterile jars.
You will definitely like this new culinary product. After all, there can never be too many bright and tasty dishes.
Adjika recipes from yellow plums
A good alternative to yellow tomatoes are plums.Naturally, yellow. In order for adjika made from yellow plums to become unusual, housewives change the composition of the remaining ingredients.
For example:
With the addition of spicy garlic
Choose yellow plums that are ripe and undamaged. For 5 kg you need to prepare:
- a glass of boiled water;
- a couple of heads of large garlic;
- coarse salt (2 tbsp);
- twice as much sugar (4 tbsp);
- 0.5 teaspoon of hot pepper powder (you can grind fresh);
- 2 tbsp. l. Khmeli-Suneli seasonings.
Wash the yellow plums thoroughly and boil them. For cooking, add the amount of water specified in the recipe. Then we grind it, at the same time getting rid of the seeds. Although it is better to remove the seeds immediately after washing in order to grind the plums with a blender.
Boil yellow plums for 20 minutes after boiling. Now we wait for the mixture to cool and begin to grind until smooth. Immediately add garlic and other ingredients to the blender. Grind the mass thoroughly and we can taste it. This option is not suitable for winter storage. To yellow plum adjika use throughout the year, you will have to slightly change the preparation process.
Option for winter
All ingredients and the initial stage are identical. You could say we are simply continuing the previous cooking method. After grinding the mass into puree, put the yellow plum adjika back on the fire.
Cook adjika for 5-10 minutes and pour into sterile jars. Seal, turn over and leave to cool. Wrapping the cans helps lengthen this process. In this form, adjika from yellow plums is well stored in a cool place for a long time.
How else can you diversify the original snack. Of course, adding red tomatoes, favorite spices and herbs. Any option is worthy of your attention. Try it!
