Delicious eggplant caviar for the winter

Traditional Russian cuisine includes the preparation of various shelf-stable snacks. This is due to the characteristics of the climate. How nice it is to open a jar of preparations in winter that will become a useful addition to the winter menu.

Eggplant caviar has a solid track record. Known as a culinary dish since the 17th century. Prepared from the most available products. Retains a lot of vitamins and useful elements.

Recipes: delicious eggplant caviar for the winter

There are a great many caviar recipes. Depending on the ingredients, it can be spicy, aromatic, tender and juicy. And the most delicious eggplant caviar, of course, is prepared with your own hands.

Recipe 1

Components:

• Eggplants – 1 kg;
• Tomatoes – 1 kg;
• Sweet pepper – 0.5 kg;
• Hot pepper to taste;
• Onions – 2 pcs.;
• Carrots – 2 pcs.;
• Table salt – 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking option:

1. Wash the tomatoes and cut them into small pieces. Tomatoes should first be peeled by placing them in boiling water for 30 seconds and then in cold water. The crushed mass is placed in a separate bowl and boiled until thickened - a quarter of an hour.
2. Wash the eggplants and cut them into small pieces.
3. The onion is also chopped and sautéed in vegetable oil.
4. Carrots are washed and finely chopped.
   
5. Bell and bitter peppers are washed, removed from seeds, and finely chopped. If you want to get spicy eggplant caviar, then you need to leave the hot pepper seeds.
6. Prepared carrots, peppers, eggplants, tomatoes are combined and boiled for a quarter of an hour.
7. Then add the prepared sauteed onion, salt and cook for another 30 minutes.
8. While the caviar is boiling, prepare the jars. They must be thoroughly washed and sterilized in any way.
9. Hot finished caviar is placed in jars and heated in a container with boiling water (15 minutes), then sealed and wrapped in a blanket until it cools.

Delicious vegetable preparation is ready. Can be stored at room temperature.

Watch another recipe in the video:

Recipe 2

Components:

• Eggplants – 2 kg;
• Tomatoes – 1-1.5 kg;
• Carrots – 1 kg;
• Onions – 1 kg;
• Sweet pepper – 1 kg;
• Hot pepper - to taste
• Table salt – 3 tbsp. l.;
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp. l;
• Vegetable oil – 0.4 l.

Cooking option:

1. The “blue ones” are washed, chopped into small cubes, salted - 3 tbsp. l, fill with water and let stand while the rest of the vegetables are prepared.
   
2. After washing and peeling, carrots are cut into small cubes or grated on a medium grater.
3. The onion is peeled and chopped.
4. Tomatoes are peeled and chopped into cubes.
5. The peppers are washed, the seeds are removed, and chopped into cubes.
   
6. Drain the water from the eggplants and warm them slightly, adding vegetable oil, place them in a separate container in which the eggplant caviar will be cooked.
7. Then onions, tomatoes, and peppers are fried separately.
8. Place everything on top of the eggplants, salt, add sugar, mix everything and cook over low heat for about 40-60 minutes, depending on how thick you want the product to be.
9. Meanwhile, the jars are being prepared. They are thoroughly washed and sterilized.
10. Hot caviar is placed in jars and subjected to additional sterilization for 15 minutes.
11. The jars are sealed and placed under a blanket to cool slowly.

Eggplant caviar is stored at room temperature.

In addition, eggplant caviar can be blended until smooth or left as is, in pieces.

Recipe 3

Components:

• Eggplants – 1 kg;
• Sweet and sour apples – 3-4 pcs. small size;
• Onions – 2 heads;
• Vegetable oil 2 tbsp. l.;
• Table vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.;
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp. l.
• Black pepper - to taste;
• Table salt - to taste.

Cooking option:

1. The eggplants are washed, dried, greased with vegetable oil, and placed in the oven for baking in a foil bag at a temperature of 160°C for about 30 minutes. Then cool until hand-bearing, peel and cut into cubes and lightly fry in a frying pan.
2. Wash the apples and grate them on a medium grater.
   
3. After peeling the onion, chop it into small cubes and fry.
4. Combine apples, eggplants, onions, mix, add pepper, salt, sugar.

Eggplant caviar is ready to eat.

Recipe 4 for a slow cooker

Components:

• Eggplants – 1 kg;
• Sweet pepper – 0.5 kg;
• Carrots – 0.5 kg;
• Tomatoes – 0.5-0.8 kg;
• Onions – 0.2 kg;
• Salt - to taste;
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp. l.;
• Vegetable oil – 3-4 tbsp. l.;
• Garlic 2-3 cloves;
• Black pepper - to taste.

Cooking option:

1. All vegetables are washed and cut into rings. Half the tomatoes are crushed with a blender or through a grater.
2. Place vegetables in layers in a multicooker container, greased with vegetable oil, starting with eggplants.
3. Add sugar, salt, pepper, grated tomatoes.
   
4. On the multicooker, set the “Baking” program - 60 minutes. All the vegetables will cook together without absorbing a huge amount of oil, as they would if they were fried separately.
5. After an hour, the vegetables are ready. They can already be served as a side dish.
6. But our goal is eggplant caviar. Therefore, all vegetables should be thoroughly blended into a puree. You can add crushed garlic.
7. The finished caviar is cooled and served.
8. For storage, such caviar is placed in jars and sterilized for a quarter of an hour, rolled up and placed under a blanket.

The consistency of eggplant caviar is similar to store-bought caviar, however, the taste is much better. In this recipe, half of the “blue” ones can be replaced with zucchini.

Recipes for the most delicious eggplant caviar

Eggplant caviar can be prepared not only for the winter. A light vegetable dish will diversify the summer menu; it can be an appetizer, an independent dish or a delicious side dish.

Watch the video recipe on how to quickly prepare a delicious eggplant dish:

Recipe 1

Components:

• Eggplants – 2 kg;
• Tomatoes – 1 kg;
• Onions - 0.5 kg;
• Garlic – 5 cloves or to taste
• Salt - to taste
• Vegetable oil – 6 tbsp. l.

Cooking option:

1. Wash the eggplants, peel them, and boil them (about 20-30 minutes). Let the water drain; when it cools down, you can squeeze it out with your hands. Another way to heat treat eggplants is to place them in a dry frying pan.Bake until done for half an hour, covered, turning regularly. Then they are ground in a meat grinder or blended.
2. Tomatoes are washed and peeled, cut into halves, and crushed using a meat grinder or blender.
3. The onion is peeled and chopped.
4. Chop or crush the garlic.
5. Combine eggplants, tomatoes, onions, garlic, salt and vegetable oil. Everything is mixed.

The vegetable dish is consumed after cooling.

Recipe 2

Components:

• Eggplants – 1-1.5 kg;
• Sweet pepper – 0.5-1 kg;
• Tomatoes – 1 kg;
• Hot pepper - to taste;
• Garlic – 5-6 cloves;
• Salt - to taste;
• Black pepper - to taste;
• Vegetable oil – 100-150 g
• Parsley - to taste.

Cooking option:

1. Eggplants and bell peppers are washed, dried, rubbed with vegetable oil, and placed on a baking sheet lined with foil. Vegetables are pricked with a fork and covered with foil on top, which is pinched well. Place the baking sheet with vegetables in the oven at 160°C (40 minutes).
2. When the vegetables are baked, they are peeled while warm and chopped into small pieces.
3. The tomatoes are washed, peeled and chopped into cubes.
   
4. After peeling the onion, chop it into small pieces.
5. Tomatoes and onions are combined and left for 15 minutes so that the onions are marinated with the acid of the tomatoes.
6. Garlic is pressed through a press.
7. After washing, the greens are dried and chopped.
8. Next, combine eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, onions, herbs, garlic, and vegetable oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Red pepper is added for spiciness.
9. Place in the refrigerator.

Conclusion

Eggplant caviar is a delicious preparation. It is not difficult to prepare; the recipes and cooking technologies are different. You can make caviar with the addition of roots, bell peppers, apples or mushrooms. Keep the dishes for the preparations clean, sterilize the final product and then the preparations will be stored at room temperature without taking up space in the refrigerator.

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