Adjika from tomato paste for the winter

The recipe for adjika is in the cookbook of every housewife. This snack is very popular among the population. Most often it has a sharp taste, so it is consumed with meat and poultry. Adjika from tomato paste has many fans. Some housewives do not make the dish too spicy, then it can even be given to children.

For winter evenings, a dish prepared according to one of the recipes below is perfect. It is worth noting that, in addition to the degree of spiciness, adjika also differs in cooking methods. Some housewives use the recipe without cooking, others heat the vegetables.

It is worth remembering that adjika has a red color due to the presence of peppers in its composition, and not tomatoes.

The best adjika recipes for the winter

Recipe #1 Adjika we varki

Tomato adjika for the winter can be harvested even without heat treatment. In this case, all vegetables will retain their beneficial properties. Before starting work, rinse all vegetables very thoroughly, preferably in hot water.

Main Ingredients.

• 1 kg of pepper. Choose a Bulgarian sweet. It is the best in terms of taste.
• 5 PC. hot pepper.
• 500 ml tomato paste.
• 1 bunch of dill, parsley and coriander.
• 3 large or 4 small garlic
• 2 Art. l. salt
• 2 tsp vinegar.
• 100 gr. Sahara.
• half a glass of vegetable oil.

Adjika preparation process:

1. The preparatory stage includes washing vegetables under running water. After that, let them dry so that excess water does not get into the dish.
2. We prepare the meat grinder. It will help to grind all the ingredients so that the finished mass is as homogeneous as possible. A more modern version of kitchen appliances – a blender is also perfect for this purpose. It is worth noting that the mass of vegetables passed through a meat grinder turns out to be more puree. This is exactly what a real tomato miracle – adjika should be.
3. Grind all the ingredients in turn, leaving only the greens for later. The finished mass most often has an orange color. Mix them with a wooden spoon. At this point, add vinegar, sugar and salt.
4. Finely chop the greens and send to the rest of the ingredients.
5. Knead the mass for about 10 minutes. After that, we let her stand and soak for the same amount.
6. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add it to the pan with adjika and again stir everything well. The dish according to this recipe is ready. Enjoy your meal.

Recipe #2 Adjika with plum

This recipe is good for those who make preparations for the winter, and for those who prepare adjika for the nearest holiday table.

Main Ingredients.

• 1 kg of blue, not mint plum. Take exactly the blue plum, only it is suitable for blanks.
• 1 head of garlic. You can also vary this ingredient according to your taste.
• 2 tbsp. l. salt. You should not choose iodized salt for blanks.
• 1 kg of bell pepper. For a more spectacular appearance of the dish, use peppers of different colors.
• 3 pcs. hot pepper.
• Sugar to taste.
• 500 ml tomato paste. When buying, pay attention to the expiration date of the paste. Bad ingredients will cause your snack to go bad.
• 1 tsp vinegar.

In general, these ingredients should make 12 servings.

The process of making adjika.

1. Peppers are peeled, seeds are removed. In order to make it more convenient to pass them through a meat grinder, they are cut into several parts.
2. We pass the peppers through a meat grinder.
3. Preparing plums. We remove the bones from them, after cutting each fruit in half. Choose slightly underripe berries so that there is not too much juice.
4. Grind plums in a meat grinder.
5. Hot pepper and garlic are finely chopped. A blender will do the job just fine. Whether or not to use hot pepper seeds in cooking is up to you. Without them, the food won’t be as spicy.
6. Mix all the ingredients in a separate saucepan.
7. We put the pot on the fire. When the mass boils, reduce it and add the last ingredients – salt, sugar. For about half an hour, the mass will cook on a small flame.
8. Vinegar is added at the very end.
9. You can roll adjika into jars.

The dish according to this recipe has a very specific taste, thanks to the plum in its composition. Try it, you will not regret the time spent on cooking. Your family and friends will love this appetizer.

Recipe #3 Adjika “khrenovina”

Somewhat original adjika recipe. Unlike the traditional ways of preparing this dish, it contains tomatoes.

Main Ingredients.

• 3 kg tomato.
• 4-5 pcs. hot pepper.
• 3 tbsp. salt
• 200 gr. horseradish roots.
• 2-3 heads of garlic.

As you can see from the ingredients, the appetizer will turn out to be very rich and spicy.

The process of making adjika.

1. Cut the tomatoes into several pieces. If there is a hard stem inside, it is better to remove it.
2. Separately, soak the horseradish roots in water. After about 50-60 minutes, we take them out and clean them.
3. We clean the garlic and hot peppers.
4. We prepare a meat grinder and pass through it all the components of our adjika.
5. Mix well for a few minutes. Now you can get prepared jars and do the most enjoyable part of the process of preparing snacks – laying out the dish in containers.

It is not subjected to heat treatment. Keeps well.

Recipe #4 Apple adjika

A spicy snack will not be to the taste of the kids. However, on dark winter evenings, they also want to please them with tasty and healthy food.

For 6 half-liter jars, we need the following ingredients:

• 1 kg of apples. Try to choose more acidic varieties.
• 1 kg sweet bell pepper.
• 200 gr. oils. When choosing vegetable oil, pay attention to the fact that it is purified, does not have impurities and additional flavor components. Take only a natural product.
• 200 gr. garlic.
• 1 kg of tomatoes.
• Sugar and salt 150 gr.
• 100 gr. tarragon.

The process of making adjika.

1. We clean all vegetables and fruits. Remove the core from apples. We remove the skin from the tomatoes by lowering them into boiling water for 2-3 seconds.
2. Rub the tomatoes on a grater. We put the mixture on fire.
3. Grate all other ingredients through a grater. We send them to the tomatoes.
4. Turn on the fire and simmer for about half an hour.
5. We put salt with sugar, oil. After that, continue to simmer for another 10 minutes on a small flame.
6. Garlic, herbs and seasonings are added last.
7. A few more minutes of cooking and you can lay out the mixture in jars.

Recipe №5 Adjika with walnuts

Main Ingredients.

• 500 gr. garlic and chili peppers.
• 20 gr. cumin and dried savory,
• 300 gr. walnuts.
• 100 gr. cilantro.
• 60 gr. wine vinegar.
• 50 gr. olive oil.
• 60 gr. salt.

As in the previous recipe, you can use any method convenient for you to grind all the ingredients. Cooking time – 40 minutes. At the very last moment, add vinegar, granulated sugar and salt.

Among the wide variety of snacks, adjika occupies a worthy first place. Almost no celebration in our country is complete without it on the table. If you have not tried to cook such a dish, be sure to try our recipes and write us your impressions.