Green tomatoes for the winter in Armenian

Green tomatoes in Armenian style is an unusually tasty and spicy snack. It can be prepared in various ways: in the form of a salad, stuffed tomatoes or adjika. Garlic, hot peppers, herbs and spices help to achieve the desired taste.

An Armenian appetizer is suitable for barbecue, fish and meat dishes. The spicy components contained in such blanks help increase appetite.

Armenian Green Tomato Recipes

The easiest way is to pickle whole tomatoes, to which spices and marinade are added. The blanks are preserved for the winter, then it is necessary to additionally treat the jars with boiling water or steam.

Containers filled with blanks are sterilized in a water bath. To do this, place a piece of cloth on the bottom of the pan, put jars on top and fill it with water. The pot is put to boil, and the jars are kept in boiling water for 15 – 30 minutes, depending on their volume.

A simple recipe

A delicious snack is prepared for the winter in a fairly simple and quick way, for which unripe tomatoes, marinade and two types of seasonings are used.

Green tomatoes are prepared according to the simplest recipe:

1. First, 4 kg of tomatoes are selected, which must be washed and placed in glass jars.
2. Each jar is filled with boiling water and left for half an hour. The procedure is repeated twice.
3. For the third time, water is boiled, to which 2 large tablespoons of table salt, 5 g of ground cinnamon and 5 bay leaves are added.
4. The marinade is boiled for 8 minutes, then it is removed from the stove and the contents of the containers are poured over it.
5. The jars are rolled up with a key and left under a warm blanket until they cool completely.
6. Pickled vegetables are stored in the refrigerator or other cool place.

Plain Stuffed Tomatoes

In a fairly simple way, you can pickle stuffed tomatoes. As a filler, a mixture of herbs, garlic and chili peppers is used.

The recipe for a spicy snack consists of the following steps:

1. Garlic (60 g) and chili pepper (2 pcs.) are crushed manually or using kitchen appliances.
2. Then you need to finely chop the greens (parsley, cilantro, basil or any other).
3. In green tomatoes (1 kg), cut off the top and take out the pulp.
4. Tomato pulp is added to the garlic and pepper filling.
5. Then the tomatoes are chopped with the resulting mass and covered with “lids” on top.
6. The fruits are placed in a jar and proceed to the preparation of the marinade.
7. About a liter of water is boiled over a fire, a couple of tablespoons of sugar are added to it.
8. Hot marinade is poured into jars with vegetables. Be sure to add 2 large spoons of vinegar to each container.
9. After a 20-minute sterilization in a pot of hot water, the jars are rolled up with lids.

Stuffing with carrots and peppers

An unusual snack is obtained from unripe tomatoes, which are stuffed with a vegetable mixture. Stuffed vegetables have not only a spicy taste, but also an attractive appearance.

Green tomatoes in Armenian for the winter are obtained using the following technology:

1. A couple of carrots are rubbed on a fine grater.
2. Two sweet peppers and one bitter pepper cut into cubes.
3. Five garlic cloves are passed through a press.
4. A small horseradish root is cleaned and processed in a meat grinder.
5. For the filling, you will also need greens: cilantro, dill, celery. It needs to be finely chopped.
6. These ingredients are mixed to obtain a homogeneous mass.
7. Then a kilogram of green tomatoes is taken. It is advisable to take larger copies. They make cross-shaped incisions with a knife.
8. The fruits are started with the previously prepared mass and placed in glass jars after they have been sterilized.
9. For the marinade, boil a liter of water, add 50 g of table salt.
10. The resulting filling is filled with jars of tomatoes.
11. For winter storage, it is recommended to add a tablespoon of vinegar to each container.
12. Banks put for 20 minutes in a pot of boiling water.
13. Processed containers are closed with iron lids.

Lightly salted snack

Lightly salted green tomatoes are an appetizer that includes herbs, hot peppers and garlic. The recipe for green tomatoes is as follows:

1. The pod of red pepper is cleaned of seeds and cut as finely as possible.
2. The cloves from one garlic head are pressed through in a press or rubbed on a fine grater.
3. From the greens, you will need a sprig of basil and one bunch of parsley and cilantro. It should be finely chopped.
4. The prepared components are well mixed.
5. Then you need to select about a kilogram of unripe tomatoes. It is best to choose medium-sized fruits.
6. In each tomato, a transverse incision is made to place the filling in it.
7. The prepared mass is placed as tightly as possible in the incised places.
8. For brine, a liter of clean water is taken, where 1/3 cup of salt is poured.
9. Boil the brine for 5 minutes, then add a couple of bay leaves and leave it to cool.
10. Tomatoes are placed in enameled dishes and poured with cold brine.
11. From above, vegetables are covered with an inverted plate and any load is placed.
12. It takes 3-4 days to pickle tomatoes. They are kept at room temperature.
13. The finished snack is stored in the refrigerator.

Salad with garlic and pepper

Armenian-style green tomatoes can be deliciously preserved in the form of a salad. In this, tomatoes for the winter are prepared according to the following recipe:

1. A kilogram of unripe tomatoes is cut into slices.
2. Two pods of hot peppers need to be peeled and cut in half.
3. Garlic (60 g) is peeled.
4. Pepper and garlic are turned in a meat grinder.
5. A bunch of cilantro should be finely chopped.
6. All ingredients are mixed and placed in a jar.
7. For the marinade, you need 80 ml of water, where a tablespoon of salt is poured.
8. After boiling, the liquid is poured over the vegetables.
9. For long-term storage, add 80 ml of vinegar.
10. Within 20 minutes, glass containers are sterilized in a water bath, after which they are sealed for the winter.

Green adjika

From unripe tomatoes, an unusual spicy adjika is prepared with the addition of eggplant, various types of pepper and quince.

How to cook adjika in Armenian, indicates the following procedure:

1. Unripe tomatoes (7 kg) should be washed and cut into slices.
2. Vegetables are covered with salt and left for 6 hours. After the required time has elapsed, the separated juice is drained.
3. A kilogram of eggplant, green and red bell peppers must be peeled and cut into large pieces.
4. Then take a kilogram of quince and pear. The fruits are cut into pieces, peeled and seeds.
5. Six cloves of garlic should be peeled.
6. Three zucchini are cut into rings. If the vegetable is ripe, then remove the seeds and peel.
7. Ten onions need to be peeled and cut in half.
8. Hot pepper (0,1 kg) is cleaned and the seeds are removed.
9. All ingredients are ground with a meat grinder or blender, and then mixed in one container.
10. The resulting mass is stewed for an hour, poured in a glass of sugar and salt.
11. At the stage of readiness, you need to pour in 2 cups of vegetable oil and a glass of any chopped greens.
12. Ready adjika is distributed in sterilized jars and corked with lids.

Conclusion

From green tomatoes, you can cook delicious marinated or stuffed appetizers in Armenian style, as well as salad or adjika. Such blanks are distinguished by a sharp taste, which is formed due to garlic and hot pepper. If the snack is intended for the winter, then it is placed in sterilized jars and preserved with lids.