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Troika eggplant salad for the winter has been known since the days of the Soviet Union. But it does not lose popularity, because it is very tasty and easy to prepare. Troika is an excellent snack for strong drinks, it is combined with potatoes, buckwheat, rice, pasta. Spicy lovers use it as an independent side dish and serve it with pork or lamb.
Troika salad is convenient to cook in liter jars
Selecting and preparing vegetables
The salad is also called “Eggplant all three”, for the winter it is prepared from vegetables taken in equal quantities. One serving is a liter jar. Of course, it is unlikely that anyone will do so little, but the name reflects the standard proportion.
Preparing a salad for the winter Three of eggplant, peppers, onions and tomatoes. All vegetables are taken in 3 pieces. But only if they are of average size, average weight of ingredients:
- Eggplant – 200 g;
- tomato – 100 g;
- pepper – 100 g;
- bulb – 100 years
Of course, no one will look for vegetables with an exact mass. But if there is a culinary scale at home, and a lot of salad is being prepared, you can easily calculate that one liter jar will include:
- tomatoes, peppers and onions – 300 g each;
- eggplant – 600 g.
During cooking, the moisture will evaporate, and the vegetables will boil down. Even if there is some salad left, it can be eaten immediately.
Eggplants take oblong. Rounded varieties such as Helios are not suitable for Troika salad. They are washed, the stalk is removed, cut into rings 1-1,5 cm thick. To remove bitterness, generously salt, mix, and leave in a deep bowl for 20 minutes. Then washed under running cold water.
Onions are peeled, cut into fairly large cubes. Peppers are freed from seeds, divided into strips.
In tomatoes, the part adjacent to the stalk is removed. Then cut:
- cherry – in half;
- small – 4 slices;
- medium recommended by the recipe, weighing about 100 g – into 6 parts;
- large crumble in large cubes.
During the season of harvesting vegetables, ingredients for Troika salad are inexpensive
Cooking utensils
Eggplant Troika is prepared for the winter without sterilizing lettuce in jars. Therefore, containers and lids must be thoroughly washed with soda or mustard and dried. Then they are sterilized in any convenient way:
- in boiling water;
- over the ferry;
- in the oven or microwave.
Lettuce Troika after filling the containers will not be subjected to heat treatment. Therefore, the lids must be boiled for several minutes so that they do not cause damage to the product.
Troika salad ingredients for the winter
To prepare the best Troika eggplant recipe for the winter, you will need the following products:
- onion – 3 kg;
- tomatoes – 3 kg;
- peppers – 3 kg;
- eggplants – kg 6;
- garlic – 100 g;
- chili pepper – 30 g;
- salt – 120 g;
- sugar – 120 g;
- vinegar – 150 ml;
- vegetable oil – 0,5 l.
Step-by-step recipe for Troika salad with eggplant for the winter
Preparing the twist is very simple. The indicated amount of products is enough for about 10 liter jars. Salad can be a little more or less. It depends on the duration and intensity of the heat treatment. As well as the consistency of vegetables:
- tomatoes can be juicy or fleshy, hard or soft;
- the density of eggplant and pepper depends on their freshness;
- onion varieties can also be different, by the way, it is better to take ordinary ones, with golden integumentary scales.
Preparation:
- Prepared and cut, as mentioned above, put the vegetables in a deep stainless steel or enamel bowl. Add vegetable oil, mix.
- Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes covered. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon, scooping up the vegetables from the bottom so they don’t burn.
- Enter salt, spices, sugar, vinegar, passed through a press or finely chopped garlic, chili. Mix well and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Hot, immediately after the cessation of boiling, put in sterile jars. Roll up. Flip. Wrap up. Leave until completely cool.
Terms and rules of storage
Troika is stored in a cool place with other blanks. You can keep jars in the refrigerator, cellar, basement, glazed and insulated balcony. In principle, the twist lasts until the new harvest and longer, but is usually eaten quickly.
Conclusion
Eggplant Troika salad for the winter is easy to prepare and quickly eaten. It is tasty, spicy, goes well with vodka. It is these foods that are recommended for seasonal depression. Doctors say that the combination of spicy and sour improves mood.
