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Caucasian cuisine is distinguished by a wide variety of spices used, as well as the sharpness of the prepared dishes. Adjika Caucasian is no exception. It is worth noting that you will not find the usual tomatoes, carrots or bell peppers in the recipe. They are not required for adjika from the mountains. The main components are various herbs, as well as salt.
Recipe number 1 burning Caucasian adjika
To prepare adjika according to the Caucasian recipe, we need the following ingredients: Imeretian saffron, very hot pepper, garlic, cilantro seeds and greens, suneli hops, wine vinegar, walnuts and salt.
As you can see from the list, the composition includes a lot of pungent and pungent ingredients.
We start cooking from the preparatory stage. All greens and peppers must be thoroughly rinsed under running water and removed from seeds. Like any preparation for the winter, adjika requires well-washed and dried ingredients.
Chop the pepper finely enough. Grind the walnuts in a mortar or coffee grinder. You should get some kind of dust.
We send all the components of the future adjika to a container prepared in advance. If you haven't found suneli hops, you can pick up the spices that are part of it separately. Usually it is saffron, marjoram, coriander, parsley, thyme, lavrushka, basil, hyssop, dill, mint, fenugreek. They are mixed in roughly equal amounts and red pepper is added. The amount of red pepper should not be more than 3% of the total mixture.
The last to add to this hot recipe is salt and vinegar. Adjika is ready! It will be a great addition to any meat dish.
Recipe number 2
The second recipe for Caucasian adjika is distinguished by a smaller variety of herbs and spices used. To pamper yourself and your loved ones with this spicy snack, prepare the following ingredients: for 1 kg of red pepper, you will need to take a pound of garlic and cilantro, basil and dill in any quantity, as well as a glass of salt.
To prepare adjika for the winter according to this recipe, you will have to work hard. In terms of cooking time, the recipe can be attributed to the longest.
First, we take the pepper and fill it with water, do not forget to clean it first. It will soak for about 4 hours. During this time, it is necessary to change the water 2-3 times.
While the pepper is cooking, peel the garlic. Next is the turn of greenery. It must be rinsed and dried.
We take a meat grinder (you can replace it with a blender), send all the components into it. Stir the mass well for several minutes. To store adjika, a cold room is needed - it can be a refrigerator or a cellar.
Recipe number 3 Adjika "thermonuclear"
This preparation for the winter is good in that the cooking time is reduced to a minimum. You don't have to wash and peel a lot of vegetables, as they are simply not used in the recipe.
For a Caucasian snack, we will need familiar ingredients:
- Pepper - the hotter the better - 1 kg.
- Cilantro, basil, dill - one good bunch of each greenery.
- Garlic - 1.5 kg.
- Salt (it is better to choose large) - 0.5 tbsp.
- Ground coriander - 2 tsp
If you have already studied other recipes for adjika, then you probably came to the conclusion that the process of their preparation is in many ways similar. This is indeed the case. They differ only in the number of incoming components. Harvesting such a snack for the winter is exactly the same as in the previous recipe.
Recipe number 4 Caucasian adjika with bell pepper
Undoubtedly, our hostesses have somewhat modified the original Caucasian adjika recipe... We like slightly less spicy dishes. Therefore, in order to make the taste less pungent, many hostesses began to add sweet pepper to the appetizer. With this, they did not spoil the recipe at all, it became no less tasty and interesting. This is one of the most frequently prepared blanks for the winter.
We need the following products:
- Hot pepper - 200 gr.
- Sweet pepper - 900 - 1000 gr.
- Tomatoes - 1 kg.
- Garlic - 300 gr.
- Salt and sugar to taste.
- Vinegar 9% - 300 gr.
From a given amount of products, approximately 8 half-liter cans of delicious winter preparation are obtained.
Cooking process:
- We wash and cut all the vegetables into large pieces.
- In a meat grinder, grind all the components, the last one is to skip hot peppers. Extreme care must be taken when handling this product. When handling hot peppers, try not to touch your face, especially your eyes. If this happens, rinse the area thoroughly with cold water.
- In an enamel bowl, stir the resulting vegetable mixture for several minutes.
- Add salt, sugar, mix everything again.
- We put the vinegar last.
- For about 12 hours, let the mass settle and soak in aromas. Then it can be laid out in banks.
A few tips for making adjika at home
Like any preservation, adjika requires carefully prepared dishes. Pay special attention to the preparation of the cans - wash them thoroughly and steam them. The lids must also be sterilized. Only in this case, the winter treats will not become moldy and spoil.
We also thoroughly rinse the greens. It is better to do this not with the whole bunch, but soak it for a while in cold water, and then rinse it in a colander.
Some housewives chop the garlic finely with a knife. If you prefer a more homogeneous mass, without hard lumps, then feel free to pass it through a meat grinder.
Choose coarse, rock salt. Fine salt is not suitable for adjika.
An important cooking detail - mix all the ingredients as best as possible. Do not spare your time and effort.
Be sure to surprise your household with a Caucasian snack recipe. They will surely like it.
