Adjika of green tomatoes for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make adjika from green tomatoes for winter? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. The main component is green tomatoes.

2. Step 2:

   

   Remove the stalks from the tomatoes, cut the peppers in half and peel the core with the seeds. Peel the onion and garlic. Rinse all vegetables under running clean water.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash the jars and lids and sterilize them in any way convenient for you. I usually do it in the oven. I put the jars and lids in the cold (!) I turn on the oven, turn on the "top-bottom" mode, set the temperature to 180 degrees and leave it this way for 20-30 minutes.

4. Step 4:

   

   Next you need to chop all the vegetables. You can do this with a meat grinder or a blender. In the recipe, the vegetables were mashed in a blender. So, chop the tomatoes.

5. Step 5:

   

   Pour the resulting mass into a saucepan or cup in which you will cook the adjika.

6. Step 6:

   

   Put the bell pepper, hot pepper pods, garlic and onion into the blender bowl. For convenience, I cut the vegetables into fragments so that it would be easier and faster to grind them into puree.

8. Step 7:

   

   Pour the contents of the blender to the tomatoes.

9. Step 8:

   

   Add salt, sugar to the pan and pour in the refined vegetable oil. I used Adyghe salt for the preparation of adjika, it contains dry seasonings, which undoubtedly makes the taste of the finished dish brighter.

10. Step 9:

    

    Mix everything and send the pan to the stove. After boiling, reduce the heat to a minimum and cook the adjika for about 30 minutes (stir occasionally). Five minutes before cooking, add dry basil to the tomatoes. This time I also added a pinch of hops-suneli and a little flakes of hot dry pepper. At the very end, pour in the vinegar, leave to boil for about a minute and remove the sauce from the heat.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put the hot adjika into sterile jars, roll up the lids and turn the top upside down. Wrap the workpiece with a warm blanket or towel and leave it to cool completely at room temperature. Then put the cans in the pantry, cellar or on the bottom shelf in the refrigerator for long-term storage.

12. Step 11:

    

    Fragrant and delicious adjika of green tomatoes is ready!