Ajapsandal: a recipe for the winter in jars with photos and videos

Canned eggplant is a fairly common twist prepared by many housewives. Very often, ajapsandali is prepared from them for the winter. This is a traditional dish of Kazakh cuisine, which is made from tomatoes, peppers, onions and blue ones.

In some cases, other ingredients are added to it. Such a preparation differs from other preservations in its unique aroma and taste.

Classic recipe

It will help to prepare this dish for the winter recipe, which is used by almost all housewives. To roll eggplants in jars, you will need the following ingredients:

kilogram blue;
200g onion;
two peppers;
300g tomatoes;
greens;
300ml oil;
100 g s alt.

At the initial stage of preparation of preservation, eggplants should be prepared. To do this, they need to be thoroughly cleaned to get rid of the peel, and remove its stalk from each vegetable. After that, the blue ones are cut into small pieces and laid out in a bowl. Chopped vegetables are covered with s alt and infused for 2-3 hours. This is done so that the blues are less bitter. Then the soaked vegetables are squeezed well to get rid of excess liquid.

Having prepared eggplant, you can start preparing the rest of the products. You can start with tomatoes that need to be peeled. To get rid of it, the tomatoes should be dipped in hot water for 3 minutes and then immediately placed in a cold liquid.After removing the peel, all the tomatoes are finely chopped and placed on the bottom of the pan in which the dish will be cooked.

After preparing the tomatoes, you can do the onions. It is washed in cold water and cut into rings. Then you need to cook the bell pepper. It is necessary to separate it from the stalk, remove all the seeds from it and cut it into strips. It is recommended to use peppers of different colors to make the twist look prettier.

Having prepared all the ingredients, you can start cooking. To do this, pour oil into the pan and heat it well. Then we spread chopped peppers with onions on its surface. Everything is thoroughly mixed and stewed until a blush begins to appear on the onion. In parallel with this, eggplant and pepper are added to the tomatoes. The vegetables are mixed and stewed until the blue ones become a little softer. At the end, some greens are added to the container, which must be cooked for no longer than 5 minutes.

Vegetables from the frying pan and pot are distributed in jars, poured with vinegar and closed with lids. Ajapsandal for the winter must be stored in a cool place, as it will quickly deteriorate in a warm room.

With basil and cilantro

This ajapsandal recipe for the winter differs from the classic ingredients. To prepare this dish you will need the following products:

five peppers;
three onions;
two cilantro;
three basilicas;
parsley with dill;
two heads of garlic;
3 kg tomatoes;
200 ml oil;
80g s alt.

Preparation of snacks begins with the preparation of onions. First, it should be completely cleaned and finely chopped. Then it is placed in a saucepan and fried over low heat for 10 minutes. In parallel with frying the onions, prepare the tomatoes. They are peeled, finely chopped and added to a container with onions. After that, the seeds are removed from the pepper, it is cut and mixed with the rest of the ingredients.

After 10-15 minutes, add chopped garlic with chopped herbs to the container. The mixture is stewed for another 15 minutes, after which s alt is added to it.

Eggplant must be cooked separately from other products. They are washed and soaked in cold water for 5-7 minutes. Then they are finely chopped, fried in a pan and stewed in a saucepan with other ingredients. The resulting mixture is distributed in sterilized jars and rolled up with lids. The container with a twist turns over and cools in a room at room temperature. After that, it can be placed in the basement.