Caucasian-style vegetable caviar is an original and low-calorie snack that can also be served as a separate dish. It can be cooked in the country by baking vegetables over a fire or grill. In this case, vegetable caviar is perfect for kebabs as a sauce.
It is necessary
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- Summer cottage option:
- 3 eggplants;
- 3 tomatoes;
- 3 bell peppers;
- cilantro
- basil
- garlic
- salt
- pepper to taste.
- Option 2:
- 500 g eggplant;
- 0.5 cups walnuts;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of cilantro greens;
- 3 garlic cloves (medium)
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sunflower oil;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vinegar (9%) or citric acid;
- salt
- pepper to taste.
Instructions
Step 1
Take skewers and place eggplants, tomatoes and bell peppers on top of them. Eggplants are best placed on a separate skewer as they take longer to cook.
Step 2
Fry the vegetables over an open fire, turning the skewers occasionally. Cook the vegetables until the skins of the tomatoes and peppers are browned and the eggplants are tender. Check the eggplants for readiness with a fork or toothpick.
Step 3
Remove skewers with cooked vegetables from heat. Pour cold water into a saucepan, dip hot vegetables there one by one and peel them off with a knife. Or you can just put them in a plastic bag and tie it up. After the vegetables have cooled, remove them from the bag and peel them off.
Step 4
Remove seeds from peppers. Grind vegetables with a blender or simply mash them with a fork. Add salt and black pepper to the caviar. Chop the garlic and herbs (basil, cilantro) in the same way as vegetables.
Step 5
Caucasian caviar can be prepared by baking vegetables in the oven. Wash and peel the eggplant. Cut them into circles, place them on a greased baking sheet and place in the oven. When the eggplants are tender, remove the baking sheet and refrigerate.
Step 6
Pound the walnuts and garlic in a mortar or chop very finely. Stir, salt, add sunflower oil and finely chopped herbs. Mash the eggplants with a fork or chop with a blender.
Step 7
Add the nut-garlic mass to the eggplants and pour in a few drops of vinegar (9%) or citric acid. Stir the caviar well.
Step 8
Serve Caucasian caviar as an appetizer, spread on soft white bread, black bread toasts and garnish with herbs. Vegetable caviar is also perfect as a sauce for meat dishes (for example, barbecue).
