Recipe for cooking vegetable Transcarpathian snacks for the winter

This vegetable snack for the winter is widely used in Transcarpathia, and the recipe is based on traditional Hungarian and Western Ukrainian recipes. The dish is universal, used as a separate snack. You can heat it in a frying pan, add an egg and cubes of sausages, if desired, sprinkle with shabby cheese, feta cheese. Housewives widely use it as a preparation for vegetable soup.

The subtleties of cooking a Transcarpathian vegetable snack for the winter

Over time, in the process of cooking, the hostesses discovered the secrets of a delicious snack:

1. Skinless tomatoes can be beaten with a blender, grated, or simply cut into cubes.
2. Bell peppers and carrots can be cut into strips or cubes. The main thing is that the shape is the same, then the dish is not only tasty, but also beautiful.
3. The amount of hot peppers depends on the family's taste preferences.

Ingredient List

The set of presented components is classic. You can diversify it by adding new ingredients or changing the composition of the spices. After all, it is through experiments that new culinary masterpieces are born..

Required components:

• sweet pepper - 1-1.3 kilograms;
• carrots - 500-600 grams;
• onions - 300-500 grams;
• tomatoes - 500 grams;
• tomato paste - 45 grams;
• vinegar - 45 milliliters;
• sunflower oil - 90-100 milliliters;
• salt - 45 grams;
• sugar - 20 grams;
• ground hot pepper - 5-7 grams;
• paprika, coriander (optional) - to taste.

Product selection features

Vegetables should be free from spoilage. If the integrity of the pepper is damaged, the damaged parts must be cut off.

Tomatoes should be free from spoilage and fermentation.

How to properly prepare containers

Since the cooking technology does not provide for a sterilization stage, it is important to properly prepare the containers, otherwise the finished dish will deteriorate. It is necessary to wash containers and lids with soda.

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Sterilize containers in any convenient way:

• boil: place in warm water and boil for 2-3 minutes;
• fry in the oven: put in a warm oven, heat to 100^about and stand for 2-3 minutes;
• warm up in the microwave for 2-3 minutes;
• hold on steam: for this there are special attachments for the pan or you can simply hold it over the spout of the kettle.

The sterilized containers must be dried.

How to cook a Transcarpathian appetizer?

It is not difficult to prepare a Transcarpathian appetizer, the main thing is to follow the proposed step-by-step instructions:

1. Wash the pepper, cut into halves, remove the core with seeds. Cut the halves into thin strips 3-5 centimeters long.
2. Peel and wash carrots.Cut into strips like pepper. If desired, you can grate it on a coarse grater or use a Korean carrot grater.
3. Wash the tomatoes, make cuts on them, put in a saucepan, pour over boiling liquid and leave for 2-3 minutes. After that, the skin is easily removed from them. Finely chop the tomatoes or beat with a blender.
4. Peel the onion, chop finely, sauté in oil until golden brown.
5. Put the ingredients in a saucepan or stewpan. Pour in tomato juice, sunflower oil, add paste, salt, granulated sugar, spices. Put out a quarter of an hour, the mass should not boil. Periodically it is necessary to stir so that the vegetable mass does not burn.
6. Pour in vinegar, stew for another 5-7 minutes.
7. Arrange the vegetable snack in a sterilized dry container, close hermetically with sterilized lids. After cooling, remove to storage.

How and how long can the finished product be stored?

A ready-made vegetable snack is stored indoors, from 6 to 8 months, in a cool, dark room for up to a year. After opening a jar with a snack, it is necessary to store it in the cold for no more than 5-7 days.