RECIPE (1h prep time) -4 red peppers -1 eggplant Roast at 240C/470F for 30mins. Cover for 10mins and peel. Then add to a blender. -1/3 cup (80ml) olive oil -2 cloves garlic -2 Tsp white wine vinegar -salt and pepper to taste Blend until smooth. Cook it down for about 10mins. Store in the fridge up to 1 week.
Is it only 2 teaspoons of white wine vinegar? Because it looked like you were using a tablespoon to measure it, so that's why I got a little bit confused.. 🤪 🤷♀️ 💞
@FitGreenMind You gotta find the right pepers for it, that is not the bell pepers, but red horn pepers, they have a much intense flavour, but you're gonna need more than 4 horn pepers since they're much thinner, so you might wanna use weighting 'em. You can make large amounts of it and put it away in jars (like with home made jam) and it's gonna last you whole winter.
@@Tom1573realist Thank you, allthough I am aware of that 😉 I was just wondering because I wasn't sure if she added one or two of them, in which case she could possibly have written teaspoons by mistake. But thanks anyway 💞
When I lived in Croatia I learned that they use horn peppers. Bell pepper will give a sweeter taste. Horn peppers are very hard to find in the US though.
Wow! Didnt expect Balkan food here. Suprise for sure, but good one! Anyways, in Balkans, or at least Serbia, its usually prepared with a different type of pepper, but bell pepper does the trick, and they are cocked on stove heated by wood🙂🙂 Oh and also i didnt see that someone uses eggplant, but who cares! Other than that, you nailed it girl, keep it up👍👍👍
@@israosmani6173 pinđur je koliko znam ljuta varijanta sa patlidžanom, a za malijano nisam čuo. Raspitaću se malo, baš me zanima. Inače u običan ajvar koliko ja znam ne ide patlidžan. Edit: malo sam guglao, i malidžano je koliko vidim isto namaz, međutim ovde u Srbiji ga nisam viđao. Nije izgleda popularan.
I didn't know that some people don't use eggplant to make ajvar 😮 Even storebought ajvar has eggplant in it. There is also "malidžano" that is just eggplant and no peppers. I'm soooooo happy she posted this recipe, feeling so proud of our culture (I'm from Republic of Srpska) 🎉
@@cubanlincoln1767 Serbs a Christian Orthodox fast one third of the year.That fast actually means eating vegan food, plus: on certain days fish, on others not even the plant coking oil. No dairy, no eggs. So there should be plenty dishes.
@flower8301well yeah, especially in Serbia and Republic of Srpska where most people follow "lent", basically eating plant based for almost half a year. There are many vegan balkan dishes you can find by searching for "posno". Some types of lent include fish tho
@flower8301 Serbs a Christian Orthodox fast one third of the year.That fast actually means eating vegan food, plus: on certain days fish, on others not even the plant coking oil. No dairy, no eggs. So there should be plenty dishes.
In Romania we call that Zacusca. It's 10x better when you roast the veggies in the coals of a fire, like after a barbeque, so they get a slight smokey flavor. Also, traditionally, the veggies are cut by hand, which gives it a typical texture, kind of like a chunky bruschetta mix. By blending it, you're not going to achieve the same texture. Roasted mushrooms can be a tasty way to add protein to this spread.
this is such a great fast version of ajvar! ❤ I'm from Croatia and when we make it at home it cooks for hours and the whole apartment smells of vinegar and garlic, but it's worth it 😂
Maya- This recipe couldn't have come at a better time. I can't eat tomatoes anymore & I wanted to try making a roasted red pepper sauce instead. Thank You.
@@Dosadniste2000, eggplant and garlic are main ingredients for Ajvar/ Айвар. Whatever else you mean is either mish mash or ljutenitsa, or something else. She shared perfectly simple and delicious recipe.
I absolutely love Ajvar and have done for decades ever since I first tried it as a teenager. I will definitely have to try to make this one myself, thanks for sharing ! 😉👌 🤗 💚💞💚
True, this is one of most loved traditional dishes here in the Balkans. I also make it with eggplants and red peppers. Absolutely love it! Love your channel and all the receipts you share with us!
It’s a traditional dish from my country, we make a bunch of jars every year before winter, so that we have supplies for the whole winter, greetings from Belgrade,Serbia! 💚💚🦋
Hey, I would love to see you trying out South Indian dishes, especially from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh which have a wide range of Vegetarian and Vegan food recipes 💙💙💙
Yum you have tingled my taste buds again and again I just love your shorts thankyou so much you are a truly beautiful young woman and you deserve your success ❤️
Im albanian living in macedonia and ajvar is the thing that we do every autumn as preperation for winter bc during the winter there isnt any fresh pepper and we do it but this wasnt the original recipe it is more and more difficult at all also we do it with +20kg peppers to have a big amount. I invite you to here in macedonia and if you ever come text me and i will show you every dish every special dish about us. Come and taste our tradition❤
@@dee_dee_placeI second what my neighbor says. We don't freeze it, we store it in the jars for the whole winter. But her version seems like a nice and quick way to get something similar.
@@dee_dee_placejust the way you would make jam. Boil it and pack it in an also boiled jar, close it and turn it upside down. You can basically vacuum seal it this way and can hold on room temp for quite some time.
@@agnesmeszaros-matwiejuk8783 & @shitlista4283 Thank you for your replies. I'm going to make some Ajvar soon. I can't eat tomato sauce anymore & this will be a great alternative... Yay!
My college friend married a man from Romania and his mom sent something like this to enjoy at the reception (She couldn't travel.). That was 25 years ago and I still think about the flavors.
Looks great! I love using eggplant in a brightly colored spread. (Not enough recipes use wonderful eggplant.) Thanks for using different cultures and being so perky....pepper-r-r
Mad knife skills 😂,another first for me never even knew something like this existed 😅,looks really delicious hope I get this right,love your food,keep it up Love 😋 🌹
Ah this reminds of childhood... we'd make a small fire outside and essentially barbeque the paprika, and after that, until it cools a bit we'd throw meat and veggies on the fire to eat right away. My grandma once made a bread that we baked on the same fire. And after the meal we proceed with peeling the paprika, all of us sitting and joking around with one another. It's a bonding experience more than anything else and that's what I love most about food.
What a coincidence, I just had this for the first time a few hours ago. It was served in a restaurant in Germany. My dish also came with a nice creamy tomato rice with red bell pepper, carrot and peas and I forgot the name.
AJVAR is one of the things both vegans and meat lovers adore! You can simply spread it on bread, or enjoy it with grilled meat- ćevapćići, for example.
The traditional ajvar is made drastically different but this seems like a decent quick similar substitution. We eat it slathered on bread in the winter, nobody eats the traditional ajvar in the summer. I'm going to try making this because it seems like a nice summer "version"
As a person prepares jars and jars of home made ajvar every summer, I appreciate the initiative, but original recipe is a bit different. Greetings from Croatia.
I reported for trolling as I don't talk too much, and even if I did, it's not of your business, I do cook and i come from the place where Ajvar originates and simply informed as a native that ajvar is not spicy..@@handlenot030
