Many mistresses with the advent of autumn thought aboutthe way to prepare eggplant. This can be done in different ways. If you want to diversify your winter menu and surprise the guests, try to prepare such an original snack, like aubergines, dried. The recipe can be picked to your taste. Add them to various snacks and salads, served with rice, boiled potatoes, meat.
Benefit
Eggplants are fairly commonplant culture, they have many useful properties. Anthocyanins, which are contained in fruits, protect the human body from cancer, suppressing negative processes in cells, preventing aging of the body. In addition, they prevent the destruction of brain tissue.
Eggplants can be used in dietarynutrition, thanks to low calorie content. Pectin and other valuable trace elements help to remove toxins from the body, prevent the absorption of cholesterol. The use of fruit is useful for the work of the gastrointestinal tract.
Eggplants dried in the oven
To cook cured eggplant in the home1 kg of fruit is needed, as much as freshly roasted twigs, thyme and oregano to taste, three cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil (can be replaced with vegetable oil).
Preparation
Fruits must be ripe and elastic, withuniform dark-violet color, without damaged and decayed areas. Eggplants are washed, cut into circles (1 cm thick). In order for the dish to be softer and tender, the fruit can be cleaned. Then they are poured with salt and left for an hour to come out bitterness.
After an hour the eggplants need to be washed,moisture using paper towels or napkins, and put on a baking tray, which is pre-lubricated with oil. Top with salt, add to taste black pepper, thyme and oregano, sprinkle with olive oil.
Prepare dried aubergines in an oven, preheatedup to one hundred degrees. The oven door must be slightly ajar. It is necessary to ensure that the fruits do not burn out. After about three hours the eggplant should be taken out. The degree of readiness is determined by the flexibility and softness of the circles.
Banks and lids are thoroughly washed using a solutionbaking soda. Banks are sterilized, and the lids are boiled for ten minutes. At the bottom of the sterilized jar pour olive oil, lay the dried eggplants, spilled with spices (marinated and garlic), watering each layer with oil. The oil should cover the eggplant slices completely. The can is closed with a sterile lid. The dish will be ready in a week, it needs to be stored in the refrigerator. Sour aubergines for the winter, cooked in this way, can be stored for up to six months.
In Korean
Such dried aubergines have an amazing taste.It is necessary to take 1 kilogram of eggplant, three cloves of garlic, a little chili, three teaspoons of dried basil, rosemary, celery, a half teaspoons of paprika, vegetable oil, salt, pepper.
How to prepare vegetables
The eggplant is washed and dried, the peduncles are cut off,remove peel, remove damaged and rotten places. After that they need to be cut in the form of rings with a thickness of half a centimeter. The eggplants are placed in a bowl, salted and left for 20 minutes to remove the bitterness.
Preparation
In the pan pour a little water, bring to a boil and blanch in her fruit. This is necessary to make them soft.
Then the eggplant rings are laid on a baking sheet, oiled, sprinkled with half a mixture of spices.
The temperature in the oven should be 30-40 ° C.Fruits are dried from two and a half to three hours. Then they are placed in prepared jars, pouring spices, and poured with vegetable oil. Banks tightly closed with lids.
Dried eggplant with honey
На полтора килограмма баклажан необходимо взять soy sauce (three tablespoons), 70 grams of liquid honey, a quarter of a glass of olive or sunflower oil, three tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, a teaspoon of dried adzhika and cumin.
All ingredients should be placed in a closed container and shaken.
Preparation
Eggplants need to be peeled and cut into thin plates (0.5 cm), folded into a container, pour marinade and mix well. The capacity is placed in the refrigerator for a day.
After the specified time, the marinade is drained, the eggplants are squeezed out and laid on a baking sheet covered with parchment. Vyalyat at a temperature of 75 ° C, with a slightly open door, 2-3 hours.
Dried eggplants in the home can be prepared by using a dryer. Dry them at 50 ° C for three hours. The dish is considered ready when the oil, which has absorbed the fruit, has come to the surface.
You will get sharp, fragrant and delicious eggplants for the winter.
Eggplant mushrooms
The dish has received such name because fruits prepared in this way, to taste and appearance are similar to mushrooms.
Use for cooking only youngfruits in which the seed content is minimal. Eggplants are washed and cut in circles. Then they need to be strung on a string and put on a baking sheet. Dry at 160 ° C for ten minutes, after which they should be suspended in a dry place for final drying.
How to wither eggplant outdoors
Fruits are washed, dried and cut into thinlanes. Then they need to put on a baking sheet, cover with gauze and put in a place protected from the sun without drafts for five days. To fruit evenly dried, they need to be turned.
Ways of cutting
From the dishes in which dried eggplant will be used, depends on the method of cutting.
Diced
In this way, cut the fruits that will be used for cooking caviar or stews. Dry at room temperature for three to four days.
Straw
Can be used in salads and soups.Fruits, peeled from the skin, must be grated on a coarse grater, spread out on a clean cloth. Eggplants prepared in this way should be stored in cloth bags.
Dried eggplants can be used asseparate dish, as well as an addition to potatoes or meat. In addition, eggplants prepared in this way will become an indispensable component of various winter salads.
