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Chopped pickled eggplant

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: iran

Ingredients

  • 1 kg Eggplants
  • 10 cloves Garlic large
  • 3 Fresh hot peppers
  • 3 tbsp Dry vegetables such as mint, tarragon, dried parsley
  • Salt as needed
  • Vinegar as needed

Instructions

  • First, wash the eggplants well.
  • Chop them into cubes, rings or any other desired shape with the skin. Leave them aside.
  • Separately slice or finely chop the garlic and fresh peppers and set aside.
  • Heat the vinegar. When it boils, put pepper and eggplants in it. Let it boil for 3 to 5 minutes. It is enough for them to soft, they should not lose their shape.
  • Turn off the heat. Remove the eggplant and peppers from the vinegar.
  • Remove the boiled vinegar from the heat and pass it through a strainer after cooling down, to collect the pepper and eggplant seeds from inside.
  • Pour eggplant, garlic, pepper and dried vegetables into the jar in layers until it full.
  • Add salt to the cooled vinegar. Check it to sense is not too salty or without salt.
  • Pour the vinegar over the ingredients to cover them completely.
  • Close the lid of the jar tightly. Put it in the kitchen for 1 to 2 weeks. Then it is ready to use.