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August 6, 2018

Homemade Ajika salsa recipe

If you were wondering what we did with the biggest tomato we ever grew? We used it for the homemade ajika salsa recipe and canned the salsa in 18 jars, so we can enjoy it for a very long time. Yes, all of this was made out of 1 tomato and all the other ingredients of course.

Ajika salsa veggies

Homemade Ajika is a sauce like a salsa, made with tomatoes, carrots, apples, peppers, garlic, and hot pepper, that together make a wonderful combination of flavors.

Traditional red peppers and green, sour apples are used. I usually use whatever is available. Not in the picture is the hot pepper, that gives the ajika a spicy taste.

Biggest tomato ever harvested

When we harvested our biggest ever tomato (over 3 pounds), we had to make something special with it. Ajika came to mind.

Biggest ever tomato

It turned out this one tomato had more clean tomato flesh than the recipe needed, so we each had a slice of it, too. What a huge and yummy tomato that is!

Homemade Ajika salsa recipe

Ajika is known in the Slavic world by many names like Аджика, Adzhika, Adjika or Ajika. Its origin is said to be Georgian and started as a very hot pepper sauce. There are many versions of it as well.

This recipe comes from Irina Chlebnikova, I have shared her recipes before. As in Irina’s other recipes, I do adjust the sweetener and do not use oil. But other than that, this is a very yummy homemade Ajika salsa recipe.

Homemade Ajika salsa recipe
 
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Author: Anna @ Northern Homestead
Serves: 10-12 cup
Ingredients
  • 1200 gram (6 cups) chopped tomatoes
  • 500 gram (4⅛ cups) grated carrots
  • 500 gram (4⅛ cups) chopped bell peppers
  • 500 gram (4⅛ cups) chopped apples
  • 2 heads of minced garlic
  • 1 chopped hot pepper (or to your liking)
  • 1½ tablespoon salt (I used half a tablespoon)
  • ½ cup sugar (I used ¼ cup honey)
  • ½ cup oil (optional)
  • 1 cup vinegar
Instructions
  1. In a food processor or blender chop all ingredients. I worked in batches adding from each veggie to the blender, it took only seconds to coarsely chop everything.
  2. Add everything to a big saucepan and cook for 40 minutes or till the sauce thickens.
  3. Fill jars, wipe rims, apply lids, and screw on bands
  4. Process in water canner for 20 minutes
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Homemade ajika salsa recipe canned for winter

We love Ajika served with avocado in pita bread. It’s also good on breaded baked eggplant, or anything roasted. It can also be served as a condiment or used to flavor other dishes.

Homemade Ajika Salsa recipe into a sauce

Homemade Ajika Salsa can easily be made into a sauce. Just add a tablespoon of peanut butter, mix, and heat. You have an instant, very flavorful sauce. Here we served it over rice and stuffed peppers. Yum!

Homemade Ajika Salsa made into a sauce

Have you ever heard of Ajika, and what is your favorite way to use it?

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  1. Sheri Cline says

    August 13, 2018 at

    Wow! What a tomato! That salsa sounds delicious! I’ve tried to post a couple times on other posts but don’t seem to be catching on very well to the “code” process.

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    • Anna says

      August 15, 2018 at

      It was a legendary tomato and we will enjoy it in this salsa. Thank you for the heads up, will check it out. Codes are needed to prevent spam but can be annoying.

      Reply
  2. Donna says

    September 20, 2018 at

    This recipe sounds delicious! Do the veggies break down alot after cooking? We like our salsa chunky.

    Reply
    • Anna says

      September 20, 2018 at

      You can cat the veggies chunky and cook them more gentle and maybe not as long. My was chopped very small with the high-speed blender, but there is no right or wrong way to do it.

      Reply
  3. Tracey says

    October 4, 2018 at

    Love this recipe and had a great time making it as part of a preserving session on our community allotment, though we pretty much ate all the Ajika salsa we made in 1 sitting! We did a write-up referencing you and Irina here – http://windmillcommunitygardens.blogspot.com/2018/09/even-more-well-preserved.html

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    • Anna says

      October 5, 2018 at

      So happy to hear you loved the recipe. Thank you for referencing our blog. Looks like you had a good time and made me happy as well. Way to go.

      Reply

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