# Ajvar

Ajvar is a spreadable, flavorful Balkan recipe that can be eaten on bread or used as a sauce.

- Total time: 45 min
- Cuisine: Other
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 red peppers
- 1 eggplant
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 fresh chili peppers
- a bit aove

## Instructions

1. Cut the eggplant.
2. Cut the eggplant in half and add salt.
3. Place the peppers and eggplants in the baking tray and add oil.
4. Bake the peppers and eggplants with a bit of aove at 180º for 45 minutes, turning the peppers as needed.
5. Remove the skin and seeds from the baked peppers.
6. Remove the skin from the baked eggplant.
7. Cut the eggplant and the peppers.
8. Chop the garlic cloves and the chili peppers.
9. Sauté the garlic and the chili peppers very finely chopped.
10. Add the baked peppers and eggplant already peeled and mashed with a fork.
11. Let it fry all together and mash with a fork.
12. Let it cool down.
13. Serve in a bowl.
14. Spread on a bread slice.

## Equipment

- knife
- wooden board
- baking tray
- oven
- fork
- pan
- stove

## Tips

- The original recipe contains less eggplant, but you can add a whole one to your liking.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci2a9CrjnnO/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/02b9f792-d799-4b81-8775-57c603aa425b
- Extracted: 2025-05-20

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