Snack eggplant

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the necessary ingredients.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pepper cut into strips, cucumbers in half rings, hot pepper and parsley finely, stir the whole mixture.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cut off the stem of the eggplant, boil it whole (do not salt the water!!!!) 10-15 minutes (depending on the size) until ready, they should not spread. When they cool down, cut into rings 1 cm thick .

4. Step 4:

   

   Preparing the dressing: add tomato juice, salt, sugar, oil, boil - turn it off, add vinegar, when it has cooled down a little - garlic passed through a garlic chopper.

6. Step 5:

   

   We put a layer of eggplants in the container, sprinkle with vegetables, pour a little syrup and so on until the end. When everything cools down, we hide it in the refrigerator for a day.

7. Step 6:

   

   That's it, the eggplant appetizer is ready, you can serve it to the table!!! It turns out very tasty, spicy-sweet. Adjust the amount of hot pepper and garlic depending on the size and preferences, as well as sugar and vinegar. From the greens, it is necessary to use parsley or cilantro. Cucumber is listed in the recipe as an optional component, I doubted at the beginning whether it was needed, but I really liked its presence - it brings freshness.

8. Step 7:

   

   Bon appetit!!!