Dried eggplant. How to keep the maximum amount of vitamins in eggplant

We cook sleds in summer and dry eggplants in autumn. Not every housewife is ready to do conservation all day long, and there is no longer enough space for freezing. And how is the mainstream about proper nutrition? You can't keep vitamins with vinegar! Drying is considered one of the better ways preserving not only taste, but also useful substances. In this article, you will learn how to properly dry eggplant for the winter at home.

There are three main ways to dry eggplant:

• On a thread;
• In the oven;
• In an electric dryer.

Of course, if you have a separate freezer, and you can freeze kilograms of eggplant for the winter, then you will save your time. But my freezer is already full of zucchini, so let's start drying.

"Blue" as boletus - on a string

In this recipe, I will tell you how to properly dry eggplant on a string. Eggplants are similar in taste and texture to mushrooms. And when we hang eggplant garlands, the outward resemblance will be obvious.

For cooking, we need eggplant. I don’t understand varieties and can’t distinguish “diamond” from “early Czech”, so I choose vegetables of the smallest sizes for drying. In such fruits, there are fewer seeds, they will be less bitter.

Advice! To get rid of bitterness, soak the blue circles in salt cold water for 15 minutes. Afterwards, dry on a paper towel.

1. The next step is to thinly cut off the skin. If you have a vegetable knife, then you will quickly cope with cleaning.
2. Trim the buttocks and noses.
3. The final step remains heat treatment. Pour boiling water over the eggplant and leave for 5 minutes.
4. Remove the vegetables from the water and toss in a sieve to drain excess water.
5. When the eggplants have cooled, using a regular needle and thread, string the pseudo-mushrooms at a distance of 3 cm from each other. We will dry in the kitchen or in a warm place for a week.

Reminiscent of eggplant mushroom caps boletus. Such "mushrooms" can be used when cooking soups and stews.

Dry in the oven

This drying method is practically no different from the previous recipe. Only here we do not use salt.

1. Cut the peeled vegetables into circles and distribute on a thread.
2. We put eggplant beads on a dry baking sheet and put them in the oven for 10-15 minutes at a temperature of 160 degrees.
3. We hang in a dry place for 3-4 days.

When the vegetables are dried, collect them in glass jar and close the lid tightly.

Dried eggplant "under meat" in an electric dryer

Another very interesting option cooking blue vegetable in an electric dryer. IN previous recipe we created mushrooms, and this one is meat!

Wash and peel the eggplant. Cut into thin strips with a knife or vegetable cutter. Let's prepare the marinade:

• Vegetable oil - 100 ml;
• Honey - 2 tsp;
• Soy sauce - 70 ml;
• Pepper, paprika, spices.

Season the slices with marinade and leave for 2 hours at room temperature.

We lay out the strips on the levels of the dryer, set the temperature to 40 degrees and dry for 24 hours. We get thin crispy strips that resemble bacon. Only fewer calories, but more benefits. Vegetable chips go great with beer.

Which is better, dry or freeze eggplant?

I will say this, any way of harvesting for the winter is good. Some of the nutrients are lost both during freezing and drying. The first method is fast, but drying requires patience. But personally, I like dried eggplant more!

Dried eggplant can be added to soups, stews, or steamed. If you want to fry them, then soak for 5 minutes in water before cooking.

1. Grind dried vegetables and get a seasoning with an unusual taste.
2. Using a blender, prepare vegetable powder, add water and use as a cosmetic face mask.
3. A spoonful of dried blueberries a day helps to cope with alcohol and nicotine addiction.

Now you know how to dry eggplant for the winter at home and choose a recipe to your liking. Bon appetit!

In the fall, many people think about how to save eggplant for the winter. They are harvested in different ways: in the form of conservation, eggplant caviar even freeze. A less rare way of harvesting eggplant is drying, although at the same time the vegetable retains a large number of useful substances. In our country, this method of harvesting "blue ones" is not very common, but in Turkey or Italy, dried eggplants can always be found in stores.

You can dry eggplants as well as carrots, dill and parsley in a city apartment. This process is not at all complicated and everyone can choose the most convenient method for drying the "blue ones" for themselves.

How to dry eggplant?

Only ripe eggplants are suitable for drying, without damage and signs of decay. It is advisable to choose fruits with a thin skin, and in overripe the flesh becomes hard, the seeds are large, so these eggplants are not suitable for drying for the winter.

You can make eggplant dried blanks With different taste using special marinades and spices for this. If desired, gourmets can make bacon-flavoured dried eggplant and serve thin strips as a snack in winter.

Before cooking, dried eggplant should be soaked in water and then cooked like mushrooms.

Dried eggplant "meat"

4 small fruits or 2 large ones, peeled and cut into thin strips. For convenience, they operate sharp knife Or use a special attachment on a vegetable cutter. If the eggplant is very large, the strip can be further cut into 2 or 4 pieces.

Now you need to prepare the marinade, for which, in a separate bowl, mix half a glass of olive oil, a third of a glass of soy sauce or apple cider vinegar, 2 tablespoons of honey, a quarter of a teaspoon cayenne pepper and a teaspoon of paprika.

Prepared eggplants are poured with marinade and left for 2 hours. Next, the strips are blotted paper towel and placed in an electric dryer. At a temperature of 40 degrees, eggplant strips are dried for about a day. dried eggplant are ready when they have a characteristic crunch.

Dried eggplant "like mushrooms"

Eggplants cooked for the winter taste very much like mushrooms, and appearance sometimes misleading.

For this drying method, only young eggplants are suitable, which contain a minimum of seeds. The washed fruits are peeled and cut into thin circles. The blanks are carefully strung on a thread and laid low on a baking sheet.

How to dry eggplant in this form? Just. The oven is heated to 160 degrees and the eggplant is kept for about 10 minutes, no longer. Next, the low eggplants are removed from the oven and hung in a dry place for final drying.

Dry eggplant should be poured into glassware or cloth bags.

Salted Dried Eggplant

Eggplants can be dried with preliminary food processing. The peeled fruits are cut into rings of medium thickness and sprinkled with salt, leaving them for 15 minutes. This standard way elimination of excess bitterness from the pulp.

Next, the eggplants are laid out on a baking sheet and sent to dry in the oven, keeping them for 5 hours at a temperature of 60 degrees.

For consumption, such dried eggplants are soaked in water, after which they are fried.

How to dry eggplant in an electric dryer or oven?

If the house has an electric dryer, stock up enough dried eggplant is not difficult. The instructions for such a device have detailed information about the method, temperature and time of drying.

In the oven, eggplants dry a little differently. First you need to prepare the fruits, for which they are washed, dried with a towel and the stalks are cut off. Next, the “blue ones” are cut into slices of the same thickness. This is important so that the workpiece dries evenly during drying.

Slices of eggplant are laid out on a baking sheet so that they are freely located over the entire surface. The oven is preheated to 200 degrees and a baking sheet with a workpiece is placed in it. After an hour of drying, the temperature is reduced by half and kept for another 4 hours.

How to store eggplant dried in an electric dryer or oven? It is best to put them in a glass container with a lid, which will save natural taste. If dried eggplants are stored in cloth bags, they are kept away from strong-smelling foods.

Dried eggplant outdoors

As in the previous drying methods, eggplants need to be prepared - thoroughly washed and dried. The pulp is cut into thin strips (the stalk is removed) and laid out on a baking sheet so that the slices lie without touching each other. The baking sheet is placed in a place protected from the sun, where there are no drafts. For uniform drying, eggplants should be turned over, and the drying process itself will take about 5-6 days. To prevent dust and other debris from getting on the eggplant during drying, the baking sheet is covered with gauze in one layer.

Cutting eggplant for drying

How to cut eggplant before drying depends on what dishes will be prepared from such a preparation.

• Cutting into cubes.
  If in winter you cook caviar or stew from dried eggplants, the fruits are cut into small cubes for drying. Such a blank dries well at room temperature for 3-4 days. Faster drying will be in the oven, which will take only 4 hours.
• Eggplant straw.
  This is the optimal form of eggplant for salads and soups. Peeled eggplants are rubbed on a grater with large holes and the resulting mass is laid out in a thin layer on clean paper or cloth. Store such a blank in fabric bags away from products with a strong aroma.
• Drying eggplant halves.
  In Turkey and Italy, this form of eggplant is used for stuffing stuffing. For drying, the pulp is cut out from each half, leaving a wall 0.5 cm thick.
• Drying whole eggplant.
  In this case, use small fruits that hold on for a long time outdoors. In a well-dried eggplant, the sound of seeds is heard inside when shaken.

We dry eggplants for the winter - video

In the summer-autumn period, eggplants are a fairly popular product. Ajapsandal can be prepared from them, baked in the oven with minced meat or fried in a pan, and then marinated in oil and vinegar. To replenish the piggy bank of delicious eggplant dishes will help following recipes. All of them are easy to prepare and consist of available ingredients.

In our article we will tell you how to cook dried eggplant. The recipes below are designed for cooking vegetables in the oven and electric dryer.

Dried eggplant for the winter

If you prepare such a blank at the end of September, then it will just stand until the beginning of spring. Indeed, despite the fact that dried eggplants are not rolled up with a can opener, they can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 months. But in most families, such a tasty snack is eaten much faster.

To prepare this dish, eggplants (1 kg) are cut into slices 1 cm thick. Then they need to be folded into a deep bowl, salted well and left in this form for 1 hour. After the specified time, the eggplants are washed under cold water and dried on a clean towel.

At this time, the oven heats up to 100 °. The baking sheet is smeared with vegetable (olive) oil, eggplant circles are laid out on top, which are sprinkled with dried thyme, oregano and black pepper. Vegetables are cooked in the oven for about 3-4 hours. At this time, you need to ensure that they do not burn.

Garlic (3 cloves) and a few rosemary needles are laid out at the bottom of a sterilized jar. Eggplants are distributed on top. Then the vegetables are well pressed by hand and poured olive oil up to the neck. The cooled workpiece is sent for storage in the refrigerator.

Recipe for delicious eggplant with garlic and basil

Anyone who doesn't like the taste of the skin on oven-cooked eggplant will love it. next option tasty snack. In general, the recipe is very similar to the one described above.

Step by step cooking dried eggplant in the oven:

1. Vegetables (800 g) are peeled and stemmed and cut into slices 1 cm thick.
2. Sliced ​​eggplants are stacked in a deep bowl, mixed with salt and left on the table, just for a couple of hours.
3. After a while, transfer the vegetables to a pot of boiling water for 2 minutes to make them softer.
4. Meanwhile, spices are mixed: basil and rosemary (2 teaspoons each), sweet paprika(1 teaspoon), hot red pepper (at the tip of a knife).
5. The oven heats up to 120°C.
6. The baking sheet is greased with olive oil. On top in one layer are laid out blanched eggplant and sprinkle with mixture spicy spices(½ of the total volume).
7. Vegetables are cooked for 2.5 hours.
8. At this time, a 300 ml jar is sterilized, several peas are poured onto the bottom allspice, a couple of crushed garlic cloves and the remaining spices. Hot eggplants are laid out on top and poured with olive oil. Keep refrigerated.

Eggplant dried in an electric dryer

Vegetables prepared according to this recipe can be stored in a sterile jar in the refrigerator for up to six months. They turn out tasty and fragrant, can be used as a pizza topping, a simple snack for festive table or one of the ingredients of a winter salad.

Eggplant according to this recipe is cut into slices of 6 mm thick. They are laid out in one layer in an electric dryer and dried for 5 hours until soft. Ready vegetables are transferred to a jar and sprinkled with salt and chopped garlic every 2-3 layers. Dried eggplant are poured with vegetable oil and sterilized in a saucepan with hot water 20 minutes. After that, they need to be cooled and sent for storage in the refrigerator.

marinated eggplant recipe

This option for cooking vegetables will appeal to everyone who loves savory snacks. According to this recipe, eggplants are first marinated in a special marinade, and then laid out on an electric dryer tray and dried for at least three hours at a temperature of 50 °.

So, the vegetables are peeled and cut thin plates(no more than 5 mm thick). From vegetable oil (½ tbsp), soy sauce and vinegar (70 ml each), ground paprika(1 teaspoon) and hot pepper(¼ teaspoon) marinade is being prepared. Eggplant plates are laid out in a deep bowl, poured with marinade and gently mixed. After 3 hours of pickling, the vegetables are transferred to the tray and dried until soft. Dried eggplants can be considered ready when their own moisture has evaporated, and only the marinade remains.

Dried marinated eggplant

First of all, vegetables are peeled and cut into plates. Then the marinade is prepared. To do this, honey is mixed in a deep bowl (2 tablespoons), Apple vinegar, soy sauce and vegetable oil (3 tablespoons each), a pinch of salt, dry adjika and zira (1 teaspoon each). Eggplants are laid out in a prepared marinade and sent to a cold place for a day.

After the specified time, they need to be squeezed well, put on a baking sheet covered with parchment and dried at 80 ° for about two hours. From prepared vegetables you can cook eggplant in Korean.

Kira Stoletova

Harvesting vegetables for the winter is a laborious process. An alternative to preservation would be drying the product. It is most convenient to dry eggplant in an electric dryer. So the product does not lose its useful properties after cooking.

Useful properties of vegetables

Eggplants are a favorite delicacy for many. This vegetable has exceptional palatability. Unique sweet and sour notes perfectly complement both first and second courses.

When harvesting vegetables for the winter, they are most often preserved or frozen. But each of these storage methods has disadvantages, for example, the loss summer freshness And taste characteristics. It also reduces the amount of nutrients contained in the product. It is better to dry eggplants in order to preserve the nutritional and biological value product.

A dried vegetable contains more than 80% of all substances contained in a fresh one. The composition of the dried vegetable:

• vitamins A, B, C, P;
• natural sugars, organic acids and pectins.
• calcium, potassium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, magnesium, copper, etc.

The use, even of a dried product, favorably affects the work of the digestive tract, of cardio-vascular system, liver and kidneys. Only young fruits should be used. The old ones contain solanine, the use of which threatens to intoxicate the body.

Eggplant selection

The taste of a dried product is influenced not only by the method of preparation, but also by the quality and characteristics of the vegetable itself. It is better to buy still young fruits, as they have more delicate taste, are not bitter and have small seeds.

For drying eggplants, it is better to take fruits with a thin, but whole skin. There should be no signs of damage. The color must also be uniform.

Drying the product in an electric dryer

When the vegetables for drying have already been selected, it remains only to prepare them for cooking. They are thoroughly washed, wiped with a napkin or kitchen towel, and the stalk and wide base are also removed. If desired, the vegetable is peeled.

You need to choose a method for cutting dried eggplant. You can dry both rings and slices, cubes. The thickness of the cut product should not exceed 1 cm. Usually they are guided by the dimensions of the cells of the dryer.

To avoid bitterness in the taste of dried eggplant, the chopped vegetable should be washed in salt water. Advise it 1-2 min. cook.

Drying a vegetable

The chopped vegetable is loaded into the trays of the electrical appliance. Before loading the product, it is worth studying the rules for operating the dryer. The mass of eggplants in the electric dryer must comply with the norm specified in the document.

After studying the instructions and placing slices or cubes of eggplant in an electric dryer, cooking begins.

The eggplant is dried like this:

1. The temperature is set (55-65°C).
2. The device is connected to the network.
3. The product dries up to 12 hours. The time depends on the power of the device, as well as on the size of the cubes or slices of the vegetable, it is easier to dry thin slices.

Drying eggplant in an electric dryer is easy. The main thing is to monitor the preparation of the product, turning the pieces every few hours and changing the pallets in places. Cooking time is always easy to increase or decrease, focusing on the condition of the vegetable.

This vegetable is very popular in cooking. It can be cooked hundreds different ways- pickle, fry, boil, as well as preserve and even dry. Blue ones, as they are called in the common people, or eggplants, contain a lot nutrients and vitamins. Even after drying, they retain useful composition. Therefore, we suggest that readers of the site “Popular about Health” prepare dishes from dried eggplant, the recipes of which are quite simple, but it will still work out to surprise gourmets.

Preparing blue ones is very simple: cut a few kilograms of vegetables into rings or slices along, without removing the peel. Place on a dry baking sheet and send to the oven. We get delicious tasty component, from which in any weather you can come up with culinary masterpieces!

Korean-style dried eggplant salad

This eggplant dish can be served as regular dinner, so to festive celebration as original snack. To prepare the salad, we need:

300 g dried eggplant;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 2-3 sweets bell pepper;
- 2 medium tomatoes;
- mayonnaise;
- seasoning for dishes in Korean;
- greens to taste.

The actual recipe. The technology of preparation is very simple. To begin with, we put the little blue ones in boiling, slightly salted water, leave to cook for 15 minutes. Drain the vegetables in a colander and let cool until room temperature. At this time, you can do the marinade.

Mix chopped garlic with Korean seasoning, add coarsely chopped greens (ideally parsley, cilantro, green onion). Add blue to the resulting mixture, let it brew for 2 hours. Then add chopped tomatoes and bell peppers. Season all components with mayonnaise, add salt if desired.

Dried eggplant fried with vegetables

This dish can be served as cold starter salad, and how hot. We will need the following ingredients:

150 g dried eggplant;
- 1 large onion;
- 2 bell peppers;
- 2 tomatoes;
- garlic;
- 1 tablespoon of soy sauce;
- ground black and red pepper;
- dill, parsley and cilantro.

Soak the little blue ones in salted cold water for 2-3 hours, or throw them into boiling water for 15 minutes. We throw the vegetables into a colander. IN vegetable oil fry onion rings with chopped bell pepper large pieces(strips or half rings). Fry vegetables for 2-3 minutes, send eggplant to them. Cover the pan with a lid and let it simmer for 15 minutes. At the end, cut the tomato, put the chopped garlic and pour over everything soy sauce. Simmer another 5 minutes.

Lastly, sprinkle the dish with red and black pepper, add chopped herbs, after 2 minutes turn off the stove. The dish turns out surprisingly fragrant, satisfying, it can be used as a gravy for spaghetti or rice. Many argue that the taste of blue is reminiscent of mushrooms.

Dried eggplant sauce

Eggplants are pre-soaked or thrown into boiling water. In butter, fry the onion, cut into half rings. We send blue ones to it, salt and pepper to taste, and if desired, you can add seasoning or herbs. Simmer over low heat with the lid closed, stirring regularly.

When the vegetables are well softened, they need to be crushed or beat with a blender until smooth. In another pan, brown the flour, then add a little butter and add warm water. Mix everything well and quickly remove from heat after boiling.

While stirring the flour mixture, add the eggplant puree and mix everything. You can serve this sauce with pasta or simply with bread.

Recipes with eggplant meat casserole

This dish is very filling and nutritious. We restore dried vegetables in water, then fry them in vegetable or butter.

Fry in a separate pan chopped meat with onions, add chopped garlic to taste. Chop the greens, add medium-sized strips of bell pepper, salt and mix everything with mayonnaise. Now let's start laying the casserole.

Lightly grease the form with oil, lay a layer of tomato rings. The second layer is minced meat, then tomatoes again, then eggplant. Pour everything with green sauce with mayonnaise, and sprinkle with cheese on top. As soon as it forms golden crust, the dish is ready!

Useful properties of dried eggplant

This product is used not only in cooking. It is recommended to eat it as often as possible with gout, with diseases of the cardiovascular system. Useful Components dried blue is an effective prevention of the formation of cholesterol plaques on the walls of our blood vessels.

Blue ones help reduce swelling by removing fluid from the body, from tissues. At the same time, the kidneys are well cleansed, and the risk of urolithiasis is reduced. it is useful to eat only one tablespoon of eggplant powder a day so as not to encounter liver diseases.

Dried blueberries help smokers who decide to quit bad habit. Their daily use in food promotes weaning from tobacco and makes it easier to endure the rejection of cigarettes. This is explained simply: the product contains nicotinic acid, which neutralizes the feeling of withdrawal in the body without smoking.

Try it and you will definitely find a dish that will become a favorite for your whole family.