Description
Pickles are one of the seasonings, especially in Middle Eastern cooking, especially in Iran and the Balkans. Making pickles is one of the long-term preservation processes of tares, which place the desired food in a solution of salt water or vinegar with a low pH and an acidic state. If the food itself has enough water, just adding salt is enough to make it. The process of pickling was created to preserve food and use it outside the harvest season.
The process of making pickles with garlic, chili peppers, celery, cauliflower, carrots, beets, cabbage, eggplant, lemon juice and other vegetables and dried aromatic herbs. It is done along with vinegar, salt and various spice mixes which usually include black pepper, ginger etc. Iranian-style pickles have more vinegar, while Turkish-style pickles are saltier.
Iranian-style pickles have more vinegar, while Turkish-style pickles are saltier. Eggplants are baked in the oven, placed in a jar with herbs and vinegar and stored in a cool and dry place for two to three months.
About the consumption of pickles, an important point is that the bulk pickles sold in local markets are not very healthy and are generally moldy and contaminated, and the best type of pickles available in the market are factory pickles. Since pickles are made from a combination of vegetables and are not cooked while making them, pickles are a rich source of various vitamins. However, consuming too much of it may cause high blood pressure, as pickles are usually high in salt.
