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''Ljutenica'', ''lyutenitsa'' or ''lutenica'' (, , ; ''lyuto'' or ''luto'' meaning "hot") is a (sometimes spicy) vegetable
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relish
A relish is a cooked and pickled product made of chopped vegetables, fruits or herbs and is a food item typically used as a condiment to enhance a staple. Examples are chutneys and the North American relish, a pickled cucumber jam eaten with ho ...
or chutney
A chutney is a spread in the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent. Chutneys are made in a wide variety of forms, such as a tomato relish, a ground peanut garnish, yogurt or curd, cucumber, spicy coconut, spicy onion or mint dipping sa ...
in Bulgarian
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
, Macedonian and Serbian cuisines.
The ingredients include peppers
Pepper or peppers may refer to:
Food and spice
* Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plant
** Black pepper
* ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
** Bell pepper
** Chili ...
, aubergines, carrots, garlic, vegetable oil
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, sugar, salt
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, and tomato
The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...
es. It comes in many varieties: smooth; chunky; with chili peppers or eggplant; and hot or mild.
In recent years, industrial production of ''ljutenica'' and ''ajvar
Ajvar ( ; Cyrillic script: Ajвар, Aйвар) is a condiment made principally from sweet bell peppers and eggplants. The relish became a popular side dish throughout Yugoslavia after World War II and is popular in Southeast Europe.
Homemad ...
'' has flourished. Large-scale production of both relishes has popularized them outside the Balkans.
See also
* Ajvar
Ajvar ( ; Cyrillic script: Ajвар, Aйвар) is a condiment made principally from sweet bell peppers and eggplants. The relish became a popular side dish throughout Yugoslavia after World War II and is popular in Southeast Europe.
Homemad ...
* Pindjur
Pindjur or pinjur or pinđur (, , , ) is a relish form and is commonly used as a summer spread. Pindjur is commonly prepared in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and North Macedonia.
The traditional ingredients include red bell ...
, like ljutenica and ajvar but with eggplant (aubergine)
* Zacuscă
Zacuscă () is a vegetable spread popular in Romania and Moldova. Similar spreads are found in other countries in the Balkan region, and bordering regions.
Ingredients
The main ingredients are roasted eggplant, sauteed onions, tomato paste, ...
, a similar vegetable spread in Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
* Kyopolou
Kyopolou ( bg, Кьопоолу, more often ; tr, KöpoğluIn Turkey this dish is colloquially called ''köpoğlu'' and in meze-serving fish restaurants it is a cold eggplant dish with tomato-red pepper paste in olive oil which gives it the r ...
, an eggplant-based relish in Bulgarian and Turkish cuisines
* Biber salçası
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* Biber (surname)
* Biber (geology), a timespan in the glacial history of the Alps
* ''Biber'' (submarine), a World War II German midget submarine
* Biber, a bridge-carrying version of the German Leopard 1 tank
* Biber (LaT ...
, a Turkish spread made from red peppers alone
* Chushkopek
Chushkopek ( Bulgarian: ''Чушкопек'', literally: ''pepper-roaster'') is a uniquely Bulgarian kitchen appliance for roasting peppers, aubergines or potatoes, generally used in salads.
A ''chushkopek'' is a cylindrical oven with an opening ...
, literally meaning "pepper baker", an appliance used to prepare peppers for their use in ljutenica
* List of dips
* List of sauces
* List of spreads
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References
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