Great Homemade Canned Salsa 🍅 and Homemade Turkish Salça Recipe 😍 ✨the Refika Way✨

jalapeños

🥗Healthier: banana peppers

💰Cheaper: green bell peppers

Banana peppers offer a milder heat, while green bell peppers are more affordable.

cumin

🥗Healthier: ground coriander

💰Cheaper: chili powder

Ground coriander provides a different flavor profile, while chili powder is often less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier with a higher smoke point, while vegetable oil is budget-friendly.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar

Apple cider vinegar has a unique flavor, while white vinegar is typically cheaper.

Make small X marks to the bottom of the tomatoes with your knife.

Heat a large cast iron pan and place the tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic cloves on it to charcoal. You can use a BBQ to grill them as well. Turn the vegetables occasionally until they are all soft and dark brown for about 30 minutes. If your pan is smaller, cook them in batches.

Get a big bowl and take out the cooked ones in it. Cover with a plate to let them sweat. Sweating will make the peeling very easy.

Peel the skins of the tomatoes on a cutting board and chop them. You can discard the hard top parts.

Peel the peppers as well and feel free to discard the burnt parts. Chop them and chop hot peppers smaller than sweet ones to distribute the taste more evenly. Remember meaty peppers are always easy to peel.

Cut off the burnt parts of the onions and chop them too. If the inside of the onions is still raw you can fry them with olive oil to soften.

Peel and crush the garlic cloves.

Cover the bottom of a large pot with olive oil and heat.

Combine all the vegetables in the pot and include the delicious brown juice in the bowl as well.

Add in the vinegar, sugar, salt, cumin and thyme. Bring to boil and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes on low heat.

While the salsa is simmering, wash your jars and place them into the oven on 120 C (250 F) to sterilize. Sterilize the lids in boiling water for 10 seconds.

Add the coriander to the sauce and turn the heat off.

Transfer the sauce into jars with a funnel. Cover the top with olive oil to avoid any air contact and put the lid on while they are hot.

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