Name: Seer torshi: garlic marinated in vinegar
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 4 Servings
Cuisine: Iranian Food
Ingredients: Fresh garlic; Coarse salt: 2 pinches per jar; Cider vinegar; Cloves or other condiments

Cuisine:

Iranian Food

Serves 4
Easy

Ingredients

Fresh garlic
2 pinches per jar
Coarse salt
Cider vinegar
You can use all types of vinegar: white vinegar, balsamic vinegar ...
Cloves or other condiments
According to your tastes

Directions

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Torshi seer literally means, “garlic preserved in vinegar” in Persian. The Seer torshi, is made from garlic, vinegar and salt.

To prepare Iranian seer torshi, you can use apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar. It’s up to you to choose according to your tastes, but the balsamic vinegar torshee sir is delicious! You can add different spices and aromatics like cloves or barberry, a classic of Iranian cuisine.

You can also make other vegetables in Torshi: with carrots, eggplants and many other vegetables.

Torshi have a particularity: the older they get, the more tender and delicious they will be!

Steps

1 Done 10 min	Sterilization of jars First, carefully sterilize your jars by boiling them for about ten minutes.
2 Done 5 min	Garlic preparation Remove the first skins of the garlic heads. The garlic cloves should be kept surrounded by a thin film of skin. Separate or not the pods as you wish.
3 Done	Place the half-peeled garlic cloves in your jars and cover them with vinegar mixed with coarse salt.
4 Done	Condiments Add on top of the garlic, in your jars, the condiments of your choice: cloves or barberry for example and close the jars tightly.
5 Done	Fermentation of seer torshi Label each jar, noting the date the jar was closed. Place the seer torshi jars in a dark, cool and dry place for a minimum of 1 year and up to 20 years.
6 Done	Be patient and let your jars of seer torshi ferment in the vinegar. The more patient you will be, the more tender and tasty the sir torshi will be.
7 Done	Tasting of sir torshi Torshi Seer is a very popular accompaniment in Iran. You can eat it with all kinds of khoresh or other Iranian dishes. Iranians even spread their sir torshi in sandwiches! Enjoy your meal !