{{Short description|Relish spread in the Balkan peninsula}} {{Notability|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Pindjur | image = Pindjur2.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = | alternate_name = Pinjur, pinđur | country = | region = Balkans | creator = | course = | type = Relish | served = | main_ingredient = red bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic, vegetable oil, salt | variations = | calories = | other = }}
'''Pindjur''' or '''pinjur''' or '''pinđur''' ({{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|separator=" / "|pinđur|пинђур}}; {{langx|bg|пинджур|pindzhur}}; {{langx|mk|пинџур|pindžur}}; {{langx|sq|pinxhur}}) is a red-pepper spread<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Validity of the Food Frequency Questionnaire Assessing the Folate Intake in Women of Reproductive Age Living in a Country without Food Fortification: Application of the Method of Triads|journal=Nutrients|date=2017-02-13|issn=2072-6643|pages=128|volume=9|issue=2|doi=10.3390/nu9020128|language=en|first1=Milica|last1=Zekovic|first2=Marija|last2=Djekic-Ivankovic|first3=Marina|last3=Nikolic|first4=Mirjana|last4=Gurinovic|first5=Dusanka|last5=Krajnovic|first6=Marija|last6=Glibetic |pmid=28208817 |pmc=5331559 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pindjur vegetable spread recalled in Canada over glass in product|url=https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/02/pindjur-vegetable-spread-recalled-in-canada-over-glass-in-product/|website=Food Safety News|date=2023-02-02|access-date=2025-11-29|language=en-US|first=|last=}}</ref> or relish<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-7188/2006/1450-71880637051T.pdf|title=Relishes: The new pickled vegetables|last1=Tepić|first1=Aleksandra N.|journal=Acta Periodica Technologica|issue=37|last2=Vujičić|last3=Andrić|last4=Milatović|first2=Biserka L.|first3=Aleksandra S.|first4=Snežana D.|year=2006|page=51|doi=10.2298/APT0637051T}}</ref> often used in summer and autumn.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Smakelijk!: De lekkerste verhalen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7C1tDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Pindjur%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT244|publisher=Bezige Bij b.v., Uitgeverij De|date=2018-09-06|isbn=978-94-004-0555-4|language=nl|first=Ronald|last=Giphart}}</ref> Pindjur is commonly prepared in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and North Macedonia.
The traditional ingredients include red bell peppers, tomatoes,<ref>{{Cite book|title=My Husband|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gulXEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Pindjur%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT83|publisher=Deep Vellum Publishing|date=2020-01-28|isbn=978-1-943150-97-7|language=en|first=Rumena|last=Bužarovska}}</ref> garlic, vegetable oil, salt, and often eggplant.<ref name=":0" /> Pindjur is similar to ajvar, but the latter is smoother, usually has a stronger taste, and is rarely made with eggplant. In some regions the words are used interchangeably.
The creation of this traditional relish is a rather long process which involves baking some of the ingredients<ref name=":0" /> for hours, as well as roasting the peppers and peeling them.
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==See also== * Kyopolou, a similar relish in Bulgarian and Turkish cuisines * Ljutenica, a similar relish in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian cuisines * Zacuscă, a similar relish in Romanian cuisine * Malidzano * List of eggplant dishes * List of dips * List of sauces * List of spreads
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