Gobies in tomato sauce

Did you know that cooking fish like gobies for Odessa residents is a whole culinary tradition and even a ritual. Gobiidae or Gobiidae belong to the order Perch-like fish. The Bychkov family has about two thousand species, many of which live in the Black and Azov Seas. It is for this reason that gobies are included in the daily diet of both residents of seaside cities and vacationers.

The gobies got their original name due to the distinctive structure of the fish head. Coastal or bottom goby fish are small fish species. As a rule, gobies rarely exceed 40 cm in length. The head of the fish has a massive structure and significantly exceeds the size of the goby's body. In addition to the distinctive structure, gobies stand out for their sedentary lifestyle.

Fish do not migrate, winter in thickets of marine vegetation or between stones. Interestingly, gobies can tolerate even a severe storm thanks to a unique sucker organ that was formed by evolution from two fused ventral fins. Among the most famous and widespread species of gobies, it is fashionable to distinguish the following: the Martian goby, the round goby, the bubyr goby, the aphia, the sand goby, the Tsucik goby, the goby goby, the humpback and others.

All countless varieties of gobies are divided into two large groups - brackish aquatic and marine fish. As a rule, canned gobies in tomato sauce are used in cooking, as well as cured and salted fish. Fresh gobies are quite rare to cook, as the small-sized fish contains many bones. But jerks and gobies in tomato sauce are in stable demand and popularity.

Canned gobies in tomato sauce are used to make salads or fish soups. It is worth noting that gobies in tomato sauce can be prepared at home, and it is not necessary to preserve fish. In this case, freshly prepared gobies in tomato sauce will act as the main fish dish.

In order to cook gobies in tomato sauce at home, the following ingredients will be needed: fish, tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, bell sweet peppers, carrots, onions, as well as spice salt and spices to taste. Fresh or frozen gobies are gutted and washed well. Then the fish is placed in a pan and heated, closed with a tight lid on a low heat for about half an hour. Fresh tomatoes are sliced into thin wedges, as are bell peppers.

Carrots grated on a coarse grater are added to vegetables, as well as finely chopped bulb onions. The produced vegetable mixture is stewed with spices addition. Then the produced vegetable gravy is combined with toasted gobies and fed to the table. Canned gobies in tomato sauce are made according to the same principle. However, ingredients such as cloves, bay leaves and 5% vinegar are present in the recipe of canned gobies in tomato sauce.