page_title: Ajvar
hierarchical_section_title: Ajvar
caption_attribution_description: English: Traditionally served Macedonian ajvar with baguette, garlic, chili peppers and salami. Македонски: Традиционално послужен македонски ајвар со француско лепче, чешне лук, лути пиперки и чајна. Svenska: Ajvar serverad på traditionellt makedoniskt vis, med baguette, vitlök, chilipeppar och salami. Deutsch: Ajvar auf traditionell mazedonische Art serviert, mit Baguett, Knoblauch, Chilischoten und Salami.
context_page_description: Ajvar is a condiment made principally from red bell peppers and oil. It became a popular side dish throughout Yugoslavia after World War II and is nowadays popular in Southeastern Europe.
  Homemade ajvar is made of roasted or cooked peppers. Depending on the capsaicin content in bell peppers and the amount of added chili peppers, it can be sweet, piquant, or very hot. Ajvar can be consumed as a bread spread or as a side dish. Ajvar has a few variations. One variation containing tomato and eggplant is called pindjur and one made with green bell peppers and oregano is called malidzano.
  “Homemade Leskovac Ajvar” and “Macedonian Ajvar” are registered with the World Intellectual Property Organization in order to protect their brand names.
context_section_description: Ajvar (pronounced: /ˈaɪvɑːr/; Cyrillic script: ajвар, aйвар) is a condiment made principally from red bell peppers and oil. It became a popular side dish throughout Yugoslavia after World War II and is nowadays popular in Southeastern Europe.  
  Homemade ajvar is made of roasted or cooked peppers. Depending on the capsaicin content in bell peppers and the amount of added chili peppers, it can be sweet (traditional), piquant (the most common), or very hot (ljutenica). Ajvar can be consumed as a bread spread or as a side dish. Ajvar has a few variations. One variation containing tomato and eggplant is called pindjur and one made with green bell peppers and oregano is called malidzano.
  “Homemade Leskovac Ajvar” and “Macedonian Ajvar” are registered with the World Intellectual Property Organization in order to protect their brand names.
caption: Ajvar with bread, garlic, pepper and salami
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