Middle Eastern Eggplant With Garlic Sauce

"I found this recipe in a "Khaleej Times" magazine. These make yummy starters and are a personal favourite!"
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Sprinkle some salt over the brinjal slices and keep aside.
  • Cut each garlic clove into two pieces and soak in vinegar for 8-10 minutes.
  • Soak the bread in water then squeeze out the water completely. Crumble with hands and set aside.
  • Next, remove the garlic from vinegar and pound the garlic pieces with a little salt to form a paste.
  • Gradually add the crumbled bread alternating with a little vinegar.
  • When it is well ground into a smooth paste, mix in the ground almonds, olive oil, remaining vinegar, lemon juice and salt to taste.
  • Beat well to obtain a thick creamy consistency.
  • This forms the garlic sauce.
  • Then,towel dry the brinjal slices and shallow fry them.
  • Arrange the fried brinjal slices on a flat serving dish, spoon a dollop of garlic sauce over each slice.
  • Garnish with mint leaves.

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Hieee...I'm Indian woman who recently shifted to San Diego,CA.... <br>Coming from a family of people to LOVE to eat and experiment with all kinds of good food,I took to helping out Mama in her kitchen pretty early on,and gradually moved on to creating my own recipes or altering recipes I found elsewhere. <br>Now,having been blessed with a DH who is a total foodie(touchwood!)and a great cook himself(!),I'm constantly on the search for new recipes...
 
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