Imam Bayildi
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 4 medium aubergines (eggplants)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic, cloves crushed
- 1 green pepper (capsicum)
- 1 red pepper (capsicum)
- parsley, good handful chopped
- 3 large tomatoes, blanched, skinned and coarsely chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- black pepper
- salt
- 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄2 lemon, juice of
directions
- Heat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5.
- Slice each aubergine in half lengthwise.
- Scoop out the flesh from the aubergines and chop.
- Blanch the aubergine shells in boiling water for 2 minutes then drain upside down.
- Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a pan and saute the onion until soft and golden.
- Add crushed garlic and fry for 2 minutes.
- Add parsley, chopped aubergine, tomatoes, green and red pepper, cinnamon, salt and black pepper and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add lemon juice and sugar to taste.
- Arrange the aubergine boats in a baking dish and fill each one with the filling.
- Cover the dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes.
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Reviews
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Incredibly yummy and very colourful on my plate! The cinnamon really adds a unique taste to this dish and I liked the fact that you could eat the shells as well as the filling. The only thing I would say, is that the filling suggested here seemed just enough for our two eggplants. If I were making it for four people, I might add an extra pepper and a couple tomatoes (or choose smaller eggplants). We had this with a salad but I think rice would be good as well.
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Very good recipe! The 'preparation' took much longer than indicated, but it was worth it! I don't know how big aubergines are where you live but here half a stuffed aubergine is enough per person. I did 3 aubergines and used YELLOW and red peppers because I don't like green ones so much and the yellow colour and taste adds nicely to the dish. Also nice with some grated cheese on top. I served it all with rice. A nice healthy dish!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Angela Sara
United Arab Emirates