Ingredients
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Ingredients inside eggplant
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50 Dried eggplant
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A bowl Bulgur
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1 Onion
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3 to 4 cloves Grated garlic
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1 Potato
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1 small bowl Soaked soybeans
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1 small spoon Salt
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1 small spoon Black pepper
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1 small spoon Sumac
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1 small spoon Cumin
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2 tablespoons Tomato paste
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1 tablespoon Pomegranate paste
Directions
Stuffed eggplant is one of the famous and traditional appetizers in Türkiye. Interestingly, dried eggplants are always hanging on a string in markets and stores. And it is served as an appetizer in Turkish restaurants.
In the old days, some vegetables such as eggplants, tomatoes, and sweet peppers were scarce in the winter, so in the summer, they would empty the inside of the eggplants and hang the eggplants with string to dry. To use this product in winter. Because of this, today, due to its traditional nature, this appetizer is still sustainable and is the focus of many tourists who travel to Turkey to try it.
There are no restrictions for making the middle ingredients of this type of eggplant belly, and you can use any kind of ingredients inside the eggplants.
Fortunately, in Turkey, most stuffed eggplants are vegan, and using the meat inside the eggplant is rare.
Pay attention to another point: Make a little more when making this stuffed eggplant because it is so delicious that it will run out quickly.
Tips and tricks:
- You have no restrictions for the middle ingredients of stuffed eggplants; for example, you can use rice or coarse semolina, which I used in this recipe with the ingredients I had in the kitchen.
- Be sure to use aromatic vegetables in the middle ingredients because they will be delicious. And it gives a good aroma to stuffed eggplants.
- Let the middle ingredients of the eggplants cool down, then fill the inside.
- To soften dried eggplants, put them in boiling water for five to ten minutes and check to make sure the eggplants are soft.
- After the eggplants are soft, shock them with cold water to stop the cooking process.
- When filling the middle ingredients, pour half of the ingredients and collect the sides of the eggplant.
- When placing the stuffed eggplants in the pot, use a heavy object on them so they do not open.
- You can use tomato paste, garlic, spices, and a little water to prepare eggplant sauce.
This appetizer is very easy to make, and its cooking time is very short
You can easily choose this type of appetizer for parties.
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Steps
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Ingredients inside eggplant :I used fine semolina for the middle ingredients of the eggplants, which are prepared faster. Pour a small bowl of semolina into a closed container. |
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Add a little hot water to the bulgurs and stir and close the container so that the bulgurs become soft with the steam of hot water. |
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Chop an onion and fry it with a bit of oil. |
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Add grated garlic to fried onions. |
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Chop the potato finely and fry it with onion. |
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Soak the soybeans in water for about five minutes until they become soft, then drain the soybeans, add them to the rest of the ingredients in the pan, and roast them. |
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Fry all the ingredients on low heat. |
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Use any kind of spices you like and add to the ingredients. I used sumac salt, black pepper, and cumin. |
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Finally, mix two spoons of tomato paste with a little water and add one tablespoon of pomegranate paste to the middle ingredients for stuffed eggplant. |
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Preparing dried eggplants:Heat a pot of water. When it reaches the boiling point, put the eggplants in the boiling water for about five minutes until the dried eggplants are soft. |
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When the eggplants are soft, it is ready. |
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Place the eggplants in cold water after softening to stop the cooking process. |
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Remove the softened eggplants from the thread |
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Fill the inside of the eggplants with the ingredients you have prepared. |
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According to the image, place the stuffed eggplants on the bottom of the pot. |
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To cook stuffed eggplants, you need to make a simple sauce. Fry onion with aromatic vegetables such as mint, mix two spoons of tomato paste with water, add it to the onion, and pour the prepared sauce on the stuffed eggplants. |
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Place a heavy object or a heavy plate on the eggplants so that the middle ingredients of the stuffed eggplants do not fall out. Then close the pot lid and cook on low heat for twenty minutes. |
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Vegan stuffed eggplants are ready. |
