24/06/2020
ONE OF THE MOST DELICIOUS TURKISH DISHES
And so easy to make.
Ingredients:
8 Eggplants
400 Gr ground beef
2 Onions
3 tomatoes
6 cloves garlic
4 green peppers
Chili powder
Black pepper
Salt
Tomato paste
Olive Oil
HOW TO MAKE:
Peel the eggplants and soak in salted water for 30 min
Wash and dry them
Chop the onions and garlic
Grate the tomatoes and add to it a spoonful of tomato paste
Fry the onions and garlic in a bit of oil
After 10 min add the meat, keep stirring till cooked
Season with pepper, chili powder, and salt
Add the ⅔ of the grated tomatoes and keep stirring for 10 min
Fry the eggplants in olive oil until deep golden brown and feel depleted from the water
Place the fried eggplants in an oven mold and make a cut in the center of each
Stuff each with the meat mixture
Add a slich of tomato and green pepper on top of each
Pour on top the rest of the Tomato sauce
Bake in a preheated oven (190) for 30 min
Dedicated to my dear friends at Şahin Esnaf Lokantasi, Istanbul.