Stuffed eggplant with yoghurt recipe



Recipe for stuffed eggplant with yoghurt in our easy arab recipes collection.

Recipe ingredients

  • 32 ounces small eggplants
  • 14 ounces minced meat
  • 1/2 cup fried pine nuts
  • 1 cup tomato juice or paste
  • 2 tablespoons pomegranate thickened juice
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon salt, as desired
  • A dash of ground black pepper
  • A dash of ground cinnamon
  • 4 cups yoghurt
  • 6 cloves garlic crushed with a dash of salt
  • 2 toasted pitta bread
  • 2 cups vegetable oil, for frying the eggplants
  • 2 tablespoons butter, for frying minced meat
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter for garnishing

How to make stuffed eggplant with yoghurt

  • Fry minced meat in butter then add peppers and salt.
  • Mix well on low heat for 10 minutes. Put aside.
  • Roll eggplant on a surface, so that hollowing would be easier.
  • Wash eggplants well. Remove stem ends.
  • Hollow out with an apple corer. Wash well again. Drain.
  • Mix fried meat and half the quantity of pine nuts.
  • Fill eggplants with meat mixture.
  • Fry stuffed eggplants in oil then put aside.
  • Put tomato juice in a pan then add water, pomegranate and salt. Stir to mix.
  • Add stuffed eggplants to tomato mixture. Bring to a boil.
  • Lower heat and leave for 40 minutes or until tender and 1/2 cup of the liquid is left.
  • Cut toasted pita bread into small pieces.
  • Put in a heavy based plate. Add eggplants and liquid.
  • Mix yoghurt with garlic then add them to plate.
  • Sprinkle fried pine nuts and butter over yoghurt.
  • Serve hot. You can garnish this dish also with minced meat.

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