Salads and appetizers
ChefAmir Youssef
Eggplant Fatteh
Eggplant Fatteh is a practical, distinctive dish — especially for summer, since the yogurt cools the eggplant. The standout of this recipe is that the eggplant is roasted. Give it a try!
Eggplant Fatteh... everyone knows chickpea fatteh... we also recommend you try this delicious eggplant fatteh.
Ingredients
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- 500 g eggplant (about 1/2 kg) or more, any variety
- Bread, toasted in the oven or on the griddle
- 500 g plain yogurt
- 2 cloves crushed garlic
- 2 tablespoons tahini
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup water
- Filling
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 300 g ground meat
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- Spices to taste
- A pinch of sumac
- 1/2 cup water
- Fried nuts (in oil and butter) for garnish
- Chopped parsley for garnish
- Pomegranate molasses for garnish
Method
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- Peel the eggplants and cut them into cubes (or to your liking). Place them on a baking tray and roast in a preheated oven at 200°C (about 392°F), top and bottom heat, for about 30 minutes.Timers: 30 min
- Mix the yogurt with the crushed garlic, tahini, lemon juice, salt and 1/4 cup water. Whisk well until smooth.
- In a skillet over the stove, heat a little oil, add the ground meat and a pinch of salt, and cook while stirring.
- After a short while add the chopped onion, green pepper and tomato and cook until they soften.
- Add the tomato paste, spices, sumac and 1/2 cup water. Stir and let the filling simmer until it thickens.
- In a serving dish or a Pyrex, place the toasted bread broken into medium-sized cubes to form a base. Pour a quarter of the yogurt sauce over the bread, then add the roasted eggplant, then the meat filling, and finally pour the remaining yogurt sauce over the top.
- Sprinkle the fried nuts (fried in oil and butter) over the top, then drizzle a little pomegranate molasses and scatter some chopped parsley for garnish.
- Serve the fatteh immediately.
- For more of Amir's tasty dishes see Kofta with potatoes baked in the oven
Recipe tags
Salads and appetizersLevantNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- Kofta with potatoes baked in the oven
