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Spicy Eggplant

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Spicy Eggplant

This spicy eggplant recipe, made this way, is one of the old and well-known Lebanese dishes. It is completely vegetarian, and its ingredients are found in every home.

Total time30 min
Prep10 min
Cook20 min
Yield2 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Recipe tags

MainsInternationalVegetarianVeganDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeEasyQuick cook

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggplants
  • Vegetable oil for frying
  • 3 yellow onions
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 bunch fresh coriander
  • 1 teaspoon dried mint
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • A pinch of salt
  • 1 tablespoon hot pepper or chili flakes, to taste

Method

  1. Cut the eggplant into medium-sized cubes and place the cut eggplant in a bowl of water and salt. Leave it for about two hours, then fry it in hot oil.
  2. In a pot over the heat, fry the three onions, cut into strips, with a little olive oil until lightly golden.
  3. When the onion is golden, add the crushed garlic with a bunch of chopped fresh coriander, and pound the garlic and coriander together before adding them....
  4. Also add a pinch of dried mint and two peeled tomatoes, finely chopped, and stir all the ingredients together....
  5. Add 1 tablespoon of tomato sauce here and leave the mixture to cook and thicken for about ten minutes, then add the fried eggplant with a pinch of salt.
  6. The ingredients should not be stirred so the eggplant does not break down. Leave the pot over the heat until the sauce thickens, then remove it from the heat.
  7. This dish is eaten cold. After cooking, you can add as much hot pepper as you like, and serve it with some green or yellow onions, as desired.
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