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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.
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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
- 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.
- In a pot over the heat, fry the three onions, cut into strips, with a little olive oil until lightly golden.
- 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....
- Also add a pinch of dried mint and two peeled tomatoes, finely chopped, and stir all the ingredients together....
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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