This is a great basic recipe for eggplant, but I did a few things differently, you can pretty much change the seasonings to match whatever may wish to eat the eggplant with.
The incredibly versatile eggplant makes a tasty substitute for meat too, it works great in everything from Italian, Persian to Indian recipes. Today, I tried something different with eggplant by adding nuts and apricot jam, and it shocked me when my guests who are hardcore non vegeterian took a second helping. Sweet and sour from apricot jam, nutty from nuts creamy from cream cheese and savoury from eggplant, combination of different flavors makes this recipe fabulous and looks amazing.
Ingredients:
2 medium size eggplants
1/ 2 cup walnut,chopped
1/2 cup almond , chopped
1 cream cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon black pepper
Salt
Parsley, chopped
Apricot jam
Method:
Cut the eggplants in round shape and soak in salted water for half an hour. Remove from water and keep aside.
In a non stick pan, add olive oil and rub slices of eggplants with salt and pepper and fry both sides for a minute or two, don't fry for a lo g time.
In a bowl, combine chopped walnuts, almond, and parsley and keep aside.
Now, in a flat surface place pieces of fried eggplant, spread cream cheese on each slices, then put mixture of nuts on top and put apricot jam and bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven at 180 degree C, until color of nuts turned into brown.
1/ 2 cup walnut,chopped
1/2 cup almond , chopped
1 cream cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon black pepper
Salt
Parsley, chopped
Apricot jam
Method:
Cut the eggplants in round shape and soak in salted water for half an hour. Remove from water and keep aside.
In a non stick pan, add olive oil and rub slices of eggplants with salt and pepper and fry both sides for a minute or two, don't fry for a lo g time.
In a bowl, combine chopped walnuts, almond, and parsley and keep aside.
Now, in a flat surface place pieces of fried eggplant, spread cream cheese on each slices, then put mixture of nuts on top and put apricot jam and bake for 15 minutes in preheated oven at 180 degree C, until color of nuts turned into brown.
Serve hot and enjoy it !!