Authentic Turkish Imam Bayildi
This Middle Eastern eggplant recipe is a healthy delight. Learn how to prepare eggplant that is delicious with these cooking instructions. Of the many way to prepare eggplant, this is one of the easiest and tastiest ways.
Preparation Time15 min
Cooking Time50 min
Cooking MethodMicrowave
Ingredients
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 3 medium tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 3 tablespoon chopped parsley
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 medium eggplants
- 2 teaspoon sugar substitute
- 3 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Saute the onions in a little oil. Add the garlic, tomatoes, parsley, salt, and pep per. Cook until mushy.
- Cut the stem ends from each eggplant. Make 3 lengthwise slits, almost from end to end. With and hold each slit apart and spoon the onion mixture into each cavity.
- Arrange eggplants in a baking dish. Sprinkle with sugar, lemon juice, and 1/2 cup oil.
- Bake, covered, in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) for 40 minutes, or until tender. Serve hot, or, as they do in Turkey, cold with yogurt.
- One modification: Instead of making three slits in the eggplants, etc. hollow the eggplants out, but leave a firm outer edge. Take the insides of the eggplants, chop them up, toss them into the pan with the other sauted ingredients. Saute the new mixture. Then stuff the eggplants with that mixture.
- If you want to microwave, I found that 15 to 20 minutes on medium works well. Actually, I microwave for 15 minutes then I baste the eggplants with the liquid at the bottom of the dish. I then cook for the remaining 5 minutes at high.
- You can tell by looking when the outer edge is done. We slice it for serving.