Turkish eggplant with minced meat

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make Turkish eggplant with minced meat? First, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Please note that the exact amount of ingredients depends on the size of the eggplant you choose. My eggplants are medium, not very long. If you have a filling left after stuffing, you can add it to the soup.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash and dry the eggplants. From each vegetable, cut the skin in strips, alternating them with sections with whole skin. In each vegetable, make a deep longitudinal incision, not reaching the end.

3. Step 3:

   

   Sprinkle the eggplants with salt and leave for 20 minutes. Then rinse and dry. Please note that in some cases there is no need to remove the bitterness from eggplants - usually young vegetables are not bitter, as well as some special varieties of them.

4. Step 4:

   

   Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Lay out the eggplants and fry on all sides until soft and golden brown. Transfer the eggplants to napkins to remove excess fat.

5. Step 5:

   

   Transfer the eggplants to a foil-lined baking sheet. Push the edges of the eggplant at the cut point to make a recess.

6. Step 6:

   

   Prepare the ingredients for the filling. You can take any minced meat: from lamb, beef or pork or mixed.

7. Step 7:

   

   Peel tomatoes and cut into small cubes. How to peel tomatoes quickly? To do this, make shallow incisions on them crosswise and lower them into boiling water for 1-2 minutes. After that, the skin will be removed easily enough.

8. Step 8:

   

   Cut the onion into small cubes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Peel and finely chop the garlic.

11. Step 10:

    

    Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Lay out the onion and fry until transparent.

12. Step 11:

    

    Add the minced meat and garlic and mix, breaking up the lumps. Simmer, stirring, 15-20 minutes.

13. Step 12:

    

    Add the chopped tomatoes and simmer, stirring, for 10 minutes until excess moisture evaporates.

14. Step 13:

    

    At the end, sprinkle the minced meat with herbs, salt and pepper and mix.

15. Step 14:

    

    Fill the eggplant with minced meat. Bake the eggplants in a preheated 180 ° C oven for 25-30 minutes.

16. Step 15:

    

    Sprinkle the finished eggplants with chopped fresh herbs in Turkish and serve to the table. Bon appetit!