Phali and eggplant with nuts

Phali is one of the most popular snacks of Georgian cuisine. Phali and eggplant with nuts. Phali is one of the most popular cold snacks of Georgian cuisine. This dish is prepared very quickly and simply, even a novice cook can cope. This cold Georgian snack is prepared from two parts – dressing, the recipe of which remains unchanged and consists of walnuts, red hot pepper, crushed garlic, cilantro leaves, utsho-suneli.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 15 % 4 g
Fats 54 % 14 g
Carbohydrates 31 % 8 g
167 kcal
GI: 75 / 0 / 25

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Boil beets and carrots.Cut the eggplants into even strips along the entire length, 0.6-0.8 mm thick and add a little salt. Leave for 30 minutes to release excess moisture.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Sweet pepper cut along the fruit into 8 identical pieces. Grease the frying pan with vegetable oil (1 tbsp.spoon) and fry the pepper for 2-3 minutes on each side, until soft.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Finely chop or mince dill, parsley, cilantro, celery and onion.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Grind walnuts in a meat grinder or blender.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Grate boiled carrots and beets, squeeze and remove excess juice.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Put spinach in a frying pan in 150-200 ml. salted water for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Then squeeze the spinach thoroughly. You can use a colander.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Wash off the salt from the eggplant with water and blot it with a paper towel, remove excess moisture. Grease each slice with vegetable oil and fry in a dry frying pan for 1-2 minutes on each side, until soft.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Pour the chopped nuts, cilantro, parsley, dill, celery, onion and all spices into a bowl, add salt and mix. Add wine vinegar and water. Mix thoroughly until smooth.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    In a bowl with pressed spinach, add the prepared nut mass in an approximate ratio of three to one. Three parts spinach and one part nut mass. Mix everything thoroughly and form small balls. Decorate the top with pomegranate seeds.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Mix the chopped carrots with the nut mass, approximately in the same proportion as spinach. The resulting homogeneous mass is formed into identical balls.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Make beetroot phali the same as carrot phali.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Spread an even layer of nut mass on toasted slices of sweet pepper.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    Spread out the prepared eggplant slices, form an oblong filling and gently twist into a roll.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14.

    Put on a plate. The phali are ready.

Boil beets and carrots
Cut eggplants into even strips along the entire length, 0.6-0.8 mm thick and add a little salt. Leave for 30 minutes to release excess moisture.
Sweet pepper cut along the fruit into 8 identical parts. Grease the frying pan with vegetable oil (1 tbsp.spoon) and fry the pepper for 2-3 minutes on each side, until soft.
Finely chop or mince dill, parsley, cilantro, celery and onion
Grind walnuts in a meat grinder.
Grate boiled carrots and beets, squeeze and remove excess juice.
Put spinach in a frying pan in 150-200 ml. salted water for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Then squeeze the spinach thoroughly. You can use a colander.
Wash off the salt from the eggplant with water and blot it with a paper towel, remove excess moisture. Grease each slice with vegetable oil and fry in a dry frying pan for 1-2 minutes on each side, until soft.
Pour the chopped nuts, cilantro, parsley, dill, celery, onion and all spices into a bowl, add salt and mix. Add wine vinegar and water. Mix thoroughly until smooth.
In a bowl with pressed spinach, add the prepared nut mass in an approximate ratio of three to one. Three parts spinach and one part nut mass. Mix everything thoroughly and form small balls. Decorate the top with pomegranate seeds.
Mix the chopped carrots with the nut mass, approximately in the same proportion as spinach. The resulting homogeneous mass is formed into identical balls.
Make beetroot phali in the same way as carrot phali.
Spread an even layer of nut mass on toasted slices of sweet pepper.
Spread out the prepared eggplant slices, form an oblong filling and gently twist into a roll.
Put on a plate. The phali are ready.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Garnet - 52   kcal/100g
  • Beetroot - 40   kcal/100g
  • Dried beetroot - 278   kcal/100g
  • Boiled beets - 49   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Walnuts - 650   kcal/100g
  • Black Walnut English Walnut - 628   kcal/100g
  • Black Persian Walnut - 651   kcal/100g
  • Walnut oil - 925   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Spinach - 22   kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45   kcal/100g
  • Celery - 12   kcal/100g
  • Celery Roots - 32   kcal/100g
  • Dill greens - 38   kcal/100g
  • Saffron - 310   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289   kcal/100g
  • Coriander greens - 25   kcal/100g
  • Chili pepper - 40   kcal/100g
  • Ground coriander - 25   kcal/100g
  • Utsho-suneli - 12   kcal/100g
  • Red wine vinegar - 19   kcal/100g

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