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- Eggplants, "imam baildi".
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- 1.280 Kg eggplant.(the long'uns, not the fat'uns)
- 3 cups green onions, sliced thinly.
- 1 cup chopped parsley
- 2 1/2 cups oil
- 1-2 cups tomato paste
- 5-6 things of garlic, chopped.
- salt, pepper
- 2 tbsp grated cheese
- 2 tbsp bread crumbs
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- With a long, pointy knife, slit the eggplant lengthwise. make
- sure the slit doesn't go over, cuting through the other side.
- Place the eggplant in water & salt (submerge) and leave for about
- 15 minutes. (NOTE: I dunno why this is done, but it seems every
- recipe needs this...Don't remember ever doing it, though....But
- then again, don't make eggplant much :). Dry them as well as you
- can, and rinse them with lots of water. Dry them again.
- Place them in a pot with quite a bit of oil, and fry them. Then
- place them in a single layer on a pan, in rows. In the pan's oil
- (where you fried the eggplant) saute' the onion. Add garlic,
- tomoto paste, parsley, and a bit of saltenpeppa. Let simmer for
- about 20 minutes, and absorb almost all the liquied. Remove from
- heat, and stuff the eggplants (in the slit you made) with this
- mixture. Dust with the grated cheese and bread crumbs, and
- "spray" with a bit of oil. Bake for about 1/2 hour, in medium
- oven (350 F).
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- Imam Bayildi
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- 2 large eggplants
- 2 cups olive oil (the best quality you can afford)
- 1 large tomato
- 2 large onions
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup kosher salt
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 2 tbsp parsley
- 4-6 cloves garlic
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- Slice the eggplants in half and coat them with all but 3 tbsp of
- salt. Cover with paper towels and place a weight on them to drain.
- Let sit 15 minutes.
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- Dice tomato, onions and mince garlic. Saute until garlic is brown
- and onions are golden in 1/2 cup olive oil.
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- Add parsley, lemon juice, sugar, salt and paprika to taste to the
- tomato mixture. Cook until about the texture of jam.
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- Scoop out a hollow in the center of each eggplant half. Wipe away
- the salt. Place 2 of the eggplant halves face down in a skillet w/ half of
- remaining olive oil, cook until browned and olive olive oil is
- absorbed. Repeat using other halve and remaining oil.
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- Place the eggplant halves in a baking dish and fill the hollows
- with tomato mixture. Place in 400 degree oven for twenty minutes.
- Serve, garnished with paprika.
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- Alternately, the eggplant can be chopped and sauted in chunks until
- soft and brown. In that case the baking step is omitted and the
- eggplant is simply mixed with the tomato mixture.
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