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- From: bill@clyde.as.utexas.edu (William H. Jefferys)
- Subject: VEGAN: Imam Bayildi (Eggplant)
- Message-ID: <D25HIp.CnK@bonkers.taronga.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 18:18:24 GMT
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- Imam Bayildi (VEGAN)
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- 4 Eggplants
- 4 Large Onions
- 12 Cloves Garlic
- 2 Cups Water
- 1 Cup Olive Oil
- 4 Tomatoes (skinned)
- 12 Sprigs Parsley
- 1 Tsp. Sugar
- Salt to taste
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- Cut the onion into thin half-moon slices. Chop the
- tomatoes and parsley and mix with the onion slices.
- Add the garlic and salt and leave aside. Leave the
- stalk on the eggplants but peel the dark outer skin
- in 1/2-inch wide strips lengthwise, then make a deep
- incision in the center lengthwise. Sprinkle generously
- with rock salt and leave aside for 30 minutes to
- extract the vegetable's bitter juices.
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- Was well and pat dry. Take the onion mixture and fill
- the eggplants with this then lay them side by side in
- a wide-bottomed saucepan.
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- Add water, olive oil, salt, and a sprinkling of sugar.
- Put a plate on them and then cover the saucepan. Cook
- until the eggplants are soft and tender and the liquid
- reduced to almost nothing (less than 1 tablespoon
- should remain in the saucepan) -- about 1-1/2 hours
- on medium heat. Allow to cool in own saucepan and
- serve very cold.
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- [From _Turkish Cooking_, by Irfan Orga]
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- Notes: This the traditional way to do this. It preserves
- the shape of the eggplant and looks very nice. However,
- we just cut the eggplant up into slices, salt it and
- let stand to extract the bitterness, then cook it in
- the onion mixture without stuffing the eggplants. Tastes
- the same! This is delicious served on bread or crackers.
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- The name of the dish means "The Imam fainted." The story
- is that the Imam's wife made this for him, and it was
- so delicious that he...well he didn't faint, but he asked
- his wife to make it for him every day. And every day she
- made it for him, and every day he ate it, and it was so
- delicious that...well, he didn't faint until he saw the
- bill for the olive oil that came at the end of the month!
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- Bill Jefferys
- URL: http://quasar.as.utexas.edu/
- E-mail: bill@astro.as.utexas.edu
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