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Eggplant (Aubergine)

Aubergine and green pepper cooked in a pan and spiced with clove for an Egyptian dish.

40 min · Serves 7 · Easy

Serves
7

Ingredients

Time
Prep 10 min · Cook 30 min · 40 min total
Difficulty
easy
  1. 1

    Peel garlic and crush. In a big pot, melt butter, and saute garlic until it is yellow and dry.

  2. 2

    Add tomato paste, and add two large tablespoons of vinegar into the pot and mix with the garlic and butter.

  3. 3

    Mix well, cook on very low for 15 minutes, and continue mixing it, watching carefully so as not to scorch.

    15 min
  4. 4

    Wash eggplant and green pepper. Peel eggplant. Cut eggplant into circles. Cut large circles into half.

  5. 5

    Cut green pepper into slices, throw out seeds. Rewash eggplant and peppers. Sprinkle salt on eggplant.

  6. 6

    Preheat oil in frying pan to 350°F. Cook eggplant until brown. Then, turn and cook until both sides are brown.

  7. 7

    When eggplant is done, cook the pepper in the oil until soft. When it is done, add the eggplant and pepper to the tomato mixture and cover.

  8. 8

    It can be eaten hot or cold. It tastes better to heat it before you eat it with rice or with Pita Bread, and tomato and cucumber salad.

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