İmam Bayıldı (Olive-Oil Braised Stuffed Eggplant)

Name: İmam Bayıldı (Olive-Oil Braised Stuffed Eggplant)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Istanbul & Anatolian Heart
Ingredients: 6 small eggplants; onion (lots), garlic, tomato; 150 ml olive oil (generous); sugar, lemon, parsley

"The imam fainted" — whole eggplants split and stuffed with a sweet tangle of onion, garlic, and tomato, braised in generous olive oil and served cool. The jewel of the Ottoman olive-oil vegetable tradition.

1 hr 30 min · Serves 4 · Medium

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Ingredients

Base

6 small eggplants

Filling

onion (lots), garlic, tomato

Braise

150 mlolive oil (generous)
sugar, lemon, parsley

Method

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Time: Prep 30 min · Cook 60 min · 90 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
Fry whole slit eggplants in olive oil until soft; set in a dish.
20 min
2
Cook a sweet onion-garlic-tomato filling; stuff into the eggplant pockets.
20 min
3
Braise gently in olive oil, water, sugar, and lemon; cool fully and serve at room temperature.
40 min