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Eggplant in Cream
vegetables

Eggplant in Cream

Rich, spiced eggplant in cream — a Middle Eastern vegetable stew in cream, an indulgent main course

⏱ 1 hr🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Sprinkle salt over the zucchini and leave for 20 minutes, then rinse and dry well.
    Paper towels
  2. 2
    Heat the olive oil in a skillet and fry the zucchini until golden, then transfer to a plate.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying panPlate
    💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
  3. 3
    In the same pan, fry the onion 5 minutes.
    Stove
  4. 4
    Add the garlic, tomatoes, smoked paprika and cumin and cook for 10 minutes.
    Stove
  5. 5
    Return the zucchini to the pan, pour in the sour cream and season with salt and black pepper.
  6. 6
    Turn down the heat and simmer 10 minutes.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  7. 7
    Sprinkle the parsley on top and serve hot.
323calories
4 gprotein
12 gcarbs
27 gfat
● protein 5%● carbs 15%● fat 79%

Per serving (309 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Plate · Also works: Serving platter (None)

🧻 Consumables: Paper towels

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