I hope your cooking is better than your sense of humour

To make the conversation here delicious again, here is another recipe for karnıyarık, which is one of my favourite dishes.

Karnıyarık(Slashed Eggplant):


Ingredients
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Eggplant 6 medium size
Oil 3 ½ tablespoons
Ground Meat 1 ¼ cups

Onions 3 large size
Green Pepper 3 medium size
Garlic 5 cloves
Tomatoes 4 small size
Parsley 2/3 bunch
Salt 2 teaspoons
Black Pepper ½ teaspoon
Water ¾ cup + 1 ½ teaspoons

Instructions - 6 servings

Pare eggplants in strips. Remove stems. Brown in oil lightly for 15 minutes turning all round. Remove from pan reserving oil.Arrange in a baking dish side by side. Split lengthwise leaving 2 ½ cm (1 inch) long space from both ends, make holes in center with back of a tablespoon. Add ground meat and finely chopped onions to oil; stir.

Brown for 8-10 minutes or until meat is crumbly; drain. Stir in diced tomatoes and 1 diced pepper reserving one tomatoes and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Remove from heat. Stir in minced garlic and parsley.

Season with salt and pepper; mix. Fill in eggplants with ground meat. Top with sliced tomatoes. Cut peppers into strips. Arrange on eggplants. Add hot water gradually from corner of pan. Bake in a moderate oven for 45 minutes. Serve hot.

It is one of the most popular, famous, delicious and traditional dishes of Turkish Cuisine. In summer, it is always served as a main dish for lunch or supper.

Note:
If medium size eggplants is not available, cut one into quarters lengthwise.

Elinize saglik Ali!

I will definitely prepare this one of these days, thanks for posting!

Elisa

Elisa,
You really should try this recipe, this dish is absolutely delicious (and my baby likes it too . Thanks Ali! (we want more... )