Imam Bayildi Recipe
Imam Bayildi is a Turkish delicacy. Imam Bayildi gets its taste from vegetables flavored by pepper and parsley. Imam Bayildi is inspired many food chains worldwide.
Ingredients
4 medium eggplants
Salt
Pepper
1/2 cup olive oil
2 onions, coarsely chopped
4 small tomatoes, sliced
1 garlic clove, crushed
Chopped parsley
1/2 to 1 teaspoon sugar
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon finely chopped almonds
Directions
Cut the eggplants into halves lengthwise; score the surface, crosswise, leaving shell intact.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Saute the eggplant halves in hot oil in a skillet until the meat can be scooped out easily with a spoon.
Remove from skillet.
Add onion, two thirds of the sliced tomatoes, garlic, chopped parsley and scooped out eggplant pieces to oil in skillet and cook several minutes.
Season with salt, pepper, sugar and bay leaf (to be removed later).
Finally, stir in the chopped almonds.
Stuff eggplant shells with this mixture.
Arrange in a well greased ovenproof dish, cover with the remaining tomato slices and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
Bake in a moderately hot oven (375-400°F or 190-200°C) about 15 minutes.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Saute the eggplant halves in hot oil in a skillet until the meat can be scooped out easily with a spoon.
Remove from skillet.
Add onion, two thirds of the sliced tomatoes, garlic, chopped parsley and scooped out eggplant pieces to oil in skillet and cook several minutes.
Season with salt, pepper, sugar and bay leaf (to be removed later).
Finally, stir in the chopped almonds.
Stuff eggplant shells with this mixture.
Arrange in a well greased ovenproof dish, cover with the remaining tomato slices and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
Bake in a moderately hot oven (375-400°F or 190-200°C) about 15 minutes.
