Ingredients:
– 400 gr. ground meat, beef or mutton
– 2 medium onions
– 3 tomatoes
– 3 sweet green peppers
– handful of parsley
– 1 tbsp tomato and red pepper paste
– 2-3 cloves garlic
– Olive oil
– salt, ground fresh black pepper and red pepper flakes to taste
– 10-12 medium same size eggplants- salt to rub- paper towels- vegetable oil to fry
For the sauce:1 tbsp tomato paste 3-4 tbsp olive oilabout 2 cups boiling water.
Instructions:
- Peel strips from the skin of the eggplants. Cut a slit in the middle of the eggplants without cutting all the way through. Fill a large bowl with water and add 1 tsp salt to it.
- Place the eggplants in salt water for 30 minutes to get rid of their bitterness. After 30 minutes, gently squeeze the eggplants and dry with a paper towel.
- Fry the eggplants on all sides until cooked and brown. The eggplants will be pretty soft. Place the fried eggplants on a paper towel to absorb excess oil. Fry the eggplants on all sides until cooked and brown. The eggplants will be pretty soft. Place the fried eggplants on a papertowel to absorb excess oil.
- Add garlic to the onion and saute until golden brown.
- Mix in ground beef and brown it completely, followed by chopped green pepper and tomatoes. Add the tomato paste, salt and pepper to the ground beef mixture and cook for about 10 more minutes.
- Put the fried eggplants in a baking dish and fill them with the ground beef mixture.
- Make a simple sauce by mixing tomato paste and hot water and spoon it over the stuffed eggplants and also pour it into the dish.
- Bake in the oven at 350°F for about 30 minutes until eggplants are fully cooked and soft.
