Eggplant recipes
21 recipes
Here are my eggplant recipes: appetizers, dips, stews and mains. A good place to start is Georgian eggplant pkhali with walnuts and herbs, or ajapsandali, a spiced Caucasian eggplant stew ready in 50 minutes.
Ajapsandali: spiced Caucasian eggplant stew
Ajvar
Eggplant Rolls with Feta and Garlic
Eggplant and Beef Stew – Bulgarian Priest’s Yakhniya
Pan-Fried Vegetables: Carrots, Peppers and Young Eggplant
Garlic Eggplants – Satsivi with Walnuts and Cilantro
Roasted Eggplant with Herbs and Garlic — Greek Melitzanosalata
Imam Bayildi – Stuffed Eggplant
Vegetable Pizza
Kyopolou: Bulgarian Green Caviar from Eggplants, Peppers and Tomatoes
Lecho with Eggplant
Eggplant in Sweet and Sour Sauce
Vegetable Stew
Lyutenitsa
Fried Eggplant Rolls with Walnuts, Cilantro and Garlic
Eggplant Rolls with Chicken Liver
Fried Eggplant and Roasted Pepper Salad with Feta
Eggplant with Tomatoes and Dill
Baba Ganoush: Middle Eastern Roasted Eggplant Dip with Tahini and Lemon
Eggplant caviar
How I cook eggplant
For dips the eggplants are baked or roasted first and then mashed: Bulgarian kyopolou is pounded with garlic and oil, Greek melitzanosalata gets herbs, baba ganoush tahini and lemon. Fried slices become rolls — with feta and garlic or with walnuts and cilantro.
If you want a main dish
Bulgarian priest’s yakhniya with beef, imam bayildi and Chinese eggplant in sweet and sour sauce.