Initially, eggplants were eaten only by the poor. For the first time, Hindus began to grow the vegetable on a production scale. Later, eggplant migrated to European countries. Of course, cooks began to experiment with eggplant, cook different dishes. A lot of facts about cooking the vegetable have come to light.
For example, if not cooked properly, eggplant can become bitter. Therefore, it is important to follow some rules of roasting.
Let’s show how you can deliciously cook eggplant at home.
Ingredients for baked eggplant:
- eggplants – 2 pcs;
- tomatoes – 4 pcs;
- cherry tomatoes – 5 pcs;
- mozzarella – 100 g;
- minced meat – 150 g;
- olive oil – 4 tsp;
- onion – pcs.;
- parsley – bundle;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- sugar – tsp.
Preparation of baked eggplants:
Divide the zucchini into two parts, make deep incisions in each. Rub into the eggplants, in the incisions, salt and spices to taste.
Lubricate the surface in the cut of the eggplants with vegetable oil.
Cover the baking tray with parchment, lay out the eggplants with notches upwards. Bake the vegetable at 200 degrees in the oven for 30 minutes. At
this time in the tomatoes make small incisions cross, put in a bowl, pour boiling water for 3 minutes. Cut the onion
into
small cubes
. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan, put the onion and then the mince. Pour a little water into the mince, salt to taste.
Stew the mince in the frying pan for 5-6 minutes. Pour
cold water over the tomatoes and peel them
.
Cut tomatoes into small cubes, put them in the mince. Sprinkle the minced meat and tomatoes with sugar, cook for a couple of minutes.
Take the baked eggplants out of the oven, knead the middle with notches
.
Put minced meat with tomatoes in the hollows in the eggplants.
Divide each cherry tomato into two, put on top of the meat stuffing. Shred cheese on a grater, form a cheese cap on top of the eggplants.
Bake the eggplants for an additional 15 minutes at 200 degrees.
This dish can be sprinkled with chopped herbs for a beautiful presentation. It is also recommended to add garlic and smoked paprika as spices when cooking meat stuffing.
