Eggplant, like zucchini, has a rather complicated fate in terms of cooking. People who are not particularly keen on the topic of proper nutrition do not perceive these vegetables. Although dishes from zucchini and eggplant can be quite tasty.
Probably, the problem is that we are initially indoctrinated that eggplant is not delicious. However, if you prepare this vegetable correctly, you can fall in love with its taste.
Let’s tell you how to prepare delicious eggplant envelopes
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Ingredients for eggplant envelopes:
- eggplants – 2 pcs;
- minced meat – 300 g;
- onion – pcs.;
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- milk – 100 ml;
- flour – 3 tbsp;
- salt – to taste.
Cooking eggplant envelopes:
Cut eggplants lengthwise into thin plates, the thickness of each 2-3 mm. Salt the plates and leave them for 10 minutes. Then immerse the plates in water, cover with a weight in the form of a flat plate and leave for 10 minutes.
At this time to the minced meat pass the onion through a meat grinder, salt, pepper and mix thoroughly. Lay out the eggplant plates on a paper towel. Also cover the plates with a paper towel, let them dry slightly.
Put the stuffing on the plates, roll the stuffing several times inside – we get small squares of eggplant plates.
In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with salt.
Pour the milk into the egg mixture
and
stir. Sift flour into the egg mixture and knead a liquid dough. Dip the squares into the batter.
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and place the envelopes in batter on the surface. Fry the envelopes on medium heat under a lid on both sides.
The result is a simple dish of eggplant and minced meat. This is a good option for an appetizer for a festive table.
