Stuffed aubergine

The most famous stuffed vegetable dishes come from the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Vine leaves, peppers and courgettes are regular candidates for this treatment, which converts them into more of an event and less of a side dish. In fact, the generous spicing usually makes them unsuitable to be anything other than centre stage.

Aubergine is good for stuffing. This dish is common in various versions across the Middle East, where it’s called Imam Bayaldi -the Imam fainted pr