Smoked Eggplant with Eggs + Garlic

Name: Smoked Eggplant with Eggs + Garlic (Mirza Qasemi)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: 5 cloves garlic, peeled and grated; 2 teaspoons fine sea salt; ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper; 1 cup/85 g fresh basil leaves; 4 eggs; 2 cloves garlic, peeled and grated; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 2 tablespoons oil; ½ cup/120 ml olive oil; 6 seedless eggplants (about 3½ pounds/1.6 kg)

Mirza Qasemi

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Cooking in Iran

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2020

About

Mirza qasemi is made throughout the Caspian region, though each town has its own variation: some add tomato; others cook the eggs and eggplants separately and mix them together at the end. But the result is always a deliciously smoky taste. As we went from town to town, each claimed their mirza qasemi was the best.

Ingredients

Eggplants

6 seedless eggplants (about 3½ pounds/1.6 kg)
½ cup

Asia
Iran
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

For the eggplants: Roast the eggplants on all sides over the flame of a charcoal grill or a gas cooktop (or directly on top of an electric cooktop) until the skin is burnt and completely blackened (about 3 to 5 minutes). Use tongs to place them on a rack in a rimmed sheet pan. Use a sharp knife to make a slit in the eggplants so any bitter juices can drain out. Al