Eggplant/Aubergine Fans

Name: Eggplant/Aubergine Fans
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: Lay each eggplant on the baking dish. Put the filling given in Sheikh Mahshi recipe above between the cut slices, all along the eggplant. Open up the layers a little to make it look like a hand fan. Cover with the prepared liquid given in Sheikh Mahshi, and bake as directed in that recipe. Garnish with parsley, and serve with rice and salad.; Cut the eggplant lengthwise in 4 places, going from the bottom all the way up to about 1in/2.5cm short of the stem. Soak and fry or broil/grill as described in Eggplant Boats above.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

About

This can be done with small and medium eggplants.

Method

Cut off stems and peel eggplant in a striped fashion.
Cut the eggplant lengthwise in 4 places, going from the bottom all the way up to about 1in/2.5cm short of the stem. Soak and fry or broil/grill as described in Eggplant Boats above.
Lay each eggplant on the baking dish. Put the filling giv