Armenian tomato and aubergine salad

Name: Armenian tomato and aubergine salad
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, preferably new-season, peeled and crushed; 3 medium aubergines; 350-400 g ripe tomatoes, finely chopped; 150 ml extra virgin olive oil; 4 spring onions, finely chopped; 2-3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves, plus extra to serve; 1 red chilli, halved, seeded and finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mark Hix on Baking

By Mark Hix

Published 2012

About

This is rather like one of those salads that you find in Turkish restaurants, and it’s a great dish to put on the table as a sharing starter. You can make this as fine or as coarse as you like — I prefer chopping the ingredients by hand, but you could also give all the ingredients a whiz in a food processor if you wish.

Ingredients

3 medium aubergines
2 garlic cloves, preferably new-season, peeled and crushed
1 red chilli, halved, seeded and finely chopp

Asia
Turkey
Starter
Vegan
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to its hottest setting. Place the aubergines on a baking tray, transfer to the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes