Mock Stuffed Courgettes or Aubergines

Name: Mock Stuffed Courgettes or Aubergines
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 1 egg; Black pepper; 500 g (1 lb) beef, minced; 1 slice bread, crusts removed; ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional); 2 tablespoons olive oil; Salt; Oil for deep-frying; 3 courgettes or small thin aubergines; 3 courgettes or small thin aubergines

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

This recipe, contributed by a Turkish lady, is a modern one supposedly devised to save time, which it does not. It is nevertheless a delightful dish.

Ingredients

3 courgettes or small thin aubergines
Salt
Oil for deep-frying
500 g (

Asia
Turkey
Main course

Method

Slice the vegetables lengthwise into very thin slices. Sprinkle the slices with salt and leave them in a colander to drain for at least ½ hour. Wash in cold water and pat dry. Fry in deep, hot oil until soft and a little bronzed. Remove and drain on absorbent paper.

Mix the minced beef, the bread soaked in water and squeezed dry, the egg, salt, pepper and cinnamon if used, and knead tho