Eastern Aubergines

Name: Eastern Aubergines
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 250 g beef, lamb or chicken mince; 4 medium aubergines, halved lengthways; pomegranate rubies; 1 ripe avocado, sliced; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ Tbsp olive oil; 1 clove garlic, chopped; ½ Tbsp butter; fresh mint leaves; 1 small onion, chopped; salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 1 heaped cup roughly chopped tomatoes; 1 Tbsp tomato paste; healthy natural sweetener, to taste; olive oil; 1 tsp dried chilli flakes; 2 Tbsp slivered almonds or pine nuts, roasted; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp ground cumin; ½ cup Greek yoghurt

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Wholesome

By Sarah Graham

Published 2017

About

I love how this is delicately flavoured with those distinct Eastern spices of cumin and coriander, and then crowned prettily with pomegranate rubies and a burst of freshness from the mint. It’s all kinds of wonderful and one of my favourites.

Ingredients

What you’ll Need

Aubergines

4 medium aubergines, halved lengthways
olive oil

Main course
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

What to do

Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
Drizzle the aubergines with a little olive oil and place on a nonstick baking tray. Place in the oven for 3