From far India came the culinary tradition of cooking eggplants. Our compatriots adopted many recipes of eggplant dishes and enjoyed using them not only on holidays, but also in everyday life, delighting guests and household members with fragrant fruits. In Russia, called eggplants vegetables, although botanists refer this product to the berries.
Whatever it was, they have unique properties and are very useful for the body. Minerals and vitamins contained in eggplants have a beneficial effect on the state and functioning of the internal organs, nourishing the skin with beneficial substances. With the help of purple fruits you can cope with excess weight, eggplant is considered the first assistant during a diet.
Eggplant with meat - general principles and methods of cooking
Eggplant is a versatile product, it can be cooked in different ways, for example, to fry, simmer, stuff, bake, salt, pickle, make salads, caviar and other snacks. Quite often, eggplants are cooked on the grill, as such they are especially beneficial to health. When it comes to cooking dishes, which are based on eggplants and meat, it makes sense to talk about stuffing, stewing and baking, such processing can help make the dish really tasty and fragrant.
Eggplant with meat - preparation of products
It is considered that eggplants contain a large amount of bitterness, which must be removed from the fruit, otherwise the dish will be spoiled. This effect creates solanine - a substance that can be derived using salt and water. Starting to prepare an eggplant dish, first of all, peel the fruits (in the case of young fruits of this stage can be avoided), cut into pieces, sprinkle them with salt and leave for 30-40 minutes, then rinse with running water.
When cooking with eggplants, the meat is washed, twisted, minced, or cut into slices. Purple fruits are very “love” spicy herbs, combination with thyme and basil is ideal, so you should stock up on spices beforehand. In the stuffing, you can add sour cream or cream.
Recipe 1: Braised Eggplants with Vegetables and Meat
Nourishing, nutritious, easy to prepare and, of course, the tasty dish “Eggplants stewed with vegetables and meat” will help the hostess to surprise the guests with culinary skills, and without making much effort.
Ingredients:
- 600 grams of pork;
- 3 eggplants;
- 6 bell peppers;
- 6 tomatoes;
- 5 potatoes;
- greens (parsley, cilantro, dill);
- 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 3 teaspoons adjika;
- 3 tablespoons hops-suneli;
- black ground pepper (to taste);
- salt.
Method of preparation
Wash the meat and cut into small pieces, fry them in vegetable oil. We clean the eggplants from the skin, do the same with the potatoes, peppers from the seeds, cut all the vegetables into small cubes, add chopped greens and diced tomatoes (there is no need to remove the skin). In a bowl for cooking (cauldron, saucepan), pour a tablespoon of vegetable oil, lay out the meat, eggplant, potatoes, peppers, greens, tomatoes (two layers in all). After the first layer of tomatoes put seasoning and salt, repeat the procedure after the second layer of tomatoes is laid out. Spray the dish, ready to extinguish, with vegetable oil and set on a small fire, it will take 3-4 hours to prepare. Shuffle is not worth it. After the dish is ready, sprinkle with chopped garlic and cover with a lid, allowing it to infuse for 30 minutes.
Recipe 2: Baked Eggplants Stuffed with Meat
Eggplants are an ideal fruit for stuffing with meat, and you can use any kind of poultry, beef, veal, pork or the like. We offer recipe stuffed eggplant with lamb.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of lamb meat;
- 2 eggplants;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 1 tablespoon of greens (cilantro or others);
- 150 grams of hard cheese;
- 2 tomatoes;
- red ground pepper;
- salt.
Method of preparation
Eggplant is cut lengthwise into two parts. Remove the pulp, finely chop, mix with minced meat, add chopped garlic, herbs, salt and pepper. Stuff the eggplants with minced meat, put the tomato slices on top, sprinkle with hard grated cheese. The dish is baked in the oven for half an hour.
Recipe 3: Eggplant Rolls with Meat
Eggplants do not necessarily stew or fry in the form of longitudinal slices on the skull, of which you can cook a rather original dish - rolls with meat. Meet the recipe.
Ingredients:
- 2 eggplants;
- 1/2 kilogram of minced pork and beef;
- 30 grams of couscous;
- 2 tomatoes;
- 1 carrot;
- 2 onions;
- 6 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 1 tablespoon of sugar;
- 1 teaspoon of coriander;
- greenery;
- ground black pepper;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 2 bay leaf tricks;
- salt.
Method of preparation
There is no need to peel the eggplants, they should be cut into slices of 3 millimeters longitudinally, pour with salted hot water and leave for 10-15 minutes, thus the bitterness will disappear. Couscous should swell in hot water (5 minutes is enough). Pass the onion and carrot, mix with minced meat, add herbs, spices and salt. We form rolls: we lay out the stuffing on the plate of eggplant, wrap it and fix it with a toothpick (if necessary). Rolls roll in the pot. The dish should be stewed in a gravy, which is prepared as follows: mix the browned onions with pureed tomatoes, add sugar, salt and bay leaf. Eggplant rolls with meat are poured with sauce and poured with chopped garlic. Stew the dish should be 45-50 minutes.
Eggplant with meat - useful tips from experienced chefs
Choosing eggplants, give preference to young fruits, they have less solanine, therefore, there will be no problems with bitterness. Young eggplants are elastic and with a green leg, however, do not take excessively light fruits, they may be green. Vegetables darken quickly when cut with a non-stainless steel knife. When baking whole eggplants, they should be pierced with a fork in several places, so steam is better.
