Have you noticed that at the festive table among the many snacks, eggplants with garlic disappear the very first? And this despite the pronounced garlic taste and smell. It would seem that a simple “gentleman's” set - eggplants, garlic, mayonnaise, greens, tomatoes. And how simple and beautiful, and most importantly - delicious! Each mistress, trying another masterpiece, thinks: “We should cook for ourselves ... to please our own people”. What - we learn! Eggplant recipes with garlic are just a lot, each national kitchen has at least a dozen of brand options in its arsenal.
Eggplant with garlic - general principles and methods of cooking
Eggplants themselves are not very pronounced taste, so one single ingredient in the composition of the dish can change it beyond recognition. It can be cheese or nut sauce, other vegetables or mushrooms - in general, a variety of foods. Even if you consider yourself a sufficient professional in this field, you can always find something new. For example, a dish of a real Jewish restaurant, or the signature snack of the Crimean Tatars. So, stock up on a blue-purple vegetable and start experimenting, and we will tell you everything that we know ourselves.
Eggplant with garlic - food preparation
Surely you already know that eggplant bitter bit, if you do not make sure that the bitterness came out. Just recall that before cooking, they need to be cut into pieces and salt. For better purification, squeeze or rinse in water. This method is also good because after this procedure, eggplants absorb less butter when frying. The remaining products are taken according to the recipe. Garlic - to taste. Practice shows that garlic spoil the dish is almost impossible. Considering the fact that garlic is very useful for the body, especially when there is a risk of colds, use this dish to raise your immunity, and do not feel sorry for garlic. Eggplant with garlic - the best recipes
Recipe 1: Eggplant fried with garlic and cheese
A very simple recipe as a result - cute eggplant turrets with a tomato top. These turrets just scatter guests at the table. Perfectly they look and at an ordinary family dinner. Since this dish is stored for a long time in the refrigerator, it can be cooked for the future, it does not bother as a snack and perfectly satisfies hunger.
Ingredients: large eggplants (2 pieces), hard cheese (300 grams), garlic, mayonnaise, flour (100 grams), vegetable oil, cherry tomatoes (for turrets), dill.
Method of preparation
Cut slices of eggplant and salt, leave for an hour. Each circle is rolled into flour and fried in butter on both sides. Put them on a paper napkin to soak up excess oil. Rub cheese on a fine grater, squeeze garlic, add mayonnaise and mix well. We make up the turrets: we rewite the fried circles with the mixture, put a tomato with a cut off plate on top of the mixture layer for better stability. Decorate with a sprig of parsley. Colorful and appetizing eggplants can be served at the table, they themselves create a sense of celebration.
Recipe 2: Eggplants with Garlic - the Crimean Tatar signature recipe
This dish is guaranteed to create a sensation at the everyday as well as at the banquet table. Eggplant rolls with garlic can be cooked with anything, for example, Georgians prefer with nut paste. Real Crimean Tatars come in very simply - they wrap pieces of vegetables and greens in them.
Ingredients: eggplants (three middle ones), garlic (1 head), frying oil, salt, pepper, mayonnaise, tomato (2 pieces), parsley bunch.
Method of preparation
Wash eggplants, cut off the stalk and cut into longitudinal plates approximately 5 mm thick. Fry the plates in vegetable oil until browning. We clean and chop the garlic - cut it as small as possible, chop it up. Tomatoes cut into slices (approximately like a long straw). At the beginning of the eggplant plate put a piece of tomato, a pinch of chopped garlic, a sprig of parsley. Wrap the roll so that a sprig of greenery and a little red tomato peeking out. Rolls are laid out in a semicircle on a dish until the whole space is filled. In the center we “land” a parsley bush. It turns out very beautiful, appetizing and tasty. Guests are surprised, admired and asked for supplements.
Recipe 3: Spicy Eggplants with Garlic, Kindz and Red Pepper
(a dish of Israeli cuisine)
For this dish, you can take oblong or pear-shaped fruits, cut them into pieces in this way: first on washers 4 cm thick, then lengthwise into several parts. Soak the pieces in cold water.
Ingredients: medium eggplants (3-4 pcs.), Vegetable oil (3 tablespoons), red Bulgarian pepper (1 pc.), Cilantro, large cloves of garlic (4-5 pcs.), Salt , ground pepper, half a lemon.
Method of preparation
For the dressing: finely chop the Bulgarian pepper, cilantro and garlic, add the onion sliced in half rings, squeeze the juice of half a lemon, season with salt and pepper. Fry slices of prepared eggplant in oil until browning. We put them in the dressing, and the oil is no longer added. Pans can be sprinkled with water. We stand for pickling in a dressing for several hours.
Recipe 4: Eggplant, salted with garlic
If you have a great harvest of eggplants in your garden, or are thinking about how to diversify your food in the winter time - prepare eggplants with garlic for the future! This savory appetizer can completely push the traditional pickled or pickled tomatoes and cucumbers, without which no Russian or Ukrainian family can spend the night.
Ingredients: eggplants (10 kg), garlic (250 gr.), Bay leaf (20 pcs.). Brine: salt (200 g), water (5 l).
Method of preparation
We choose small eggplants, wash them and put them in boiling brine for no more than 5 minutes. (Half a kilogram of salt per 7 liters of water). Dip them in cold water. Squeeze and let the juice drain well. Cut along, lay inside crushed mashed garlic, tightly laid in a bowl for salting. Cover, do the oppression, fill with brine and leave for natural salting. Store such eggplants in a cool place. You can also put carrots in the middle. To do this, rub it on a grater and pass over low heat until soft.
Eggplants with garlic - useful tips from experienced chefs
For the preparation of eggplant rolls, you can use different fillings, for example, such as:
- Georgian nut paste: processed cheese, ground walnuts (150 tons gr.), 3 tbsp. spoons of sour cream, 3 cloves of garlic, ground black pepper;
- stuffing from olives: sauce (mix in a blender tomatoes, garlic, basil leaves, a little salt and sugar, chili pepper, a drop of vegetable oil, stew for 15 minutes), pitted olives;
- meat stuffing: minced meat fried with onion, salt, parsley or celery;
- mushroom stuffing: fried mushrooms with onions, garlic, a little mayonnaise, ground pepper;
- cottage cheese filling: cottage cheese, grated through a sieve, egg, garlic, salt, chopped greens.
Tasty and healthy! Experiment with pleasure and enjoy your meal!
