Kitchen appliances and utensils
- hob;
- pan;
- grater;
- garlic press;
- beaker;
- tablespoon;
- tea spoon;
- knife;
- cutting board.
Ingredients
- Eggplant - 3 pcs.
- Tomato - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Feta Cheese - 100 g
- Cheddar Cheese - 100 g
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l
- Parsley - 50 g
- Salt - 1.5 tsp.
- Vegetable oil - 100 ml
- Ground black pepper - ½ tsp.
Step cooking
Eggplant Preparation
- Take 3 medium-sized young eggplants. Rinse them under cold water and remove the stem. Cut the eggplant into plates along the entire fruit 3-4 mm thick.
- Put the chopped eggplant in a container, add 1 tsp. salt, mix and leave for 20 minutes. During this time, the eggplant will start the juice and bitterness will go out of them.
- Next, wash the chopped eggplant from the salt and put it on a paper towel or in a colander in order to remove excess moisture.
- Pour 15 ml of vegetable oil into the pan and heat well. Put eggplant plates on a hot frying pan and fry on both sides over medium heat until golden brown. Put the fried eggplant on a plate. In the process of frying, add vegetable oil to the pan in small portions. When all the eggplants are fried, let them cool completely.
Cooking toppings
- Prepare the filling. To do this, boil 2 eggs for 10 minutes after boiling. Peel and grate the boiled and cooled eggs on a coarse grater.
- Add 100 g of cheddar cheese and 100 g of feta cheese to the eggs, also grated on a coarse grater.
- Next, peel and pass through the press 2 cloves of garlic, cut 30 g of parsley and add to the filling.
- Fill all 2 tbsp. l mayonnaise, add ½ tsp. salt and ½ tsp black pepper, mix well.
- Cut a small tomato into 4 parts, remove the stem and seeds. Cut the pulp of the tomato in equal strips.
- At 20 g of parsley, tear off the leaves, the stems will not be needed.
Dish presentation
- Take 1 plate of fried eggplant. On one edge, put 1 tsp. fillings, 1 slice of tomato and 1 leaf of parsley.
- Wrap the stuffing in the eggplant, curling it with a roll.
- So wrap all the stuffing in eggplant. Lay on a plate for presentation. Enjoy your meal.
Cooking recommendations
- In order to choose young eggplant fruits, pay attention to their color. Young eggplants have a rich purple hue, but not very dark.
- Fresh eggplant has a bright green stalk.
- To remove oil residues from fried eggplant, lay them on paper towels.
- Instead of a tomato, you can use bell peppers of different colors or cucumbers cut into strips.
Video recipe
To learn more about preparing festive eggplant snacks in more detail, see a step-by-step video recipe.