Iranian Eggplant Dish - Kashk-E-Bademjan Recipe
This dish is best served with warm pita bread, fresh herbs, and fresh radish.
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Iranian
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Peel the eggplant, and cut a slit along the side. Salt it, and let it sit and drain for half an hour. Rinse salt off.
Slice the two eggplants thin lengthwise into 5 or 6 pieces each.
Baste in olive oil on both sides.
Lay these in an oven proof dish. Cook until golden brown.
Chop the onion and garlic cloves, and fry in a pan with olive oil.
Remove eggplants from oven, add to onion/garlic mix. Puree mix in a food processor until chunky but smooth. Return to pan.
Add sour cream, simmer for fifteen minutes. Place in serving dish.
In a smaller pan, fry the mint in oil. Drizzle or spoon over the eggplant as garnish.
Serving: 347gCalories: 256.1kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 3.9gFat: 19.7gSaturated Fat: 5.3gCholesterol: 14.9mgSodium: 30.4mgFiber: 9.8gSugar: 8.6g
Keyword < 30 Mins, Low Cholesterol, Low Protein