Shaikh El Mahshi (stuffed eggplant)

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(from Christiner’s recipe box)

Categories: not tried, stuffed, vegetable

Ingredients

  • • 12 Thin slices of eggplant (~1/4 inch)
  • • Oil for frying
  • • 4 firm, small, round or plum Tomatoes
  • • 1 recipe Meat Stuffing

Directions

  1. In an oven-proof baking dish, make 4 eggplant stacks by placing one slice in the dish and topping with about 2 Tbsp of the stuffing. Top with another slice, then stuffing and then a third slice. Repeat three more times and you should end up with 4 stacks.

  2. Stuff the tomatoes with the meat stuffing (pack them real good) and place in the dish as well. Put the stem end “caps” back on them .

  3. Spread the reserved Tomato seed and pulp and juices all over the eggplant and tomato.

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