Turkish stuffed aubergines with beef and tomatoes (Karniyarik) 🇹🇷

Philip Pantelides
Philip Pantelides @philip
Bath, England, United Kingdom

Inspired by a Persian cookbook, these karniyarik (meaning ‘belly stuffed’) are an easy and tasty mediterranean dish

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Ingredients

2 - 3 people
  1. 3aubergines
  2. 300 gbeef or lamb mince
  3. 200 gcherry tomatoes
  4. 1red onion
  5. 1red pepper
  6. 2 clovesgarlic
  7. 1 tbspharissa paste
  8. 1 tspcumin
  9. 1 bunchflatleaf parsley
  10. 1 bunchfresh mint
  11. Handfulcashews

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 180c

  2. 2

    In a hot pan brown the mince seasoning with salt and pepper. Remove and leave to one side

  3. 3

    Slice the aubergines in half

  4. 4

    Turn the pan down to a medium heat. And cook the aubergines in olive oil for 8mins it until soft inside

  5. 5

    After 8 mins flip and cook for another 8 mins

  6. 6

    Meanwhile chop the pepper, onion, chilli, garlic and stalks of the parsley (retain the leaves)

  7. 7

    Remove the aubergines and place on kitchen towel to soak up excess oil

  8. 8

    Turn the heat up and add the harissa paste to the pan

  9. 9

    Stir in the chopped vegetables and cook till softened

  10. 10

    Chop the tomatoes in half and add to the pan

  11. 11

    Chop the parsley and mint leaves

  12. 12

    Add the mince and herbs to the pan and stir

  13. 13

    Place the aubergines in an oven proof dish. Scrape / mush the insides to make opening. Take care not to pierce the skin

  14. 14

    Fill the aubergines with the mince mixture and place in the oven for 15mins

  15. 15

    Crush the cashews and top the aubergines. Cook for another 5-10mins

  16. 16

    Remove from the oven and serve!

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Bath, England, United Kingdom
Braai (BBQ) lover, raised in Africa, inspired by cuisine of my travels. Quick and #healthy recipes every night of the week, experiments and #Braai on the weekend.
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