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Recipe: İmam bayıldı - or: The Imam Fainted

Recipe: İmam bayıldı

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Cuisine Turkish

Ingredients
  

  • 1 big aubergine
  • 4 tomatoes
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 tbsp. tomato paste
  • 1 tsp. biber salçası red pepper paste
  • olive oil
  • 1 pinch of cinnamon; sumac
  • paprika powder red pepper flakes
  • salt pepper

Instructions
 

  • Cut the aubergine into quarters.
  • Heat the olive oil in a pan. Don't skimp on the oil because the aubergine soaks up a lot. Roast the aubergine quarters gently. Take them out of the pan and put them into a ovenproof dish.
  • Preheat the oven to 200 °C (or 400 °F).
  • Add all the other ingredients to the pan. If there is no oil left, add some more. Fry until the tomatoes are mushy.
  • Spread the tomato mix on top of the aubergine quarters.
  • Cover with aluminum foil. Put the dish in the oven for 30 minutes.