Aubergines With Chick Peas
From migobgr 14 years ago
- 90 minutes to make
- Serves 4
A nice stew with aubergines, chick peas and mint
Ingredients
- 2 c chick peas. shopping list
- 8 medium aubergines ( ca 1250 gr ). shopping list
- 2/3 c olive oil. shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic pressed with the flat side of a knife. shopping list
- 1 medium onion sliced. shopping list
- 2 medium ripe tomatotoes cubed. shopping list
- 1 bunch mint ( leaves ) roughly chopped. shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste. shopping list
How to make it
- Put chick peas overnight in water to swell.
- Drain and wash under streaming water and cook (medium heat ) 40 minutes in 3 l water to soften, now add 1 ts salt and cook 5 min more, drain and keep 1 c of the cooking liquid.
- Cut aubergines in 1 inch cubes, put in a bowl under cold water with a lot of salt for 30 min.
- Heat olive oil to high heat in a wide pan, saute garlic 1 min, add onion and saute 2 min more.
- Add tomatoes, salt and pepper to taste and cook / stir 5 min more.
- Drain aubergines and add to the pan, stir once, add chick peas, 1/2 c of the cooking liquid we kept.
- Cover pan with lid and simmer for 30 min on medium heat, if necesary add more cooking liquid.
- Take pan from the heast add mint and mix well.
- Serve with warm brown baquette or boiled small potatoes
People Who Like This Dish 3
- diannehocut Little Rock, AR
- merlin San Francisco, CA
- hot_it_up Columbiana, AL
- unicorn4 Melbourne, AU
- marpar Copenhagen, DK
- migobgr Thessaloniki Greece, GR
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This sounds really good. I hope that most foodies realize that we call aubergines, eggplant in the States.\0
Jeff
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This sounds like a very sophisticated side to go with an Indian tandoori chicken.
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I love eggplants. Your recipe sounds fantastic. Well done and Thank you..............
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