Recipe

Imam Bayildi Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Greekgirrrl / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago A famous Turkish dish, its name means literally 'the Immam fainted' - some say at the deliciousness of the dish. My mother made this for us much to the chagrin of my Dad who was not a big fan of the Turks. He ate it though- alot of it. Serve with crusty bread.... More Prep:25m Cook:10m Servings:6	Greekgirrrl
	exotic middle eastern mysterious

Does this look good? Yeah! / Nope

Fans

jencathen

notyourmom

fuzzy

pleclare

trigger

ahmed1

tinadc

hungerheal

cholena

pink

pinkmonkey

ningnomani

Ingredients

4 medium aubergines (eggplants)

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 onion, finely chopped

2 garlic, cloves crushed

1 green pepper (capsicum)

1 red pepper (capsicum)

parsley, good handful chopped

3 large tomatoes, blanched, skinned and coursely chopped

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

black pepper

salt

1/2-1 teaspoon sugar

1/2 lemon, juice of

Directions

Heat oven to 375°F.

Slice each aubergine in half lengthwise.

Scoop out the flesh from the aubergines and chop.

Blanch the aubergine shells in boiling water for 2 minutes then drain upside down.

Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a pan and saute the onion until soft and golden.

Add crushed garlic and fry for 2 minutes.

Add parsley, chopped aubergine, tomatoes, green and red pepper, cinnamon, salt and black pepper and cook for about 5 minutes.

Add lemon juice and sugar to taste.

Arrange the aubergine boats in a baking dish and fill each one with the filling.

Cover the dish with aluminium foil.

Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes.

Recent Gawkers

Not quite what you're looking for? See more Side Dishes / Vegetable Dishes

Or see more just like this

Comments

saltymike 1 year, 10 months ago said:
We like eggplant here and this sounds SUPER! Thanks for the post!

cheryilyn 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Will try this soon. Mom has been looking for new ways to fix eggplant. Thanks.

conner909 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Love eggplant! Thanks for the post! Am bookmarking this.

lunasea 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Thanks for the post - sounds really good!

peetabear 1 year, 10 months ago said:
This sounds really good will try it soon.

wolfpackjack 1 year, 10 months ago said:
I was just checking my Mediterranean cookbook, and there is one like this I was going to write down... thanks for the post, this sounds delish. .... dave

kjroxx 1 year, 10 months ago said:
I love Turkish food and this sounds fantastic. Great post, thanks for sharing.

ahmed1 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Your recipes are always new and different..thanks for this one.

crainny 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Yum yum... I know what's for dinner next week! Thanks for posting.

tinadc 1 year, 10 months ago said:
I love aubergines and have a similar recipe but next time I am going to make yours with the cinnamon. Thanx

moltobuono 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Thank you very much for this recipe. I find anything with baked eggplants absolutely irresistible! I'll try it soon.

uk2nyc 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Love eggplant !! will surely try it soon! I have a similar recipe too!

vino4dino 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Sounds like another winner!!!

jimrug1 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Helene, I don't blame your dad. I would eat alot of it too... ;-) Jim

trigger 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Another bookmarked recipe Eggplant is my favorite vegetable above the ground.

Michael

silentwriter 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Yum, yum, yum, got to try this dish!

pink 1 year, 8 months ago said:
*wink* Yummy!

starofwog 1 year, 7 months ago said:
You know what u make me smile.
Your Greek and u put a Turkish Recipe.
Turkish and Greek food very similar u
could even say there the same.

edshred 1 year, 5 months ago said:
This looks great!! I have a recipe for an Indonesian eggplant dish similar to this.....although it is has a load of chili's in it, and is hotter than hell!!

jennyuttam 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I love eggplants - looks delicious!

jencathen 1 year, 4 months ago said:
How did I miss this recipe? This looks great!

pleclare 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Looks great. Am growing eggplant!

vikirose13 1 year, 4 months ago said:
OH yeah! We will be making this one. Viktoria

sunflower48386 11 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Love eggplant but I have only had it dipped in egg, than flour and fried. sounds great. can't wait to try it

cholena 11 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Love it ...

pinkmonkey 11 months, 1 week ago said:
AMAZING!

sitbynellie 8 months, 2 weeks ago said:
I've been looking for ways to prepare eggplant as a dish in its own right, we don't have it often enough, and then usually as part of Moussaka. I love the title. Will try this sometime! Thank you!

hungerhealer 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
To get the facts straight !! I mean no disrespect to my neighbouring Turkish people whose cuisine I greatly love and appreciate !! This dish isn't called Imam bayildi and furthermore , it isn't Turkish . Imam bayildi is the Turkish name of a Greek casserole dish prepared throughout Asia Minor ( today's eastern Aegean Sea shores ) right up to Constantinople . All Greeks living in that area used to talk Turkish , of course , and indeed swapped recipes with fellow neighbouring Turks . So , imam bayildi has tomatoes , eggplants , parsley , onions and olive oil as a basis . The spices differ and some recipes add potatoes . This dish , as well as most Greek dishes of that area such as soutzoukakia etc. were prepared as appetizers rather than main courses , due to that fact that they were rich in flavour and difficult to digest !! A certain Imam that tasted this dish consumed a great quantity and therefore nearly or actually fainted . That is where the name comes from . This dish you have posted , is a version of papoutsakia with less ingredients of course . So tell your Dad to freely eat this dish ... It is 100 % Greek .

spiceit 3 months, 1 week ago said:
I'm intrigued, and will try it tonight and get back to ya.

notyourmomma 1 month ago said:
One of our family favorites...delcious. Love my eggplant.

Add a Comment