My Savory Eggplant Meat Balls
From midgelet 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 6
When I was once a vegetarian, I loved this and still prepare the recipe which always gets comments that eggplant never tasted so good !
Ingredients
- 1 large eggplant, peeled shopping list
- 3 fork beaten eggs shopping list
- salt, pepper, minced garlic, basil to taste shopping list
- bread crumbs ( fresh or dried or panko type ) shopping list
- Optional: grated cheese shopping list
- olive oil to fry shopping list
How to make it
- Peel skin from eggplant.
- Cut eggplant into chunks and cook or steam in a bit of water until soft and tender
- Drain excess liquid very well.
- Mash up eggplant with fork or potato masher.
- Season to taste,
- Add eggs and mix well.
- Stir in some grated cheese if desired.
- Use enough bread crumbs or Panko ( Japanese bread crumbs ) to make a meat loaf mixture consistency.
- Heat oil in skillet over medium to medium high heat.
- Form mixture into meatballs or patties and fry in oil, both sides till firm and browned.
- Drain on toweling paper.
- Serve with pasta or use as a sub sandwich filling etc.
- When cold these slice up well and are truley delicious eaten any way served.
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