Salatat Banzenjan

سلطة باذنجان
Aubergine Salad

Fried aubergine slices soaked in garlic yoghurt seasoned with lime, cumin and garnished with thyme and olive oil.

This salad can be made using a variety of dressing from a simple vinegarette to the recurrently used peanut dressing. This recipe uses a creamy and tangy yoghurt, cumin and lime dressing which consistently wins over new admirers.

Salatat Banzenjan

Aubergine Salad
سلطة باذنجان

Fried aubergine slices soaked in garlic yoghurt seasoned with lime, cumin and garnished with thyme and olive oil.

This salad can be made using a variety of dressing from a simple vinegarette to the recurrently used peanut dressing. This recipe uses a creamy and tangy yoghurt, cumin and lime dressing which consistently wins over new admirers.

Ingredients

Directions

Frying the aubergine

  1. Peel the aubergine and slice into 1cm thick circular slices.
  2. On a clean flat surface press each slice in between kitchen towels to remove any excess water before frying.
  3. Deep-fry the slices on both sides until brown then remove from the oil. Dry the slices on kitchen towels.

Yoghurt dressing recipe

  1. Pour Greek style yoghurt into a large bowl and mix in; lime juice, vinegar, crushed garlic, 2 tbs olive oil and season with ground cumin, salt and pepper.
  2. Taste the dressing then balance accordingly using any of the previous ingredients.
  3. Mix well first then gently fold in the fried aubergine slices.
  4. Garnish with ground cumin and olive oil.

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