Stuffed Dried Eggplants ( Taste of pomegranate Sauce)

Making PLUM (and /or Pomegranate) sauce

1 C Pomegranate (or plum) juice

1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

1/4 C rice vinegar

3 Tbsps brown sugar

1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch

1/2 Tamarind paste (if desired)

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer until it reduce the juice to a thick sauce consistency Stir every often.

 
Drying Eggplants:  Dried eggplants can be obtained from local farmers but in small towns usually they can be made at home as followed: It depends its size but you can divide washed eggplant in three pieces. Then inside of the eggplant should be scooped out with the help of the teaspoon. Put each piece of eggplants through a string and hang in dry and shaded but warm place. Summer season would be great time for this process.

Or you can lay each piece on the shelves of dehydrator. Adjust the time and store the dried eggplant in a sealed jar.

 Ingredients:
2 Tbsp. Olive oil

16 dried eggplants.

1/2 C rice

1/2 C bulgur

1 dry onion (chopped in small pieces)

150 gm. ground beef

1 Tbsp. mint

1/4 C Pomegranate (or plum sauce)

1 Tbsp. sweet pepper paste

1 Tbsp. tomato paste

1 Tbsp. hot cumin paste (1Tbsp. hot tomato sauce +1 tsp. cumin + ½ tsp. roasted hot pepper flakes +1/2 tsp. sat)

1 Tbsp. sumac

2 tsp. cumin

1/2 C minced parsley

Making:
Boil a pot of water and rehydrate the dried eggplants in for 10 min.

Wash bulgur and rice together in a strainer and let it drain the excessive water

Sautee onion slightly

Add Pomegranate sauce, tomato, pepper and cumin paste, cumin, mint, sumac, and sauté for 2 more minutes.

Add bulgur and rice mix once,

Add 1 C water and cook for 5 min on medium heat.

Take off the heat.

Add parsley and raw ground round mix it all very well. (Do not cook filing anymore)

Stuff the drained eggplants with rice/ bulgur ad meat filling and put them in a raw in a shallow saucepan.

Add 1.5 C water and cover the stuffed eggplants with a small saucer.

Cover the pan and simmer for 25 minutes.

Meal is taste very delicious indeed even more if served drizzled yogurt on it.

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