Soslu patlıcan - Turkish-style stew

Name: Soslu patlıcan - Turkish-style stew
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 2 large eggplants; 2 white or red onions; 4-5 garlic cloves; 2 bell peppers; 2 cups tomato sauce; parsley (to taste); spices (salt, pepper, to taste); 1/2 cup water

Total 1 h Servings 6 Fasting

Automatically translated from Romanian. See the Romanian original

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A quick and tasty fasting-friendly stew with eggplant, peppers, and onions, sautéed and simmered in tomato sauce, inspired by Turkish cuisine.

Ingredients

Method

Cut the eggplants into cubes, sprinkle with salt, and set them aside.
Slice the onions into strips and the peppers and garlic into thin pieces, then sauté them over high heat with a little oil and salt.
After 5 minutes, add the eggplants and continue to sauté for another 5 minutes.
Pour in the tomato sauce and about 1/2 cup of water.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and let it simmer over medium heat.

The story behind this recipe

Not only is it fasting-friendly, but this little stew is truly delicious.

I had some eggplants in the fridge... and I wanted to cook them differently. Searching online, I found this dish which is very easy to make (it took me an hour, including prep and cooking).

I got about 6 servings from the amount I used.

The recipe goes like this:

2 large eggplants

2 white or red onions

4-5 garlic cloves

2 bell peppers

2 cups tomato sauce

Parsley and spices to taste

I first cut the eggplants into cubes and sprinkled them with salt. I forgot about them while I prepped the rest of the vegetables.

The onions cut into strips, along with the sliced peppers and garlic, were sautéed over high heat with a little oil and salt.

After 5 minutes, I added the eggplants and let them cook for about 5 more minutes.

Finally, I poured in the tomato sauce and about 1/2 cup of water.