Turkish Stuffed Eggplant (Karnıyarık) Dish Recipe

Stuffed Eggplant (Karnıyarık) Dish 

         Karnıyarık (Stuffed Eggplant) Meal Recipe

         Cooking at home is very important for the Turkish people and it is really part of our culture (Turkish Culture). In this pist; we are going to mention and share that our famous "Türkis Stuffed Eggplant Meal (Karnıyarık)" on  the blog. Because, Turkish Stuffed Eggplant Dish is everyone's favourite meal in Anatolian (Turkey) very much. You can find this dish in every restaurants but most of us prefer to cook this food at homes. 

        YES! If you looking for rich, vibrant and perfect dush for the supper. We offer and recommend that our "Turkish Stuffed Eggplant (Karnıyarık) dish" is really good decision for the supper. Because, this "Turkish Stuffed Eggplant meal" is really rich, energetic and perfect as a light Supper. On the other hand, Turkish Stuffed Eggplants (Karnıyarık) dish is an very very super easy and very hearty meal. 

Karnıyarık peeling and frying

         What is Turkish Stuffed Eggplant (Karnıyarık) Dish?

         We called this meal as "Karniyarik".The name literally translates to "Split Belly". This is because the long, selender purple eggplants are split in half lengthways before being stuffed and cooking. But, Karnıyarık is to peel thin strips from the outside of the eggplants (like a skin of zebra pattern) before spliting in a half lenghthways eggplants. After the these processes, stuffing process and then cooking process starts. Traditionally, our karnıyarık (Turkish Stuffed Eggplants) are garnished with Slice of tomatoes (if you want; you may use slices of green peppers instead of tomato or no garnish). Also you like our; Meat-balls-in-sauce-sulu-kofte-recipe , Oven-baked-lamb-chops , Steak-and-potatoes-one-pot-recipe , Turkish-shish-kabab-recipe-kuzu-sis-recipe , Turkish-chicken-shish-kabab-recipe , Red-lentil-soup-recipe ,  Stuffed-zucchini-vegan-dish

         How to Make Turkish Stuffed Eggplant (Karnıyarık) Dish?

         Here it is our hearty and very yummy karnıyarık dish recipe;

Karnıyarık recipe

         Ingredients:

       Serve: 6 Servings, Preparation Time: 15 minutes, Cooking Time: 35-40 minutes, Cuisine: Mediterranean/Anatolian Cuisine, 

       - 4 Long & Selender purple eggplants, (Long, Selender Purple eggplants are perfect for this recipe)

       - 300-350 gr Beef mince or or lamb mince,
       - 1 Normal size onion, finely chopped,

       - 2 Normal size Tomatoes, one of them is sliced into 4 thick slices, rest of them coarsely chopped,

       - 2 Green fresh Pepper, coarsely chopped,
       - 1 Tablespoon Tomato paste,
       - 2 Cloves Garlic, chopped/minced,
       - 1/2 Teaspoon Salt, 
       - 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Black pepper, 
       - 1/2 Teaspoon Red pepper flakes,
       - 1/4 Cup Parsley, Chopped,
       - 2 Tablespoons Vegetable oil,

Stuffed Eggplant preparing

         Preparation:

         First of all, take the stem ends off the your eggplants and strips off with a knife in a skin of zebra pattern (this process will help your eggplants hold their shapes better), then fill a large and deep bowl with water and stir in salt, then add your eggplants. Soak your eggplants for about 25-30 minutes while you are preparing your filling. This process helps that removing bitterness of your eggplants. After these processes, your eggplants are ready to fry. Heat one Tablespoon vegetable oil in a large fry pan and add your eggplants. Cover with a lid and fry gently until your eggplants are softened. Then, place your beef mince (or lamb mince) in a separate pan and heat gently. Allow beef mince to cook down in its own juice and the meat is nicely browned colour. Then, add vegetable oil, tomato paste, onion, garlic and green peppers. Continue to fry until your ingredients are soft, then add your tomatoes and cook down another 5 minutes. Now add your cumin, salt, ground black pepper, red pepper fkakes and parsley, and mix through until all the ingredients are well combined. Then, arrange your eggplants in a large oven tray belly side up. Then, start to filling process; stuff with beef mince (or lamb mince) mixture into the eggplants. And then, garnish with thick slices of tomato (or slices of green peppers, or no garnish). Preheat that oven to 180°C (350°F). Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, and be sure to serve hot.

Karnıyarık cooking process

         Generally, we serve our Turkish Stuffed Eggplants (Karnıyarık) Dish with an ice cold glass of Traditional-Turkish-ayran-beverage  / "Turkish Salted Yogurt Drink". Also, it is served with a sesoning salad Turkish-shepherd-salad-çoban-salatası and with a Turkish Yogurt with Cucumbers and Herbs Yoghurt-and-cucumbers-dip (Cacık).

Karnıyarık -  Turkish Stuffed Eggplant Dish

        Please let us know how this "Karnıyarık" dish turns out for you in the comments. We are always so eager to hear from you.

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