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Kashk-e-Bademjan (Persian Eggplant Dip)

Recipe
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours
Servings: 9

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Eggplants Peeled and Diced into thick circles
  • 2 Tbsp. Salt
  • 4 Tbsp. Olive Oil
  • 1 Tsp. Pepper
  • 1/2 Tbsp. Zaatar
  • 3 Cloves of Crushed Garlic
  • 1 Cup of Diced Onions
  • 3 Tbsp. Kashk or Full Fat Yogurt

Method
 

  1. Soak your peeled eggplants in a bowl with the salt and water. After about a hour a brown water should start to appear from the eggplants. Pour this out.
  2. Now place your eggplants on a baking sheet, brush with oil all over so everything is covered. Cook in the oven on 350 for 30-45 minutes depending on when they soften.
  3. Now take your diced onions & garlic and fry them in two Tbsp. of your cooking oil. Allow them both to get golden brown, then remove from the heat.
  4. Once your eggplants begin to soften, take them out of the oven. Start mashing them with a wooden spoon or spatula and add your onions & garlic. Put it back in the oven and broil it, allow the eggplant to get a little golden brown.
  5. Now take it out of the oven, mix everything up real good. Add the rest of your spices. Mix some more, then add your Kashk/Yogurt, stir up and serve with some nice bread or crackers.