Eggplant Mousaka with Mushrooms (Mantarli Patlican Musakka)

2 eggplants, peeled and cut into chunks

1 big onion, chopped

½ lb (200 gr) ground beef

½ lb mushrooms, cut in quarters

2 tomatoes, diced

1 cup oil for frying the eggplant

1 green pepper, chopped

1 tsp salt

½ tsp black pepper

2 cloves of garlic, sliced thin (optional)

½ cup hot or warm water

Peel the whole eggplant and chop in chunks. Then, place them in a bowl and cover the eggplants with water. Let them stand for 30 minutes in water. Then, drain and wipe the eggplants with a paper towel. In a large skillet place the oil and lightly fry the eggplants until they change in color. Do not over fry. Place the fried eggplant pieces in a Pyrex dish and sprinkle salt on them.

Place the ground beef and 1 tbsp oil and cook until the meat changes in color. You can use the same skillet or a smaller one. Then, add chopped onions and sauté for 2 minutes. Add chopped peppers, garlic (optional) and mushrooms. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and salt to taste. Sauté for 5 minutes. Finally add black pepper and give a stir. Spread this mixture evenly on the fried eggplants and add the hot water.

Preheat the oven to 375 F (190 C) and cook for about 20-25 minutes.

You can serve this dish with pilaf and yogurt.

ENJOY

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TURKCE

2 tane buyuk patlican, soyulmus

1 buyuk sogan, dogranmis

200 gr kiyma

250 gr mantar, dorde bolunmus

2 domates, dogranmis

1 su bardagi sivi yag( patlicanlari kizartmak icin)

1 yesil biber, dogranmis

2 cay kasigi tuz

1 cay kasigi karabiber

2 dis sarimsak, dogranmis (istege bagli)

½ su bardagi sicak su

Patlicanlari yikayip, soyun. Buyuk buyuk dograyin ve buyuk bir kaseye koyup uzerine cikana dek su doldurun. Patlicanin acimsi tadinin suya gecmesi icin yaklasik 30 dakika suda bekletin.

Sonra patlicanlari suzup, kurulayin. Genis bir tavaya yagi koyup patlicanlari renk degistirene dek kizartin. Fazla kizartirsaniz, patlicanlarin sekli bozulur. Kizarmis patlicanlari borcam bir tepsiye alin ve uzerine tuz serpin.

Ayni tavada bir yemek kasigi sivi yagi ve kiymayi renk degistirene dek kavurun. Sonra soganlari ilave edip 1-2 dakika sote edin. Biberleri, sarimsak ve mantari ilave edin. Yaklasik 3 dakika kavurun. Sonra, tuz ve domatesi ekleyin, 5 dakika kisik ateste pisirin. Son olarak karabiberi ilave edin. Kiymali karisimi kizarmis patlicanlarin uzerine esit olarak yayin ve sicak suyu ilave edin.

Onceden isitilmis 190 C (375) firinda yaklasik 30 dakika pisirin.

Yaninda pilav ve yogurt ile servis edebilirsiniz.

AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don