Bademjan Shekam-Por - Persian Stuffed Eggplant

بادمجان شکم پر -Bademjan shekam-por is an open-faced fried eggplant stuffed amongst ground beef as well as vegetables simmered inwards a rich as well as tangy tomato-based sauce as well as topped amongst slivered almonds. This tasty eggplant dish is from the north-western percentage of Azerbaijan, Iran. I'd just similar to hollo for out that although the next words convey a slightly unlike spelling as well as pronunciation, they all hateful the same thing: بادمجان، بادمجون، بادنجان بادنجون  - bademjan, bademjoon, badenjan as well as badenjoon. Eggplants convey been move of the Western Farsi cuisine for hundreds of years as well as due to their versatility, keen flavor as well as silky tender flesh, they convey brought almost many pop as well as well-known dishes such every bit khoresh bademjan, borani bademjan, kashk-e bademjan, mirza ghasemi, as well as torshi bademjan (pickled eggplant), exactly to hollo a few. I am e'er looking for novel Western Farsi eggplant recipes as well as I'm determined to write almost every eggplant recipe I detect from homes inwards every corner of Iran. My favorite eggplant dish, however, is silent but pan-fried unpeeled eggplant slices lightly seasoned amongst tabular array salt as well as pepper. I personally similar the gustatory modality of the eggplant peel as well as unremarkably I wouldn't withdraw it unless I'm serving guests.

According to the article almost Persian Food inwards the Huffington Post recently, "Persian nutrient is criminally underrepresented inwards America." I concord amongst this disputation as well as would add together that inwards my sentiment it is often misunderstood every bit well. One of the misconceptions is that Western Farsi nutrient is non vegetarian friendly which inwards my sentiment is non true. Aside from an array of globally known Western Farsi kabab/kebob dishes, most if non all khoresh - stews tin be prepared without meat. There are also many terrific vegetable dishes such every bit a multifariousness of ash reshteh. Not to mention that there's e'er a platter of sabzi khordan - fresh herbs, every bit an accompaniment to tiffin as well as dinner every solar daytime along with salad as well as torshi - pickled vegetables. Plus nosotros swallow fruits similar there's no tomorrow!

For a healthier version of a traditional bademjan shekam-por you tin bake the eggplant inwards the oven earlier stuffing them or exactly gear upwards the dish the traditional way past times frying the eggplants. Also, inwards the traditional recipe eggplant are peeled fully or partially past times leaving inwards approximately stripes. The selection is yours whether to bake or fry, withdraw the eggplant peel or move out it intact. You may stick to a more traditional recipe or tweak it to your dietary needs as well as preferences. For a vegetarian variation of this dish yous may usage rice instead of set down beef. Bademjan shekam-por could last served every bit a principal dish amongst rice or every bit a side dish/appetizer.

Bademjan Shekam-por - Western Farsi Stuffed Eggplant

Ingredients:
Serves 4

4 medium-sized eggplant, peeled inwards stripes using a vegetable peeler
1/2 pound ground meat (lamb or beef)
1 large onion, chopped
3 medium-sized potatoes, peeled, cubed (small)
1/2 pound fresh greenish beans,  trimmed, cutting into 1-inch pieces
3 medium-sized theater tomatoes, 1 finely diced, 2 sliced
ii large garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon love apple tree paste
1/3 teaspoon turmeric
1/4 teaspoon cumin
H5N1 pinch of cherry-red pepper
Salt as well as pepper to taste
Juice of a lemon
2-3 tablespoons slivered almonds
Olive fossil oil (extra virgin) or vegetable oil
Water

Method:

1. In a large frying pan oestrus 3-4 tablespoons fossil oil over medium-high heat, tyke eggplant until golden brown. Set aside to cool.
2. In a large skillet, add together plenty fossil oil to comprehend the bottom over medium-high heat, sauté the chopped onions until translucent. Add the minced garlic, sauté for a couplet of minutes as well as and therefore add together the turmeric powder, stir. 
3. Add the set down beef as well as brownish until good cooked as well as tender. Add the potatoes, greenish beans, as well as chopped tomatoes respectively as well as sauté each for a few minutes earlier adding another. Add cumin, cherry-red pepper as well as tabular array salt as well as pepper to taste. Sauté all the ingredients together. Stir good as well as add together 1/2 loving cup of water.  Cover as well as arrive at on medium-low oestrus for xl minutes.
4. Once the eggplants are cool plenty to handle, gently cutting opened upwards lengthwise. Sprinkle a pocket-size pinch of tabular array salt into the eggplant as well as amongst a fork gently loosen upwards the within a piffling bit. Generously spoon the mixture into the opened upwards eggplant as well as exceed amongst slivered almonds.
5. In the meantime, oestrus a tablespoon of fossil oil inwards a large pan over medium heat, add together the love apple tree glue to the pan as well as stir well. After a couplet of minutes, accommodate the love apple tree slices inwards unmarried or overlapping layers. Place the stuffed eggplant over the layered tomatoes, add together a loving cup of hot H2O as well as fresh squeezed lemon juice. Cover as well as allow simmer for 15-20 minutes on depression heat.

To serve identify the stuffed eggplant onto a platter amongst rice or warm breadstuff as well as yogurt.

Enjoy!

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