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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Pre-heat oven to 250C/495F/Gas 9. | 2. Grease a large oven to table dish - or a roasting dish with a little of the olive oil. | 3. Rinse the lentils under cold running water. Drain and place in a saucepan with the water and garlic. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. The consistency should be thick because this will be stuffed in the aubergines. | 4. Cut the aubergines in half lengthways & bake them in the pre-heated oven for about 20 - 30 minutes. Leave them to cool and scoop out most of the flesh and keep it aside for stuffing, leaving an inch thick border to form a shell. | 5. Whilst the aubergines are cooking, heat the olive oil in a frying pan, add the onions, tomatoes and fry gently for 5 minutes. Chop the scooped aubergine flesh and add to the pan with spices. Cook gently for another 5 minutes. Now add the lentils, tomato puree,all the spices & salt and pepper to taste. | 6. Spoon the mixture into the shells. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. | 7. Make the minted cumin yoghurt whilst the aubergines are baking; add the cumin and mint to the yoghurt & mix well. Put it into an attractive dish and garnish with a sprig of fresh mint. | 8. Serve the aubergines hot or cold, topped with the minted cumin yoghurt and an extra sprinkling of cayenne pepper if you need an extra "kick"! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
aubergine	3		trimmed	-	-	-	-
lentil	200			16324.0	3409.56	1379.84	84.7
water	750			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
garlic clove	2 -4		peeled crushed	-	-	-	-
olive oil	1 -2	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
onion	2		chopped	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
tomato	4		ripe chopped canned	167.44	37.128	8.736	1.456
tomato puree	1	tablespoon		5.9375	1.4031	0.2578	0.0328
cayenne pepper	1 -2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cumin	2	teaspoons	ground	15.75	1.8581	0.748	0.9353
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
chili powder	1	teaspoon		7.614	1.3419	0.3634	0.3856
salt				-	-	-	-
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
natural greek yogurt	500	ml		-	-	-	-
mint	2	tablespoons	chopped	5.016	0.9587	0.3751	0.0832
cumin	2	teaspoons	ground	15.75	1.8581	0.748	0.9353
mint sprig				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.