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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cut the eggplants in half lengthwise, score their flesh in a crisscross pattern, and sprinkle salt on the cut surfaces. | 2. Lay them face down in a colander to allow the bitter juices to drain. | 3. After 1/2 hour, squeeze them, rinse them in cold water, squeeze again, and pat dry. | 4. Saute the onion in 1/4 cup olive oil until softened. | 5. Add the parsley and basil. | 6. Remove the onions from the skillet and combine them with the tomatoes. Salt to taste. | 7. Oil a large baking pan and preheat the oven to 350°F. | 8. Heat a Tbsp of olive oil and a Tbsp butter in the skillet. | 9. Saute the garlic and bread crumbs, stirring constantly, until the oil is evenly distributed, there are no lumps, and hte crumbs are golden brown. Salt to taste. | 10. Rub the eggplant halves with a little oil and lightly salt them. | 11. Mound each half with the vegetable mixture and top with the bread crumb. | 12. Add enough water to barely cover the bottom of the baking pan, arrange the stuffed eggplants, and cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil. | 13. Bake for 1 hour. Remove the foil an bake for another 20 minutes, until browned. | 14. Garnish each eggplant half with a lemon wedge. | 15. Serve with Rice Pilav with Orzo or Bulhur Pilav. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
eggplant	3			-	-	-	-
onion	3	cups	chopped	192.0	44.832	5.28	0.48
olive oil	1/4	cup		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
parsley	1	cup	chopped	21.6	3.798	1.7819999999999998	0.474
basil	1/2	cup	chopped	2.76	0.318	0.37799999999999995	0.0768
tomato	4 -5		chopped ripe	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt				-	-	-	-
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
butter	1	tablespoon		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
garlic clove	2		pressed	-	-	-	-
wheat bread crumb	2	cups		-	-	-	-
lemon	2		cut	2.5617	0.8233	0.0972	0.0265

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