Makdous

Name: Makdous
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Syrian
Ingredients: 1 kg baby aubergines; 2 cups chopped walnuts; 2 tbsp crushed garlic; 1 tbsp hot red pepper paste; 1 tsp chilli and 2 tbsp coarse salt; 1 cup olive oil to cover

Baby aubergines stuffed with walnut, garlic and chilli and kept under olive oil — every quantity in grams, calories per serving.

250kcal9 gprotein60 minPrep

Per serving · 100 g

250

kcal

9 g

protein

32 g

carbs

9 g

fat

Prep: 60 minServes: 14Whole dish: 1400 gWhole dish energy: 3500 kcal

Ingredients

1 kg baby aubergines1000 g
2 cups chopped walnuts240 g
2 tbsp crushed garlic30 g
1 tbsp hot red pepper paste18 g
1 tsp chilli and 2 tbsp coarse salt30 g
1 cup olive oil to cover220 g

Whole dish: 1400 g

Method

1
Boil the aubergines in salted water for about ten minutes until yielding but whole, then drain and press out the water.
2
Slit each one down one side, salt the inside and leave them upside down overnight to drain.
3
Mix the walnuts with garlic, red pepper paste, chilli and salt.
4
Stuff each aubergine with a spoon of the mixture and pack them tightly into a clean dry jar.
5
Cover completely with olive oil, seal, and leave for a week before eating.

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100 g · 250 kcal

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