egg plant parmesan

this is basically the recipe i got from amy's food blog....she writes recipes much better than i do giving right proportions and quantities...so u better check it out here

i ll give u the whole procedure in steps and i ll write what modifications i have done to suit the situation

step one :
chop egg plant horizontally each piece being around 1/3rd inch..
apply salt and let the egg plant sweat for 30 min...drain the excess water away






finely chop tomatoes and onions....make a paste of at least 2 tomatoes for the sauce...u can crush onions to paste form too if u like ur sauce smooth....
u ll also need to crush 2 cloves of garlic...grate the cheese...





step 2
saute onions carrot celery and garlic in olive oil..add tomato paste and chopped tomatoes.....let it simmer for ten minutes....i didnt add carrots and celery which was in the original as i didnt have them at home...i added coriander instead...and added ginger chilly paste too as i found the sauce too bland...add dried oregano or italian seasoning mix to the sauce




i shallow fried the egg plant pieces in olive oil till they were golden brown....basically till they were well cooked and knife went thru easily





the end result : YUMMY :)

cover the base of pan with red sauce...then arrange egg plant pieces over it...again put a layer of sauce and cheese...repeat...the last layer should always be of red sauce and cheese

enjoy with garlic bread....spagetti or pasta......or just bread and butter

Comments

Tanvi said…
hmm.. Looks yummy.. If only I liked eggplant.. Btw, my dad really likes eggplant parm..
Unknown said…
Wow! Rhythm... this looks yummy! My recipe was similar but as I said, I needed to tweak the recipe to suit the very traditional Saraswat palates in my house! I will try this recipe soon though. If you have any good bamboo shoot recipes then please let me know.