RECIPE / Roasted eggplant with yogurt and curry sauce

We share this recipe with you from one of our favorite chefs, Yotam Ottolenghi

A quick, gourmet and healthy recipe, perfect to satisfy your irresistible cravings for pregnant women.

Ingredients for 4 persons) :

• 3 large eggplants or 4 medium (1.1 kg)
• 100ml peanut oil
• 200 g pasteurized Greek yoghurt
• ¼ tsp. turmeric powder
• 1 lime: 1 tsp. coffee zest and 2 tbsp. coffee juice
• 2 tbsp. teaspoon curry powder
• 1 chopped onion (150g)
• 30g slivered almonds
• ½ tsp. teaspoon roasted and lightly crushed cumin seeds
• ½ tsp. teaspoon coriander seeds, lightly crushed and roasted
• 40 g pomegranate seeds
• salt and black pepper

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C (convection heat).
2. Using a vegetable peeler, peel the aubergines, omitting every other strip of skin to create vertical stripes. Cut them into 2 cm thick slices that you will place in a salad bowl. Add 70 ml of oil, ½ tsp. coffee salt, a good dose of pepper and mix.
3. Spread the slices on a large lined baking sheet and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until golden brown. Take out of the oven and let cool.
4. In a mixing bowl, mix the yogurt with the turmeric, the lime juice, 1 tbsp. coffee curry, 1 good pinch of salt and a few turns of the pepper mill. Reserve in the fridge until needed.
5. Put the 2 tbsp. tablespoons remaining oil, heat in a large skillet over medium-high heat, then sauté the onion for 8 minutes, stirring regularly, until tender and well coloured. Add the remaining curry, the almonds, 1 pinch of salt and continue cooking for 2 minutes, until the almonds brown.
6. When serving, arrange the eggplant slices in a rosette on a large serving platter or directly on the plates, then drizzle with the yogurt sauce. Sprinkle with fried onions, cumin and coriander seeds, pomegranate seeds, lime zest and serve.

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