Dried eggplants are also called “helep”.
What are the Ingredients for Helep Stuffing?
250 g minced meat
1 cup of rice
1 tablespoon of mint
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon butter
1 tea glass of oil
2 lemons
1 teaspoon black pepper
Half a tea glass of vinegar
3 small onions
4 glasses of water
salt
25 pcs.
10 glasses of water
How to Make Stuffed Helep
Hollowed out and dried eggplants (Helep) are boiled in plenty of water. Melt the oil in a pan, add finely chopped onions and fry until they turn pink. Then add minced meat and washed rice and mix a few times. Then add oil, mint, tomato paste, black pepper and salt and mix again. After a minute, add a glass of water and squeeze a lemon and wait until the juice is absorbed. The stuffing prepared inside the boiled heleps is filled with the help of a spoon. It is placed in a flat and narrow-sided pot. Add 3 glasses of water, boil for half an hour, add vinegar as soon as it is taken off the heat, and serve while hot.
Source: Kadriye KOÇ (GÜDÜL), Ankara Governorship, Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate, Ankara Foods (2012)
Source: Ankara Local Flavors, Ankara Governorship Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate
