Patlican Musakka Recipe – Afyonkarahisar

Ingredients

1 kg medium sized eggplant
2 cups oil
250 g minced meat
1.5 cups of chickpeas (boiled, peeled and cut in half)
Half bunch of parsley
2 medium onions
2 tomatoes
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of black pepper

How It Is Made

Eggplants are peeled and cut into thin rounds. Eggplants, which are kept in salt water to absorb the bitterness, are dried and fried in oil. Minced meat, diced onions and peppers are roasted in a pot. Add finely chopped tomatoes, salt and black pepper and continue roasting. After taking it off the heat, add chickpeas into the mixture and mix. First, a few horizontally cut round tomato slices are placed in a pot. The prepared mortar is spread on it. Fried eggplants are placed on top. After adding water close to the surface of the eggplants, they are cooked over low heat. When the food is cooked, it is turned upside down on a tray. It is served garnished with parsley.

Source: Afyonkarahisar Local Flavors, Afyonkarahisar Governorship Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate Promotional Publications, Ankara 2018