Istanbul Literary Review - January 2009 Edition (#13)
Istanbul Literary Review - January 2009 Edition (#13)
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İmam Bayıldı
( Eggplant With Olive Oil )
by
Halime Getir
Ingredients :

- ½ kg eggplant (4 eggplants)
- 3 medium onions
- 3 medium tomatoes
- 3 medium green pepper
- half a bunch of parsley and dill
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 soupspoon vinegar
- 1 teaglass olive oil
- 1 soupspoon corn oil
- Salt and black pepper to taste
Method :

1. Peel the eggplant leaving length-wise bands 2 cm wide and leave them into salt water for 30 minutes.
2. Dry the eggplants and cook them in the mixture of olive oil and corn oil turning them on all sides.
3. Cook the onions which has been cut into very fine rings, and the green pepper with the same oil used in eggplants.
4. Add the chopped parsley, dill, garlic and a tomato and cook them together.
5. Add salt, black pepper and 1 soupspoon vinegar and cook one more minute.
6. Place the eggplants side by side in a baking dish.
7. Split the eggplants lengthwise and remove some of the seeds if necessary, spreading the two halves apart.
8. In the cavity, put the mixture of onion, garlic and the other filling.
9. Place the remaining tomatoes on top of the dish.
10. Place in a warm oven for 30 minutes.
11. Serve when cool.

Istanbul Literary Review - January 2009 Edition (#13)
Halime Getir
Turkey
halime@ilrmagazine.net
Istanbul Literary Review - January 2009 Edition (#13)