Alinazik is a dish from the cuisine of south-eastern Turkey, more specifically from Gaziantep. It consists mainly of mashed aubergine and balls of minced meat or meat cut into small pieces and cooked and grilled. The meat can be varied, although it is usually made with lamb, which is more flavoursome. It is a dish that is highly appreciated throughout Turkey and especially in the south-eastern provinces, constituting a main course in itself.
Ingredients for 8 people
- 250 g minced meat
- 1 onion
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 green pepper
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon of pepper
- 2 teaspoons of salt
For the aubergine purée
- 6 aubergines
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1 glass of natural yoghurt
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 tablespoon of parsley
- 1 teaspoon of salt
To prepare the sauce
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1 teaspoon of pepper
Preparation
Peel and chop the onion, and wash and chop the pepper. Also cut the tomatoes into very small pieces. Then prepare a frying pan with a little oil in which you will fry the minced meat first and then the onion; when the onion is becoming transparent, add the green peppers and the chopped tomatoes, the pepper, the salt, and mix everything well and leave it to cook in the pan for about 10 minutes over a low heat.
Once done, peel and finely chop the garlic cloves, and mix them with the natural yoghurt. This is the yoghurt sauce, very simple to make and a very popular ingredient in Turkish cuisine. Peel and cut the aubergines and roast them in the oven for about 10 minutes at about 150 ºC until they are soft enough. Then, in a frying pan with some butter, fry the aubergines for 2-3 minutes, adding salt. When they are ready, add the yoghurt sauce that we have prepared and mix well.
Arrange the aubergines in a dish, placing the minced meat that you prepared at the beginning in the centre, and pour over the sauce that you will have made by heating the butter and adding the pepper. Garnish with chopped parsley and… It’s ready to serve.
Afiyet olsun! (Bon appetit!)
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