List of eggplant dishes facts for kids

Stir-fried eggplant

This is a list of eggplant dishes. This list includes dishes in which the main ingredient or one of the essential ingredients is eggplant. Eggplant or aubergine is used in the cuisine of many countries. It is often stewed, as in the French ratatouille, or deep fried as in the Italian parmigiana di melanzane, the Turkish karnıyarık or Turkish and Greek musakka/moussaka, and Middle-Eastern and South Asian dishes. Eggplants can also be battered before deep-frying and served with a sauce made of tahini and tamarind. In Iranian cuisine, it is blended with whey as kashk e-bademjan, tomatoes as mirza ghasemi or made into stew as khoresh-e-bademjan. It can be sliced and deep-fried, then served with plain yogurt, (optionally) topped with a tomato and garlic sauce, such as in the Turkish dish patlıcan kızartması (meaning: fried aubergines) or without yogurt as in patlıcan şakşuka. Perhaps the best-known Turkish eggplant dishes are imam bayıldı (vegetarian) and karnıyarık (with minced meat).

Eggplant dishes

Fried aubergine

Karnıyarık is a Turkish dish consisting of eggplant stuffed with a mix of sautéed chopped onions, garlic, black pepper, tomatoes, parsley and ground meat.

Rollatini is an Italian-style dish usually made with thin slices of eggplant that are dusted in wheat flour or lightly breaded, covered with ricotta and often other cheeses and seasonings, then rolled up and baked.

• Ajapsandali
• Alinazik kebab
• Baba ghanoush
• Badrijani
• Baghara baingan
• Baingan bharta
• Beguni
• Berenjenas de Almagro, a pickled aubergine characteristic of "Manchega" cuisine from the Castile-La Mancha region of Spain, specifically from Almagro, a city in the Ciudad Real province of Spain.
• Bruschetta
• Cacciatore
• Caponata
• Confit byaldi
• Dahi baigana
• Di san xian
• Eggplant parmigiana - Sicilian oven-baked dish consisting of eggplant, Parmesan cheese, mozzarella and tomato sauce
• Eggplant salads and appetizers – includes many dishes from various cultures
• Escalivada
• Fried aubergine
• Garlic sauce
• Hünkârbeğendi
• İmam bayıldı
• Karnıyarık
• Kashk bademjan
• Kyopolou
• Lasagna
• Malidzano
• Mesa’ah - Egyptian fried eggplant made with tomato sauce, garlic, and onions; eaten cold
• Mirza ghassemi
• Moussaka
• Parmigiana
• Pasta
• Pasta alla Norma
• Patlıcan kebabı

Patlıcanlı kebap

• Patlıcanlı kebap
• Pinđur
• Pisto
• Pizza
• Poqui poqui
• Ratatouille
• Rellenong talong
• Rollatini
• Sabich
• Stuffed eggplant

Tepsi baytinijan

• Tepsi baytinijan – an Iraqi casserole dish consisting of eggplants, which are sliced and fried before placing in a baking dish, accompanied with meatballs, tomatoes, onions and garlic.
• Terong Balado
• Tortang talong
• Tombet
• Türlü
• Zaalouk
• Zacuscă

• Eggplant dishes
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  Baba ghanoush is a Levantine dish of cooked eggplant mixed with onions, tomatoes, olive oil and various seasonings, served here with pita bread.

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  Berenjenas de Almagro: Seasoned and pickled Almagro eggplant from Spain

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  Grilled aubergine from Japanese cuisine

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  Kyopolou is a popular Bulgarian and Turkish relish made principally from roasted eggplants and garlic.

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  Melanzane alla parmigiana is an Italian oven-baked dish consisting of aubergine, Parmesan cheese, mozzarella and tomato sauce.

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  Pasta alla Norma is a classic pasta dish in Sicilian cuisine from Catania

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  Badımcan dolması (stuffed eggplant) from Azerbaijan, together with tomato and bell pepper dolmas

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  Undhiyu is a mixture of a variety of different vegetables from Indian cuisine

See also

• List of vegetable dishes
• List of foods