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Aubergines cooked in tomato sauce (vegan).
Name - Recipe
Μελιντζάνες γιαχνί. Aubergines yahni are cooked with onions and tomato sauce (Babiniotis 2005, article yahni, 415).
1 kg of aubergines
2 onions
olive oil
2 cups of tomato juice
3 cloves of garlic
cinnamon
salt
Wash the aubergines, clean them and cut them in half or into slices. Put them in a bowl with water and salt and leave them for 15 minutes. Peel and cut the onions in thin slices. In a saucepan, heat the oil and add the aubergines, a few at a time, until they are golden brown. Remove them from the saucepan and add the onions to sauté them. Transfer the aubergines back to the pan, add the tomato juice, garlic, cinnamon, salt and pepper and leave until the sauce is reduced (water is absorbed or evaporates).
Sautéing.
Frying.
Cooking in a pot.
Additional information and bibliography
See article on aubergines in the FOOD section.
Babiniotis G. (2005), Dictionary of the Modern Greek Language. With comments on the correct use of words. Interpretative, Orthographic, Etymological, Synonyms-Ansonyms, Main Names, Scientific Terms, Acronyms, Centre for Lexicology, Athens.
Testimony of Sotiroula Kyriakou, 56 years old, Dymes - Limassol, in Kourri and Lazarou 2007, unpublished data.
Kourri P. and Lazarou S. (eds.) (2007), Traditional recipes of the village of Kyperounda (unpublished data).
Stalo Lazarou, Argyro Xenophontos
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