Originally finally chopped cubed meat is used (mostly lamb meat) with sheep tail fat. But if you want to make it easily at home ground meat is a good option too. You can serve as a side dish Turkish Rice Pilaf too.
400gr.ground meatIf you want you can use finely chopped cubed meat, lamb or beef
2tbspbutter
2green pepper
1/2sweet red pepper
1/2tbspeach tomato and red pepper paste
salt
red pepper and ground black pepper to taste
3-4tbsphot water if needed
To serve:
chopped parsley
Instructions
Preparing Eggplant Base:
For the eggplant base; choose the eggplants that soft and thick, roast them after pricking couple of times with a knife. When they change colors, turn the eggplants and continue to cook until soft.
After roasting the eggplants, let them cool a little bit. But don’t wait too much, sometimes they get dark in color. After a while take the flesh out with help of a knife and a spoon.
If eggplants get juicy, just scoop out some of it to make it thick. And then chop the eggplants finely with a big knife.
After the chopping, add eggplants in the pan that include some olive oil and garlic mixture. And then stir everything about 1 minute, not too much.
And now mix the eggplant base with some plain yogurt. Add yogurt slowly. Because yogurt is cold, base is hot. And our eggplant kebab base is ready.
Cooking Meat Topping:
Cook the ground meat in some butter and olive oil. While meat is cooking, cut the peppers. And add them into the pan.
After sautéing the peppers, add tomato and hot red pepper paste. Cook 3-4 minutes. And then add spices; ground red pepper, red pepper flakes, black pepper and salt. To help the mixture soften, add some hot water. And cook for 5 minutes, the meat mixture is done.
Assembling Eggplant Kebab Base and Meat
You could serve Eggplant Kebab Alinazik directly to the plates. But to show you, I served it to a big plate in the center. First spread the smooth and yummy eggplant base. And for the top, add the meat kebab with its sauce.
Also, you can serve as a side dish Turkish Rice Pilaf and Ezme Salad too. And our Eggplant Kebab Alinazik is ready to enjoy!