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Bouranee Baunjaun (Eggplant with Yogurt Sauce)
An Afghan vegetable side dish made up of tomatoes, peppers, onions and fried eggplant topped with a garlicky yogurt sauce.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
2 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 143 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
Afghan
Ingredients
Vegetables
- 4 eggplants
- salt for sweating eggplant
- vegetable oil for frying eggplant
- 1 bell pepper, green or orange sliced into rings
- 2 large, ripe tomatoes peeled and sliced
- ¼ tsp chili powder
Chakah (Garlicky Yogurt Sauce)
- 2 cups plain, unflavored yogurt
- 4 garlic cloves crushed
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Leave skin on eggplants and cut into sliced ½ inch thick.
- Spread on tray and sprinkle slices liberally with salt. Leave for one hour, then dry well with paper towels.
- Pour enough oil into a frying pan to cover base well. Fry the eggplant until browned on each side but not cooked completely.
- Leave to rest on a paper towel covered cookie sheet. Press paper towel into eggplant slices to remove excess oil.
- Once eggplant is fried, add onions to pan and fry until translucent. Remove to another plate.
- Place a layer of eggplant back into the pan. Top with some onion, pepper, and tomato, and then sprinkle with salt and chili powder. Repeat until ingredients are gone.
- Add ¼ cup water, cover pan, and let simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- Combine chakah (yogurt) ingredients. Spread half onto the base of a platter. When vegetables are finished cooking, place vegetables on top of chakah. Then spread the other half of the chakah over the top of the vegetables.
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Notes
- Recipe from The Complete Middle Eastern Cookbook by Tess Mallos.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
143kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
25g
(8%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
3g
(5%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Cholesterol
11mg
(4%)
Sodium
48mg
(2%)
Potassium
974mg
(28%)
Fiber
10g
(40%)
Sugar
17g
(34%)
Vitamin A
1138IU
(23%)
Vitamin C
39mg
(43%)
Calcium
136mg
(14%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 143
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 143kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 11mg | 4% |
| Sodium | 48mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 974mg | 21% |
| Fiber | 10g | 40% |
| Sugar | 17g | 34% |
| Vitamin A | 1138IU | 23% |
| Vitamin C | 39mg | 43% |
| Calcium | 136mg | 14% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.