A few days ago, Zobayda shared an Iranian recipe for eggplant dip with me on Telegram.
It's super easy. All you need are eggplants, garlic, tomatoes, oil, salt and black pepper.
First of all, I didn't grill the eggplants as it was mentioned in the YouTube video. I baked them in the oven. Yesterday, I baked a cake so I put the eggplants in the oven at the same time to save gas and time. Right after I turned off the oven, I realized that I forgot to bake the garlic as well. So I used fresh garlic for the recipe.
I also didn't have canned tomatoes. I cut four tomatoes into small pieces. After frying the garlic in some oil, I stirred the tomatoes with some salt and black pepper, then I added the peeled, roughly mashed eggplants. I didn't have a masher so the eggplant dip didn't look as smoothly as the one in the video.
However , it tasted and smelled so good.
In the video, the eggplant dip was served with eggs. I might try it with eggs a la Egyptian, well-stirred eggs fried on both sides. Or I might have it with the leftover potatoes with minced meat.
Next time, I will add tahini and vinegar to the eggplant, and maybe squeeze half a lemon on it. Yummy!
Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe, Zobayda!
Here's the link for your reference.
I shouldn't read these posts, they always make me hungry, haha. About the title, you might like to read this article. In Spain, we still use "a la" to name certain dishes, although every country and culture is different. You actually wrote it in Spanish as "a la". In French, it's "à la", and in Italian, it's "alla". Delicious post!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-does-a-la-mode-mean?utm
I've never heard eggplants dip before, and I'd love to give it a try! Thank you for the recipe, both ZZ and Zobayda!
Thanks for the interesting article, @Coral! I wish we were closer to each other, I'd share my meals with you! :))
I wanted to use A la in one of my previous posts on Yumi recipes but I wasn't sure whether it was correct until Oli suggested it. From now on, you will read a lot of" a la Yumi, a la Zobayda and a la Zeeza". :)))
Thanks, @yumiyumayume! I hope you will like it!