Eggplant gratin is a delicious dish in which eggplant, tomato and cheese are layered out and baked. The top layer of cheese and breadcrumbs gives the perfect crusty taste to it.
Ingredients
Eggplants: 2 big
Onion: 2 medium chopped
Tomatoes: 5-6 large chopped
Capsicum: 1 medium finely chopped
Garlic: 3 cloves finely chopped
Dried Oregano: 1 tsp
Dried Basil: 1 tsp
Pepper Powder: 1 tsp
Cheddar Cheese: 2 cups grated
Parmesan Cheese: 1 cup grated
Bread Crumbs: ½ cup
Olive oil: ¼ cup
Salt: to taste
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Grease a baking tray with olive oil.
Cut the eggplant into circular slices of ½ inch thickness.
Apply olive oil to eggplant slices and place on baking tray.
Bake the eggplant for 20 minutes turning in between.
Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a pan. Add onion and garlic and stir fry till translucent.
Add capsicum and stir fry for 2 minutes.
Add tomatoes and stir fry till soft.
Add oregano, basil, ½ tsp pepper powder and salt to taste. Mix well.
Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease a baking bowl.
Add a layer of tomato mixture followed by a layer of eggplants. Add a layer of cheddar cheese on top ( around 1 cup).
Repeat to make another such layer of tomato, eggplant and cheddar cheese. The last such layer should be of tomato.
Cover with aluminium foil and bake in oven for 45 minutes.
In the meanwhile, mix together parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, ½ tsp pepper powder and 3 tsp oil.
After 45 minutes, remove the gratin out of the oven. Put a layer of the parmesan-bread crumbs mixture on top of it and bake for another 20 minutes uncovered. Serve hot.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/eggplant-gratin/