Baked Eggplant with Warm Quinoa Tabbouleh

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Isn’t this some great weather outside the last couple of days?! It seems as if we skipped spring and went directly to summer. I enjoy those warm evenings in my hammock and hope that there will be a lot more of these days this year!

When it is this warm outside, people enjoy light meals much more than heavy ones. This is the perfect dish for that. Mostly I buy eggplants to make vegan herring in yoghurt sauce, but this time I baked it.

I was planning to fill the eggplant, but then was too lazy and made a tabbouleh salad from the quinoa for the filling. I spread some left-over wild garlic pesto on the eggplant of the second serving, which also tasted great.

I wish you a sunny day and enjoy this dish!

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Baked Eggplant with Warm Quinoa Tabbouleh

 

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25 m

 

Autor/Author: Rina

Gang/Type: Main Dish

Ergibt/Yield: 2 Servings

Zutaten/Ingredients

For the eggplant:

• 1 big eggplant
• 2 tbsp garlic oil - alternatively oil and crushes garlic
• salt
• smoked paprika powder
• cumin
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For the quinoa tabbouleh:

• 1 cup (240 ml) quinoa
• 2 cups water
• 2 hands full cherry tomatoes
• 1/4 bunch parsley
• 2 tbsp herb vinegar
• 1 tbsp oil
• salt
• pepper
• cumin

Zubereitung/Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 180° C (360° F) and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
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3. Halve the eggplant and deeply cut the pulp cross-wise. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Then drizzle over the garlic oil and sprinkle over the spices. Bake for another 10 minutes.
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5. While the eggplant is baking, bring the quinoa and water to boil and let simmer for 10 minutes. Then turn off the stove and let well for 5 minutes.
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7. Quarter the tomatoes and chop the parsley. Combine all ingredients for the tabbouleh and season to taste with the spices. Serve with the eggplant.

Tipps/Notes

Don't be thrifty with the spices to make the eggplant taste best.

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