Vegan Palestinian Eggplant Fatteh
A classic middle eastern dish made of eggplant, pita and a yogurt sauce. It starts with a layer of roasted soft eggplant, tangy yoghurt sauce, a crunchy layer of pita bread, and topped with crispy chickpeas, parsley and olive oil.
Ingredients
- 1 large eggplant sliced in cubes
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2-3 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 1.5-2 cups plain yogurt
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2-3 whole wheat pitas / pita chips I used Indian rotis which worked perfectly well too
- Chopped fresh parsely optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C and bake the eggplant in a generous drizzle of olive oil and some salt.
- Cut up pita bread and toast them in the oven to make pita chips.
- In a separate bowl mix the yoghurt, minced garlic and lemon juice.
- When ready to serve, layer the yoghurt mix over the roasted eggplant, then the pita chips (you can also layer them on the bottom), top with roasted chickpeas and fresh parsley!
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