There are a lot of variants of this dish; nevertheless the main ingredients – eggplants, garlic and mayonnaise – are always the same. This cooking of this appetizer won’t take long therefore it can be served piping hot.
Ingredients
Eggplant 3 pieces
Tomatoes 2 pieces
Garlic 3 clove
Mayonnaise 200 *Choose*
Verdure to taste
Stages of cooking
1
Wash the eggplant, trim off the stem end, and slice the eggplant lengthwise. Season each side with salt.
2
Fry every slice from two sides in the frying pan. Put them onto paper napkin to get rid of the oil’s excesses.
3
Mince the garlic; then mix it with mayonnaise.
4
Brush one side of fried slice with mayonnaise-garlic sauce; then put the tomato’s piece onto the slice’s end and roll it up, beginning with a tomato’s end. The sauce and tomato should be inside the roll.
5
Cool and dress with herbs before serving.
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