Description
Mirza Ghasemi is a garlicky smoked eggplant, tomato, and egg dish from the north of Iran. Can be used as a dip or on rice as a main course.
Ingredients
- 5 medium Eggplants (long and thin eggplants *See Note 1)
- 3 large Tomatoes (*See Note 2)
- 1 full head of Garlic (*See Note 3)
- 1 tbsp Tomato Paste
- 3 Eggs
- Salt and Black Pepper
Instructions
Cue Up The Episode!
- Make sure you listen to Haniyeh's episode of The Storied Recipe Podcast, What is Home, while you make her amazing Mirza Ghasemi.
Make The Recipe
- Grill the eggplants to the point their flesh gets soft and their peel burns. It gives them a beautiful smoky taste.
- Clean the burned peels off and chop the flesh to small pieces.
- If using fresh tomatoes, put them in the hot water for two minutes then take the skin off, chop them and put aside.
- Heat a large skillet or cast iron skillet on the stove and add two tbsp olive oil. Chop the garlic and add them to the oil. Stir so they don’t burn. Once they start to get yellowish add the eggplants and tomatoes and mix well. Then add the tomato paste and mix well. Finally, add the salt and pepper, reduce the heat to low, and let them cook together for 10-15 minutes till the water gets reduced.
- Make a well in the center and add the eggs. Once they start to firm up, mix well with the rest of the ingredients.
- Serve with flatbread or rice and enjoy!
Notes
- Note 1: Preferably the long and sweet kind (Graffiti Eggplants), but if you can't find them you can use the typical Globe eggplants
- Note 2: Can use fresh or canned tomatoes or substitute for one can of tomato puree.
- Note 3: If you don't want to use a full head of garlic, you can reduce it to 5-6 cloves to your taste but not less.
- Make sure you listen to Haniyeh's episode of The Storied Recipe Podcast, What is Home, while you make her amazing Mirza Ghasemi.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Cuisine: Persian
Nutrition
- Calories: 110
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 48
- Fat: 2
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 20
- Fiber: 9
- Protein: 6
- Cholesterol: 61