Chickpea Stuffed Eggplants with Tzatziki
WITH Jazmyn McKinnie
Dinner/Lunch • 45 mins • Serves: 4 • Cost: $18.50 approx. ($4.70/serve)
INGREDIENTS
- 2 eggplants
- 1 cucumber
- 2 tomato
- 1 red onion
- 1 lemon
- ¼ cup dill
- ¼ cup olives
- 1 can diced tomatoes, drained
- 1 can chickpeas
- ½ cup Greek yoghurt
- 1 block (200g) feta (or 1 cup grated hard low-fat cheese)
- extra virgin olive oil
METHOD
- Pre-heat oven to 180oC, line baking tray.
- Slice eggplant in half, and slice diagonal lines across each eggplant face (approx. 1cm deep).
- Bake for 20min.
- Meanwhile, heat pan over medium heat with olive oil.
- Add canned tomatoes, chickpeas, olives, season with salt & pepper and cook for 5mins.
- Scoop out centre of eggplants leaving about a 1cm rim, then add eggplant flesh to tomato mixture.
- Spoon the tomato mixture into eggplant boats then sprinkle with crumbled feta.
- Bake for 20min.
- Salad: dice cucumber, tomato and red onion, then drizzle olive oil, squeeze half a lemon, season with salt & pepper.
- Tzatziki: Finely chop dill, mix with Greek yoghurt and a big squeeze of lemon juice.
Serve!