Recipe of Award-winning Turkish stuffed aubergines with beef and tomatoes (Karniyarik) 🇹🇷

Turkish stuffed aubergines with beef and tomatoes (Karniyarik) 🇹🇷.

You can cook Turkish stuffed aubergines with beef and tomatoes (Karniyarik) 🇹🇷 using 11 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Turkish stuffed aubergines with beef and tomatoes (Karniyarik) 🇹🇷

1. You need 3 of aubergines.
2. It’s 300 g of beef or lamb mince.
3. It’s 200 g of cherry tomatoes.
4. It’s 1 of red onion.
5. Prepare 1 of red pepper.
6. You need 2 cloves of garlic.
7. Prepare 1 tbsp of harissa paste.
8. It’s 1 tsp of cumin.
9. You need 1 bunch of flatleaf parsley.
10. You need 1 bunch of fresh mint.
11. Prepare Handful of cashews.

Turkish stuffed aubergines with beef and tomatoes (Karniyarik) 🇹🇷 instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180c.
2. In a hot pan brown the mince seasoning with salt and pepper. Remove and leave to one side.
3. Slice the aubergines in half.
4. Turn the pan down to a medium heat. And cook the aubergines in olive oil for 8mins it until soft inside.
5. After 8 mins flip and cook for another 8 mins.
6. Meanwhile chop the pepper, onion, chilli, garlic and stalks of the parsley (retain the leaves).
7. Remove the aubergines and place on kitchen towel to soak up excess oil.
8. Turn the heat up and add the harissa paste to the pan.
9. Stir in the chopped vegetables and cook till softened.
10. Chop the tomatoes in half and add to the pan.
11. Chop the parsley and mint leaves.
12. Add the mince and herbs to the pan and stir.
13. Place the aubergines in an oven proof dish. Scrape / mush the insides to make opening. Take care not to pierce the skin.
14. Fill the aubergines with the mince mixture and place in the oven for 15mins.
15. Crush the cashews and top the aubergines. Cook for another 5-10mins.
16. Remove from the oven and serve!.