Festive Georgian Eggplant with Satsivi

A bomb dish that can be prepared in one go! Delicious eggplants with satsivi paste, which will pleasantly surprise you with their taste and will look beautiful on the festive table!
cook time: 10 min
Isla Thatcher
Festive Georgian Eggplant with Satsivi

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

263
Calories
26g
Fat
7g
Carbs
4g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Garlic 3 clove
Salt to taste
Ground hot pepper 0.5 tsp
Walnuts 250 g
Parsley 50 g
Bulb onions 1 pc
Vegetable oil 7 tbsp
Khmeli-suneli 1 tsp
Eggplant 500 g
Saffron 0.5 tsp
Green cilantro 50 g
Grape vinegar 1 tsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Ingredients needed to prepare Georgian eggplant appetizer with satsivi paste.

Step 2

Step 2
Cut the eggplants into strips about one centimeter thick, place them in a convenient container, sprinkle salt on all sides so that the slices give juice and remove the bitterness from them.

Step 3

Step 3
Grind two hundred and fifty grams of walnuts with a blender in a convenient container.

Step 4

Step 4
Add three cloves of garlic, fifty grams of parsley, fifty grams of cilantro, half a teaspoon of red hot pepper, half a teaspoon of saffron, one teaspoon of suneli hops, salt to taste into the container with the walnuts and grind until smooth.

Step 5

Step 5
Roughly chop the onion head.

Step 6

Step 6
Add a head of chopped onion to the container with the previous ingredients, pour in five tablespoons of vegetable oil, chop and get homemade Georgian-style satsivi paste, which we transfer to a plate, then add one teaspoon of grape vinegar.

Step 7

Step 7
Place the eggplants, squeezed out of their juice, and fry them in a frying pan heated on the stove with vegetable oil added to it.

Step 8

Step 8
Fry the eggplants on both sides until golden brown and place all excess fat on a napkin to drain.

Step 9

Step 9
We serve the eggplants beautifully on a plate, combining them with satsivi pasta.

Step 10

Step 10
For contrast, we decorate the prepared eggplant appetizer with Georgian-style satsivi paste with tomato.