🇸🇾 Syria cuisine · #10

Makdous

Makdous
Time60 min
Serves20
Ingredients6

Baby aubergines stuffed with walnuts, red pepper and garlic, preserved in olive oil for weeks — a staple of every Syrian pantry.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Boil the aubergines for 10 minutes until soft.
  2. Slit each one, salt the inside and press under a weight for a full day to drain.
  3. Mix walnuts, pepper, garlic and salt and stuff the aubergines.
  4. Pack into jars, cover with oil and wait two weeks before eating.