Eggplant Fatteh

Eggplant Fatteh

This Eggplant Fatteh is a Middle Eastern,dish and is vegetarian! It’s one of my favorite recipes to serve because it’s so easy to make and the flavor combinations are SO good. You get the crunch from the pita, eggplant, the garlic and yogurt tahini sauce, tomato sauce. So good! this dish You’ll be making it over and over again!

Eggplant Fatteh

For the Eggplant

• 1 large eggplant
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 onion slice
• 1 fresh jalapeno chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
  For the Pita
• 3 Pita breads, i use flat bread
• 3 tablespoon olive oil
  For the Sauce
• 2 cups plain yogurt
• 1/2 cup tahini
• 2 garlic clove crushed or minced
• 1/2 Lemon, juiced
• pinch salt
  For the tomato sauce:
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed or minced
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 2 cups fresh diced tomatoes
• pinch salt
  For the Garnish
• 2 tablespoon parsley, finely chopped

For the eggplant:

1. Preheat oven to 425 F. eggplant peeled in strips and cut into 1.5 inch cubes. Place the eggplant cubes, chopped jalapeno, slice onion in a single layer on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Toss to coat evenly. Place in the oven and cook for 15 minutes, then flip cubes over and cook 10 minutes or until cooked through and golden brown, set aside.
   For the pita bread:
2. Reduce oven temperature to 350 F. Cut the pita bread into cubes, and sprinkle in a single layer on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Drizzle evenly with olive oil and toss to coat. Cook in the oven for around 10 minutes. until bread is crispy and golden brown.
   For the yogurt sauce:
3. Mix together all the ingredients for the yogurt sauce. Store in the fridge until ready to use.
   For the tomato sauce:
4. In a saucepan over medium heat, add the olive oil. once hot, add the crushed garlic,diced tomatoes,salt and saute for a minute.Simmer for a minute, then remove from heat. Cool completely.
5. Layer the serving dish with the eggplant tomato sauce. Top with the yogurt sauce, pita bread. Garnish with parsley. enjoy.