Hiya
This is an easy recipe (especially if you use a pressure cooker). It's Middle Eastern.
1. Beef (in cubes with fat removed) - about 600gms (or more if u like more meat)
2. 2 medium sized eggplants chopped up into cubes (about 1 inch)
3. A big onion sliced into long pieces (about 1/2 cm across).
4. salt and pepper
5. 3 cups of burghul
You can make the same recipe in a normal pot but will need to adjust times for it as I use a pressure cooker.
- Brown beef in some olive oil in the pressure cooker pan (or a normal pot). Once it is cooked a bit add the onions and continue cooking it for a further couple of minutes
- Add 3 cups of water, about 1 heaped tsp of salt (or however much you like) and 1 tsp of pepper (or more).
- Put the pressure cooker lid on, put it on for 8-10 minutes and then release the pressure when it is done and open it up.
- Whilst the meat is cooking, get a heavy based pan and put that on low-medium and melt some butter (1-2 tbsp) or olive oil if u want to be healthier. Add the eggplant and mix it in the butter (the eggplant absorbs the oil/butter so add a bit more if it is going to burn). Cook it so it gets a nice golden colour on the outside.
- Once you take the lid off the pressure cooker, add in the eggplant, an extra 2 cups of water and the 3 cups of burghul. Mix it up and put the lid back on and pressure cook for a further 5 minutes.
If you did this is a normal pot you would probably cook the meat for 1/2 an hour, add in the eggplant and burghul and cook for about 15 minutes further till the burghul is cooked (you would probably need an extra cup of water for a normal pot too as burghul is usually 2 cups of water to 1 cup of burghul).
Eat this with yoghurt and cucumber mix
- peel and slice up the cucumber into small pieces (you don't need to peel it if u don't want to)
- add to yoghurt
- put salt and a bit of crushed garlic (or garlic powder if u have no fresh garlic) to taste
- I also add a bit of red chilli powder and some cumin and a little bit of water to thin the yoghurt just slightly
The yoghurt/cucumber is a must for this dish.
Enjoy! And please excuse my bad recipe skills!
This is an easy recipe (especially if you use a pressure cooker). It's Middle Eastern.
1. Beef (in cubes with fat removed) - about 600gms (or more if u like more meat)
2. 2 medium sized eggplants chopped up into cubes (about 1 inch)
3. A big onion sliced into long pieces (about 1/2 cm across).
4. salt and pepper
5. 3 cups of burghul
You can make the same recipe in a normal pot but will need to adjust times for it as I use a pressure cooker.
- Brown beef in some olive oil in the pressure cooker pan (or a normal pot). Once it is cooked a bit add the onions and continue cooking it for a further couple of minutes
- Add 3 cups of water, about 1 heaped tsp of salt (or however much you like) and 1 tsp of pepper (or more).
- Put the pressure cooker lid on, put it on for 8-10 minutes and then release the pressure when it is done and open it up.
- Whilst the meat is cooking, get a heavy based pan and put that on low-medium and melt some butter (1-2 tbsp) or olive oil if u want to be healthier. Add the eggplant and mix it in the butter (the eggplant absorbs the oil/butter so add a bit more if it is going to burn). Cook it so it gets a nice golden colour on the outside.
- Once you take the lid off the pressure cooker, add in the eggplant, an extra 2 cups of water and the 3 cups of burghul. Mix it up and put the lid back on and pressure cook for a further 5 minutes.
If you did this is a normal pot you would probably cook the meat for 1/2 an hour, add in the eggplant and burghul and cook for about 15 minutes further till the burghul is cooked (you would probably need an extra cup of water for a normal pot too as burghul is usually 2 cups of water to 1 cup of burghul).
Eat this with yoghurt and cucumber mix
- peel and slice up the cucumber into small pieces (you don't need to peel it if u don't want to)
- add to yoghurt
- put salt and a bit of crushed garlic (or garlic powder if u have no fresh garlic) to taste
- I also add a bit of red chilli powder and some cumin and a little bit of water to thin the yoghurt just slightly
The yoghurt/cucumber is a must for this dish.
Enjoy! And please excuse my bad recipe skills!
