Ratatouille is known as a French food, but Azeri cuisine has 3 different way and name of this food: 1st is called "Badimjan Govurmasi" means Stir Fry Eggplant, 2nd "Ajab-Sandal" which is sliced and steam cooked vegetables, and 3rd is Fried Aubergine. Stir Fry Eggplant always serves with garlic-yogurt sauce. All this 3 recipes almost uses same ingredients. I'm going to briefly write all 3 recipes and cooking instructions.
Badimjan Govurmasi
Ingredients: 3 medium size aubergines, 3 green peppers, 5 tomatoes, 1 yellow or white onions, 2 potatoes, 3 tbs olive oil, 1 ts salt, 1/2 ts black ground pepper and 1 ts sour grape juice for taste, 2 cups yogurt and 3 cloves garlic.
Cooking direction: aubergines, peppers, tomatoes, onion need to peeled, washed and cut into cube sizes. Aubergine skin can be totally peeled or some stripes or with skin, it's up to you. Add all cut vegetables to deep fry pan add salt, oil, pepper and 120 - 150 ml water and let it cook in medium temperature for 15 minutes, then add peeled, washed and small cut potatoes, sour grape juice and let it cook 20 more minutes. In separate dish mix mashed garlic and yogurt with salt and some water. Add sauce as garnishing when you serve food. It can be served with bread aside.
Ajab-Sandal
Ingredients: 3 medium size aubergines, 4 green peppers, 5 tomatoes, 2 yellow or white onions, 3 potatoes, 4 tbs olive oil, 1 ts salt, 1/2 ts black ground pepper, 1/2 bunch of basil.
Cooking direction: All vegetables need to wash and cut into flat slices, then start to make layers from each vegetables and after each 5 layers (it's 5 layer, because we have 5 type of vegetables it means each of them one layer) add salt, pepper and chopped basil, then again start other layer until you finish all vegetables and on the top add oil and 100 ml water. This food can be cooked on stove top dish or in oven safe dish in oven. It needs to be cooked for 20-25 minutes.
Fried Aubergine
Ingredients: 3 medium size aubergines, 4 green peppers, 5 tomatoes, 2 yellow or white onions, 3 potatoes, 4 tbs olive oil, 1 ts salt, 1/2 ts black ground pepper, 1/2 bunch of basil and 3 cloves garlic.
Cooking direction: All vegetables need to wash and cut into flat slices except garlic. Start to grill sliced vegetables in a grill pan and put them to separate dishes. In fry pan stir fry chopped garlic with oil for 5 minutes, then set it aside. Start making layers in fry pan and between each 5 layers add some chopped basil, fried garlic, salt and pepper then start other layers until you finish all your vegetables. Cover fry pan and let it be in warm temperature for 15 minutes. You can serve it cold or hot in either way. It also can be garnished with chopped parsley.
BON APPETITE!
Badimjan Govurmasi
Ingredients: 3 medium size aubergines, 3 green peppers, 5 tomatoes, 1 yellow or white onions, 2 potatoes, 3 tbs olive oil, 1 ts salt, 1/2 ts black ground pepper and 1 ts sour grape juice for taste, 2 cups yogurt and 3 cloves garlic.
Cooking direction: aubergines, peppers, tomatoes, onion need to peeled, washed and cut into cube sizes. Aubergine skin can be totally peeled or some stripes or with skin, it's up to you. Add all cut vegetables to deep fry pan add salt, oil, pepper and 120 - 150 ml water and let it cook in medium temperature for 15 minutes, then add peeled, washed and small cut potatoes, sour grape juice and let it cook 20 more minutes. In separate dish mix mashed garlic and yogurt with salt and some water. Add sauce as garnishing when you serve food. It can be served with bread aside.
Ajab-Sandal
Ingredients: 3 medium size aubergines, 4 green peppers, 5 tomatoes, 2 yellow or white onions, 3 potatoes, 4 tbs olive oil, 1 ts salt, 1/2 ts black ground pepper, 1/2 bunch of basil.
Cooking direction: All vegetables need to wash and cut into flat slices, then start to make layers from each vegetables and after each 5 layers (it's 5 layer, because we have 5 type of vegetables it means each of them one layer) add salt, pepper and chopped basil, then again start other layer until you finish all vegetables and on the top add oil and 100 ml water. This food can be cooked on stove top dish or in oven safe dish in oven. It needs to be cooked for 20-25 minutes.
Fried Aubergine
Ingredients: 3 medium size aubergines, 4 green peppers, 5 tomatoes, 2 yellow or white onions, 3 potatoes, 4 tbs olive oil, 1 ts salt, 1/2 ts black ground pepper, 1/2 bunch of basil and 3 cloves garlic.
Cooking direction: All vegetables need to wash and cut into flat slices except garlic. Start to grill sliced vegetables in a grill pan and put them to separate dishes. In fry pan stir fry chopped garlic with oil for 5 minutes, then set it aside. Start making layers in fry pan and between each 5 layers add some chopped basil, fried garlic, salt and pepper then start other layers until you finish all your vegetables. Cover fry pan and let it be in warm temperature for 15 minutes. You can serve it cold or hot in either way. It also can be garnished with chopped parsley.
BON APPETITE!
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