Grilled Eggplant Slices, Middle Eastern-Style (Spieler)

Category: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Ready in 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 Tart-sweet firm plum OR 1/2

1/4 ts Cumin; or to taste

2 Garlic chopped

Salt and cayenne pepper; to

1/2 c Tahini

1/4 c Fresh mint leaves OR half

1 Eggplant; sliced

1/2 Lemon; Juiced; or to taste

3 tb Water; about


Directions

Grill the eggplant until lightly charred and tender, then transfer to a platter. Mix together the tahini, garlic, lemon juice, cumin and water. Season with salt and cayenne pepper. Drizzle this onto the eggplant and garnish with diced tart plums or pomegranate seeds, and chopped herbs. [Serves 4. PER SERVING: 215 calories, 7 g protein, 14 g carbohydrate, 17 g fat (2 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 17 mg sodium, 6 g fiber.] Notes: SF Chronicle 5/13/98 Recipe by: Grilling by Marlena Spieler Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Kitpath <phannema@wizard.ucr.edu> on May 14, 1998

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