Turkish Kebab Recipe - Eggplant Puree with Ground Beef

Here is another verey famous Turkish Kebab Recipe! It is grilled eggplant puree with yogurt, served Turkish style with a delicious ground beef kebab. Also called Ali Nazik Kebab Recipe! It is very popular in Turkey and very similar to Hünkar Beğendi Kebab, which is also made with grilled eggplants. Since the eggplants are grilled, this is a very healthy recipe as well! Don't forget to let eggplants stay in salty water after you grill them, that helps a lot to remove the bitter taste off the eggplants. Wash and dry eggplant. Pierce it a few times with a fork to vent. Grill them until very soft Wait a few minutes to cool down and discard the charred skin Prepare a big bowl of water mixed with salt and lemon juice Keep the peeled eggplants in this water, to avoid the bitter taste Let the eggplant sit in water for 30 minutes and drain the water Would be much better if you don't spill water all around the counter =)) Mince the eggplants Cook the gound meat in a large pot Put the pan