Stuffed eggplant with couscous and nuts

By: Agi Kaja
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This healthy and beautiful dish is delicious and nutritious! Eggplant stuffed with couscous, walnuts and almonds with a tomato salad - a great combination of Mediterranean flavours.

Stuffed eggplant with couscous and nuts

Category
Lunch
Cuisine
Middle Eastern

This healthy and beautiful dish is delicious and nutritious! Eggplant stuffed with couscous, walnuts and almonds with a tomato salad - a great combination of Mediterranean flavours.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preparing eggplants: Cut it into halves. Salt the eggplant and let it sweat out for 20 min to release any bitterness. Heat up the oven to 200 degrees C.
  2. Remove the liquid from the eggplants with paper towel. Sprinkle with some extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper.
  3. Roast in the oven until they become tender, smooth and get a nice golden brown colour. It could take between 30-35 min.
  4. Preparing couscous: for 1 cup of dry couscous, add to it 1 cup of boiling water. Cover and let it sit for 10 minutes. When it's ready, use a fork to fluff it a bit.
  5. On a medium size pan, heat up the oil and sauté the garlic for 1 minute. Add chopped almonds and chopped walnuts and roast them for 5-6 minutes.
  6. Add couscous, paprika, salt and pepper and mix all the ingredients.
  7. Stuff eggplants with couscous mixture and if they are not warm enough you can place it in the hot oven for 5 minutes (same temperature as before).
  8. In the meantime, you can prepare a simple tomato salad - just mix chopped fresh tomatoes with chopped onion, salt and pepper for taste and sprinkle it with olive oil.
  9. Take your eggplants from the oven. Sprinkle with olive oil and lemon juice, top them with natural yoghurt and freshly chopped coriander. Ready to serve!
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Agi Kaja
Agi Kaja
Curating a blend of nourishing recipes, practical nutrition hacks, and intentional living tips. Agi focuses on the "why" behind the products we sell — helping customers build a life that feels as good as it looks. With deep roots in nutrition and a passion for food and health, she spends her days debunking myths, cooking whole foods and highlighting the best ways to fuel a healthy life, ensuring our community stays informed, inspired, and well-fed.

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