Eggplant rolls are a tasty and fairly simple snack. Oblong vegetables are very convenient to cut into long strips that resemble tongues in shape. After cooking, the eggplant becomes very flexible. This allows you to wrap in them almost any filling.
Which eggplant to choose
Eggplant is usually not peeled before cooking rolls. It is worth noting that the skin of vegetables is strong and allows you to maintain shape. To cook eggplant rolls, you need to choose vegetables that look like an airship. Their shape is simultaneously round and oblong. Such eggplant is much more convenient to cut in strips. The thickness of each slice should be from 5 to 6 millimeters. If the strip is thinner, then it just dries and then breaks. And if it is thicker, then the roll will be difficult to roll.
Cheese Filling
Eggplant rolls with cheese and garlic are very easy to make. This is an ideal snack for those who want to treat themselves to a delicious, but not too high-calorie dish. For the preparation of rolls are required:
- Three eggplant.
- 60 grams of cheese, preferably creamy.
- 5 grams of garlic.
- 3 grams of dill.
- 3 grams of green onions.
- 30 grams of tomato.
- Salt and cream to taste.
Cooking process
Eggplant rolls with cheese and garlic have an original and piquant taste. This appetizer will appeal to many. Start cooking with the filling. Garlic should be peeled and then chopped. Also, chop the greens. Shredded garlic must be added to the cheese. The components need to be mixed well. Pour chopped greens into the resulting composition and mix again. If the filling is thick enough, you can dilute it. To do this, you need to introduce a little cream into the composition.
Now you can prepare the eggplant. Vegetables should be cut into slices, salt a little and left in this position for about 10 minutes. After that, the eggplants should be slightly fried in a pan with the addition of vegetable oil. The plates should turn golden.
Ready eggplant should be spread with the finished filling. Onions need to be peeled and cut into large pieces, and tomatoes - cubes. On top of the cheese mass, put a slice of tomato and onion. You can add a little green. After that rolls should be rolled up. That's all the snack is ready. You can serve eggplant rolls with cheese with a potato side dish. This dish is prepared very quickly. Therefore, it can help out if unexpected guests appeared on the threshold.
Eggplant rolls with walnuts
To prepare such a snack you will need:
- Three eggplant.
- 50 grams of walnuts.
- A few cloves of garlic.
- ½ tomato.
- Greens for decoration.
- Salt.
Cooking steps
To make eggplant rolls with nuts, carefully prepare all the ingredients. The final result depends on it. First you need to do eggplant. You do not need to clean them. You can immediately cut into strips, salt, and then leave for 10 minutes. After this, slices should be wrung out, rinsed well, and then dried. In a pan, heat the vegetable oil and put the prepared eggplant in it. Strips must be fried on both sides until golden. Finished slices are best placed on paper towels to remove residual oil.
Now you can cook the filling. Garlic and walnuts must be peeled. Finely chop the tomatoes. Nuts should be chopped using a food processor or a blender. Garlic must be passed through a press. All components must be mixed to a homogeneous mass.
On the prepared eggplant slices, lay out the filling. After this, the slices should be rolled into rolls. Put the finished appetizer on a separate dish. You can decorate eggplant rolls with garlic and nuts by sprinkling with chopped herbs.
Eggplant appetizer with tomatoes
To cook eggplant rolls, you will need:
- 800 grams of eggplant.
- 100 grams of dill.
- One chicken egg.
- 60 milliliters of vegetable oil.
- 200 grams of pomidor.
- 4 cloves of garlic.
- Salt.
How to cook
Young eggplant should be cut into strips, the thickness of which is no more than 2 centimeters. Slices should be placed for 30 minutes in salt water. Finely chop the greens, chop the tomatoes into slices, and beat the egg carefully.
Garlic should be peeled and finely chopped. After this, the product must be mixed with chopped dill and add a little salt. Slices of eggplant should be removed from the brine and dried. After this, the strips need to be fried until golden brown on both sides in vegetable oil, dipped first in the egg. For each eggplant slice, put a slice of tomato, a spoonful of dill-garlic mixture, and then roll it up. The finished snack should be put in a cold place for one hour. Eggplant rolls with tomatoes and garlic ready. It remains to bring them to the table.
Eggplant rolls with minced meat
To prepare eggplant meat snacks you will need:
- Two eggplant.
- Vegetable oil.
- Salt.
- 500 grams of minced meat.
- One head of onion.
- Three cloves of garlic.
- One egg.
- Three tomatoes.
- Cilantro.
- Pepper.
- A few tablespoons of tomato paste.
Cooking method
Everyone can cook eggplant rolls with minced meat. The main thing is to follow the sequence. First, prepare the vegetables. Cut eggplant along thin strips and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.
Now you can cook the filling. To do this, peel the garlic and onions. Products should be carefully chopped and put in minced meat. The composition also needs to add an egg, pepper, salt and cilantro. All products must be mixed well by hand. So the mass will be more homogeneous.
Prepared eggplant slices should be placed crosswise in several pieces. Where the strips intersect, you need to lay out the ready-made meat. Now you need to wrap the roll. To do this, you first need to raise the edges of the lower slice, and then the upper. The result should be something like an envelope. To prevent the roll from turning, the raised edges can be joined with a wooden toothpick.
Rolled rolls should be placed on a baking sheet. Tomatoes need to be grated. Tomato paste is best mixed with water. A glass of liquid will suffice. The resulting juice is mixed with chopped tomatoes. In the resulting composition, you need to add a little pepper and salt. Eggplant rolls need to be poured with cooked sauce and placed in a preheated oven to 180 ° C. Such an appetizer is baked for half an hour.