Turkish Eggplant (Aubergine) Pilaf (Patlicanli Pilav)

From: DocMomOf3

On Nov 3, 2009

OMG...I am in love...thank you thank you for this recipe! a great hit! I also steamed my rice seperately..but still wonderful!

From: Leah's Kitchen

On Sep 9, 2009

Really good, just like you said. I served it with flat bread or khoubiz with Za'atar on it. Yogurt would have been really good with it but I forgot to serve it this time. I used 28 oz of canned whole tomatoes and cut them up for the 2 cups of tomatoes. This is a great lunch recipe or side dish. I really like the parsley and mint in it, they add a nice fresh brightness to the dish. The only thing I might change next time is to put the eggplant into the rice near the end of the rice's cooking time to keep it from getting to soft, that's all. Thanks Ummbinat, I'll be keeping this one!

From: 3isles

On Oct 6, 2009

I really enjoyed this despite my bad rice cooking and a few other mistakes I made. I halved the recipe because I only had one eggplant but otherwise I tried to make it according to recipe (at this everyone who knows me snickers as I am notorious for being unable to leave a recipe alone...) and actually did not make any substitutions other than where I did not have what was called for as in I put in a bunch of cherry tomatoes as thats all I had, I had no parsley and had only dried mint. I made the mistake of putting the onions in with the eggplant and then overcooked the eggplant and almost caramelized the onions because I got busy with the kids and wasn't watching closely enough. when it came to adding the rice I thought I should dump everything into my rice steamer. I am bad at cooking rice, always too sticky or not cooked enough and I count on my rice steamer to save me. But at the last minute I decided to cook according to directions. I even did the paper towels but the rice was not cooked enough. I don't blame the recipe I just should have followed my instincts and use the rice steamer. I will definitely make this again. I love eggplant and the flavor of this was wonderful, loved the mint. I served it with scrambled ground lamb simmered in a jar of spicy tomato and ginger cooking sauce. My dh loved the pilaf best. thanks so much for sharing this I can see it becoming a regular at our house.

From: Maya's Mama

On Sep 10, 2009

This was really good!! I served it with Cucumber Salad With Yogurt (Middle East, Palestine) rather than plain yogurt. and it went really well. I did use a large can of diced tomatoes... didn't want to peel and chop mine either. We really enjoyed this. Will be making again for sure.