Karniyarik- Turkish stuffed aubergines

Wash the aubergines and coat/rub them with salt and set aside. This removes their bitterness
For the Filling
Chop an onion, 1 green chilli and 2 cloves of garlic.
Heat olive oil in a pan and add the chopped onions to it. Cook until they are translucent.
Add 300g of ground beef and cook until it turns slightly brown
Add the chopped chillis, chilli flakes (1 tsp) and garlic and mix.
Add the chilli and tomato paste
Cook for 3-5 minutes
Grate a tomato and add to the pan
Season with salt and pepper
Add chopped parsley and mix
Set this aside
Sauce:
Heat oil in a pan
Add tomato paste 1 tbs
Add chilli paste 1 tbs
Add 1 cup of warm water and mix until combined.
Aubergine:
Wash the aubergine and dry
Make an incision along the long axis of the aubergines
Heat oil in a pan and fry the aubergines
Once they are fried remove from pan and pat dry with paper towel
Transfer the aubergines to a baking dish
Use spoons to gently widen the incision made on the aubergines
Now add the mince beef filling into the aubergines
Roughly slice green chillies and tomato for garnish. Add then on-top of the aubergines
Now pour the sauce over the aubergines
Pre-heat oven to 200C
Add the aubergines to the oven and cook for 30 minutes
Serve hot by itself or pair with rice.

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