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ihabplanet
6.7K views • 9mo ago
A method to refine and reuse frying oil used for sweets and salty foods like French fries, ensuring the oil remains clean and safe for reuse multiple times without reaching the smoke point.
Difficulty:
easy
Cooking Time:
30 mins
Prep Time:
5 mins
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Kizartma
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A traditional Turkish dish featuring fried vegetables served with garlic yogurt and sometimes a rich tomato sauce. It's a simple yet irresistible dish, popular in the summer when vegetables are at their peak.
00:47:00 total
Serves 6
medium
Vegetable Highlight
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Ingredients
- aubergines - 3
- salt - 1.5 teaspoon (for aubergines)
- extra virgin olive oil - 4 tablespoons (for aubergines)
- black pepper - to taste (optional for aubergines)
- padrons - 300 grams
- salt - 1 teaspoon (for padrons)
- extra virgin olive oil - 4 tablespoons (for padrons)
- black pepper - to taste (optional for padrons)
- potatoes - 500 grams
- salt - 2 teaspoons (for potatoes)
- extra virgin olive oil - 4 tablespoons (for potatoes)
- black pepper - to taste (optional for potatoes)
- onions - 2 (coarsely chopped)
- salt - 2 teaspoons (for tomato sauce)
- sugar - 1 teaspoon (for tomato sauce)
- chopped tomatoes - 400 grams
- butter - 1 tablespoon (for tomato sauce)
- extra virgin olive oil - 4 tablespoons (for tomato sauce)
- water - 2 dl (for tomato sauce)
- yogurt - 6 tablespoons (10%)
- garlic - 2 cloves (crushed)
Instructions
- Prepare the vegetables: Cut the aubergines, padrons, and potatoes into suitable pieces. Season with salt and optionally black pepper, and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.
- Fry the vegetables: Fry the aubergines at 200 degrees in the air fryer for 12 minutes, padrons for 7 minutes, and potatoes for 20 minutes. Alternatively, you can deep fry them until golden.
- Make the tomato sauce: Sauté the onions in olive oil until soft. Add chopped tomatoes, salt, sugar, butter, and water. Let it simmer for 10-15 minutes until the onions are tender and the sauce has a rich flavor.
- Prepare the garlic yogurt: Mix yogurt and crushed garlic together. Let it sit for a few minutes to develop the flavors.
- Assemble the dish: Arrange the fried vegetables on a platter, top with garlic yogurt, and drizzle the tomato sauce over. Optionally, crumble some feta and sprinkle chopped parsley or mint on top.
