Easiest Way to Diet Delicious Aubergine balls

Easiest Way to Diet Delicious Aubergine balls Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Aubergine balls. These little aubergine balls are made with a mixture of eggs, sliced bread, parsley, garlic, Parmesan cheese and a touch of salt and pepper. They are fried in hot oil and served as a main dish or appetizer, according to taste. They can also be made by baking them in the oven instead of frying in oil: in this method your aubergine balls will be.

Mix everything but the breadcrumbs when eggplant is cool.

Then add breadcrumbs and mix until you get the consistency you want to form the balls.

Close up the ball adding a bit more eggplant mixture if necessary.

You can cook Aubergine balls using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Aubergine balls

1. Prepare of aubergines.

2. You need of crushed toasted bread (any type).

3. It’s of crushed walnuts.

4. Prepare of hard goat's cheese (like greek graviera).

5. It’s of finely chopped parsley.

6. You need of egg.

7. You need of extra virgin olive oil for shallow frying using a large pan.

8. You need of grated garlic.

9. You need of sea salt and black pepper.

10. Prepare of dip.

11. You need of half frozen strained light yoghurt.

12. It’s of white wine vinegar.

13. Prepare of extra virgin olive oil.

14. It’s of dried mint.

Roll each ball in breadcrumbs and place them on the baking sheet.

Drizzle each ball with extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Aubergine/eggplant gives a dense and 'meaty' texture to these balls.

I've kept any spices to a minimum so the garlic and oregano don't overpower the balls - making them perfect for fussy kids, as well as grown ups.

Aubergine balls instructions

1. Wash the aubergines and slice them in 3 cm cubes.Boil them for 10 minutes in salted water.Then drain them and squash them to remove any excess water..

2. Add all ingedients in a large bowl and mix them with your hands until the mixture feels similar to that of meatballs. If it feels less dense you can add more crushed toasted bread or flour. Then form with your hands balls of 3 cm in diameter..

3. Heat the oil and shallow fry until golden or for 5 minutes on each side..

4. Dry the balls on adsorbent kitchen paper and serve with the yoghurt dip..

5. For the dip: Mix all ingredients until an even dip results..

6. NOTE: If you are allergic to nuts you can substitute the walnuts with the same amount of crushed toasted bread . You can also use gluten free toasted bread. Finally the egg can be omitted in a special diet and the goats cheese can be replaced with a soya hard cheese..

Our whole family love these balls and they're a great way to subtly introduce the flavour of aubergines.

Eggplant meatballs are ideal as a main course or even as appetizing finger food.

Fried or baked, they are sure to win you over!

Cut them into cubes and transfer to a colander.

Cooked eggplant is mixed into an egg, breadcrumb, cheese, and veggie mixture, chilled and then shaped into tiny balls.