22 cucumber tomato salad middle Recipes

eggplants (aubergines, 1 lb in all), salt, onion, olive oil (be sure to use a good 1!), tomatoes, peeled and chopped, salt, fresh ground black pepper, parsley, chopped, fresh mint, chopped, basmati rice, chicken stock, paper towels, yogurt , for serving (or cucumber salad with (middle east, palestine) which is even better)

firm, eggplant , (also called aubergine or brinjal). it should have a hollow sound when you tap it., chopped , tomato ., chopped , pickled cucumbers ., chopped cloves of garlic ., juice of 1 lemon. (pleeeeez ! use fresh lemon juice and not the stuff that comes in bottles.), extra virgin olive-oil, (cold-compressed ), salt