Eggplant Au Gratin with Lentils

Name: Eggplant Au Gratin with Lentils
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 unit eggplant; 1/2 unit onion; 2 cloves garlic; 1/4 cup grated cheese; 1 small jar canned lentil; 1 cup tomato sauce; 1 pinch salt; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 unit red bell pepper

ekilu Team

“What can't be solved with a nice lentil dish? There's something about lentils that makes them so loved. But there's no reason to always eat them in soup or with a spoon. You can eat them in original, delicious, and fun recipes like the one we've brought you today. Let's eat lentils today!”

ingredients

Difficulty

Easy

Time

35'

Fresh ingredients

eggplant

1 unit

onion

1/2 unit

garlic

2 cloves

grated cheese

1/4 cup

red bell pepper

1 unit

Pantry ingredients

canned lentil

1 small jar

tomato sauce

1 cup

salt

1 pinch

olive oil

3 tbsp

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400ºF.

Wash the eggplant and slice into medium or thin slices, approximately 1cm thick.

Add oil to a pan and heat it up. Once hot, cook the eggplant slices on both sides and set aside.

Chop the onion, garlic, and red bell pepper. Using the same pan you used before, add more olive oil and fry the vegetables on medium heat for several minutes.

Add the lentils to the pan and mix.

Now add half of the indicated tomato and let it cook for 3-4 minutes.

Spread some tomato sauce on the bottom of an oven-safe dish and place a layer of eggplant you had set aside. On top of the eggplant add the lentil filling you prepared and then cover with another layer of eggplant.

Add more tomato sauce on top of the eggplant layer and then sprinkle some cheese on top.

Place in the oven for approximately 15 minutes. Once ready, serve and enjoy!