Ingredients
1 eggplant
1 onion, diced
3 tbsp olive oil
1 green pepper, diced
1 lb mushrooms
10 oz carrots, frozen
1 can tomato paste
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1 black olives (optional)
Directions
Wrap eggplant in foil and bake about 1 hour at 350 deg. Brown onion
in olive oil. Add green pepper, mushrooms and carrots. When cool,
peel and dice the eggplant in about 1/2 inch pieces and ad to the
above ingredients. Add tomato paste and the balance of the
ingredients with 2 cups water. Simmer for 1 hour. Ad black olives.
Serve warm or cold.
From the files of DEEANNE
Servings: 2 servings
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Categories: Russian
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We hope you enjoy this Russian Baklaczan recipe.
