Here is a step by step recipe of Sheikh El Mehshi, a traditional Arabic delicacy.

You will need:

500g Eggplant
400g Minced Beef
250g Tomatoes
70g Tomato paste
100g Onions
10g Garlic
20g Vermicelli
500g Basmati Rice
20g Oil
15g Salt
7g Sweet Pepper Powder
7g Cinnamon Powder
10g Pine Seeds
5g White Pepper Powder

How to:

Saute onion with garlic, add minced beef, salt, sweet pepper powder, cinnamon powder. Deep fry the eggplant, strain it well.

Saute onion, garlic, add tomato paste, tomatoes. Once it boils add salt and white pepper powder.

Cut the eggplant in the middle, place the cooked meat inside together with pine seeds, place it in a tray together tomato sauce and cook at 165c for 15 minutes.

Serve in a plate with vermicelli rice.

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