Grilled aubergines with spicy chickpeas & walnut sauce

Grilled aubergines with spicy chickpeas & walnut sauce

This vegetarian dish is packed full of great textures and tastes - smoky aubergine, nutty chickpeas and earthy walnuts

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add the onion and fry until soft and lightly browned, about 10 mins. Add the chilli, ginger and spices and mix well. Stir in the chickpeas, tomatoes and 5 tbsp water, bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 mins. Add a little salt and pepper and the lemon juice.
  2. Arrange the aubergines over a grill pan. Brush lightly with oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, then grill until golden. Flip them over, brush again with oil, season and grill again until tender and golden.
  3. Mix the yogurt with the garlic, most of the walnuts and coriander and a little salt and pepper. Arrange the aubergine slices over a warm platter and spoon over the chickpea mix. Drizzle with the walnut sauce and scatter with the remaining walnuts and coriander.

PER SERVING

640 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 39g, fat 45 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 13g, sugar 16g, salt 0.9 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2010.

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  • 17 March 2010

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  • 29 March 2010

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  • 30 March 2010

    thynk2much commented on this recipe

    Very easy and really luxurious!

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  • 17 April 2010

    bluemoon rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made this last week, is a really lovely dish, did't take 50 minutes though, only half an hour. Put cashew nuts in the sauce instead of walnuts and it was still lovely. Recommended!

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  • 14 May 2010

    Mairi-Claire rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is a delicious hearty meal. My husband who isn't wild about aubergines really enjoyed it!

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  • 31 May 2010

    Katmat rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely delicious.

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  • 03 June 2010

    BigCeeGee rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely fantastic and that comes from a die hard carnivore!

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  • 12 July 2010

    Miss G rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was so lovely, amazing flavours. I didn't have walnuts so used hazelnuts but it still worked well, I will be doing this again and can't wait to do this for friends Nom Nom Nom!

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    16 July 2010

    ila rated and commented on this recipe

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    delicious, even my fussy 5yo loved it!

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  • 30 July 2010

    CharLit rated and commented on this recipe

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    Wow! This is absolutely delicious! The only small changes I made were that I salted the aubergine slices and allowed them to drain for a while, and then rinsed them and patted them dry before grilling, and that I veganized it by using strained unsweetened soy yogurt in stead of dairy. Love it!!!

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  • 30 July 2010

    CharLit commented on this recipe

    Forgot to add: I served it with potato wedges, oven-roasted with fresh italian herbs (thyme, sage and rosemary) which was a really nice combination. Next time, I'll get some Turkish flatbread (lavas), which I think would also be lovely with this.

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  • Binder photo woo

    11 August 2010

    woo rated and commented on this recipe

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    I highly rate this dish, not just for the flavours, but also for doing something different with chick peas. I follow the original recipe but would use different nuts as other people have suggested. I am a meat-eater and have thoroughly enjoyed this meal on its own but have also served as a side dish with a Moroccan lamb tagine.

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  • 05 November 2010

    Alex rated this recipe

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  • 27 January 2011

    Haylz85 rated and commented on this recipe

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    I can't get enough of this meal, great flavours, nutritionally balanced and so fast for a week night. I love serving with garlicky green beans.

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  • 31 July 2011

    drti commented on this recipe

    this is the most wonderfull dish I ever cooked, Im vegeterian for 7 years already! I highly recommend it , and its not difficult to make although it took me less then 1hour, i bbqued aubergines. Its easy to find all ingridients even in meat eating Serbia!

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  • 31 July 2011

    drti rated and commented on this recipe

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    this is the most wonderfull dish I ever cooked, Im vegeterian for 7 years already! I highly recommend it , and its not difficult to make although it took me less then 1hour, i bbqued aubergines. Its easy to find all ingridients even in meat eating Serbia!

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  • 18 August 2011

    chocchoccychocolate rated and commented on this recipe

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    Gorgeous combination of flavours. yummy.

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  • 18 September 2011

    Ellie rated this recipe

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  • 01 November 2011

    Katherine Evans rated and commented on this recipe

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    I substituted the chopped tomatoes with a tin of chopped tomatoes which also gave a fantastic end result. Thanks Mary :-)

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  • 09 November 2011

    Hannnah commented on this recipe

    This is a great recipe - I would just advise that the aubergines can take a little while to cook so it's a good idea to get them prepped early.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion , finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
  • 2cm piece ginger , finely chopped
  • ½ tsp each ground cumin , coriander and cinnamon
  • 400g can chickpeas , rinsed and drained
  • 200g tomatoes , chopped
  • juice ½ lemon
  • 2 aubergines , sliced lengthways

FOR THE WALNUT SAUCE

  • 200g tub Greek-style yogurt
  • 1 garlic clove , crushed
  • 25g walnuts , chopped
  • handful coriander leaves, roughly chopped
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PER SERVING

640 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 39g, fat 45 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 13g, sugar 16g, salt 0.9 g

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