Greek eggplant fritters (melitzanokeftedes)

Name: Greek eggplant fritters (melitzanokeftedes)
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 1 kg round eggplants; 1 medium tomato with skin & seeds removed and grated; 1 large onion grated; 2 cloves garlic grated; 2 tbsp hard cheese grated; 4 tbsp flour; 3 tbsp rusks crumbled; 2 tbsp parsley; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp olive oil; 300 ml cooking oil

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Main Dish

Very Easy

1 hour

Preparation

Preparation35 min

Cook time25 min

Wash the eggplants and pierce each one lightly 2-3 times with a knife.
Bake them in a preheated oven at 250 degrees Celsius on a grill with an oven pan below. Bake for approx. 45 min. or until the skin cracks if you tap it. The skin should be burnt.
Cut the eggplants in half, remove the flesh and put it in a colander to drain. Sprinkle salt on top of them and add the lemon juice, so that the flesh doesn't blacken. Leave to drain for 1 hour.
Put the olive oil in a frying pan gently fry the grated onion for approx 3 min and then add the garlic and continue frying for another 2 min. Put the eggplant flesh in a bowl and add the tomato, onion & garlic mixture, grated cheese, rusks, parsley and flour.
Mix well it should be a thick mixture. If it isn't thick, add some more flour. Heat the cooking oil well in a frying pan. Wet the palms of your hands and start to form balls from the mixture.
Place them in the hot oil and fry, turning them over, until they are a golden brown colour. Remove and place on absorbent kitchen paper.

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