Grilled Eggplant with Fresh Tomato Salad Recipe
This vegetarian dish is light, filling and full of flavor. The grilled eggplant is smokey and the fresh tomato salad is loaded with fresh herbs to compliment the eggplant nicely.
Servings 2 -3 servings
Ingredients
- 1 medium eggplant
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 2 tbsp fresh mint leaves
- 1 tbsp fresh basil
- 2 small red chili peppers
- 2 tbsp greek yogurt
- 3-4 tbsp olive oil
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp ground corriander
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper adjust on your level of spice
Instructions
- Heat grill over medium heat
- Slice eggplant into 1/2 inch thick slices, lengthwise. 1 eggplant gives you about 5 slices
- Brush both sides of eggplant with 1 tbsp olive oil
- In small bowl, mix together coriander, cayenne pepper and salt. Spread mixture evenly over eggplant steaks
- Grilled eggplant about 5 minutes each side, until tender
- In a medium bowl, mix together mint, basil, chili peppers, lemon juice, vinegar and 2 tbsp olive oil.
- Season with salt and pepper
- Add halved cherry tomatoes to bowl with vinaigrette, stir to combine
- Arrange eggplant on serving plate and top with tomato/vinaigrette mixture
- Drizzle with greek yogurt