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Grilled eggplant and beans with tahini yoghurt

  • Time to make: 20 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • Tahini yoghurt
  • 200g low-fat plain yoghurt
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 2 tablespoons hulled tahini (see tip)
    • 4 small (about 300g each) eggplants, halved lengthways
    • olive spray oil
    • 400g can borlotti beans, rinsed, drained
    • 2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds
    • 2 cups baby rocket
    • ½ cup fresh mint leaves
    • 400g new potatoes, steamed mashed
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 In a small bowl, combine all tahiini yoghurt ingredients and set aside.

    2 Heat a barbecue hotplate or grill pan over high heat. Lightly spray eggplant with oil. Cook eggplant halves skin-side down for 6 minutes. Turn and cook for another 4–5 minutes, or until tender and golden.

    3 Transfer eggplant to serving plates. Halve lengthwise then top with borlotti beans. Dollop with tahini yoghurt and sprinkle with sesame seeds, rocket and mint. Serve with smashed potatoes.

    Variations

    • Make it vegan: Use soy yoghurt instead.
    • Make it gluten free: Check tahini is gluten free.

    HFG tip

    Tahini is a sesame seed paste available in the health food section of your supermarket.

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