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Imam Bayildi

Imam Bayildi: what it is and where to eat it

A traditional vegetarian dish consisting of whole eggplants stuffed with a mixture of onions, garlic, and tomatoes, typically braised in olive oil.

25 restaurants on Tastavo serve it

Cuisine
Turkish

Typical ingredients

  • eggplant
  • onion
  • garlic
  • tomato
  • olive oil

History of the dish

Turkey / Ottoman Empire

Imam Bayıldı
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Origin
Turkey / Ottoman Empire
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İmam bayıldı (literally: "the imam fainted" in Turkish) is a Turkish dish consisting of whole aubergine stuffed with onion, garlic and tomatoes, and simmered in olive oil. It is a zeytinyağlı (olive oil-based) dish and is found in most of the former Ottoman regions.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “İmam bayıldı” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia

Where to eat it

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Düsseldorf

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Rotterdam

Varna

Stuttgart

Innsbruck

Warsaw

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