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While not Israeli in origin (chermoula is actually a Moroccan condiment), this dish speaks to the many culinary influences of Israel's North African and Middle Eastern neighbors. The sauce is wonderfully complex--bright, herbaceous, and spicy. Israel has a vegetable-centric cuisine (they are eaten at every meal); cooking vegetables over an open flame until deeply charred is a favorite cooking method.

Recipe by Cooking Light April 2016

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Credit: Christopher Testani Styling: Kaitlyn Du Ross Walker

Recipe Summary

hands-on:
14 mins
total:
29 mins
Yield:
Serves 6 (serving size: about 5 eggplant slices and 2 tablespoons cilantro mixture)
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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Heat a dry skillet over medium heat. Add cumin and coriander seeds; cook 3 to 4 minutes or until toasted and fragrant. Crush seeds with a mortar and pestle or a small heavy skillet. Add rind, salt, paprika, red pepper, and garlic; mash to form a paste. Place spice mixture, cilantro, parsley, and juice in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until finely chopped, scraping sides of bowl as needed. With processor on, slowly pour olive oil through food chute, processing just until blended.

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  • Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Arrange one-fourth of eggplant slices in pan; cook 3 to 5 minutes on each side or until browned and tender (slightly charred is even better). Place cooked eggplant on a platter. Repeat procedure 3 times with cooking spray and remaining eggplant. Drizzle cilantro mixture over eggplant.

Nutrition Facts

127 calories; fat 9.7g; saturated fat 1.3g; mono fat 6.8g; poly fat 1.1g; protein 2g; carbohydrates 11g; fiber 6g; iron 2mg; sodium 171mg; calcium 39mg; sugars 4g.
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