Grilled aubergines with spicy chickpeas & walnut sauce

Grilled aubergines with spicy chickpeas & walnut sauce

Ingredients

Olive Oil

4 tablespoons Olive Oil

Onion

1 chopped Onion

Red Chilli

1 chopped Red Chilli

Ginger

2cm piece Ginger

Ground Cumin

1/2 teaspoon Ground Cumin

Chickpeas

400g Chickpeas

Tomato

200g Tomato

Lemon

Juice of 1/2 Lemon

Aubergine

2 Aubergine

Greek Yogurt

200g Greek Yogurt

Garlic Clove

1 Garlic Clove

Walnuts

25g Walnuts

Coriander

Handful Coriander

Instructions

1- step 1 Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add the onion and fry until soft and lightly browned, about 10 mins.

2- Add the chilli, ginger and spices and mix well.

3- Stir in the chickpeas, tomatoes and 5 tbsp water, bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 mins.

4- Add a little salt and pepper and the lemon juice.

5- step 2 Arrange the aubergines over a grill pan.

6- Brush lightly with oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, then grill until golden.

7- Flip them over, brush again with oil, season and grill again until tender and golden.

8- step 3 Mix the yogurt with the garlic, most of the walnuts and coriander and a little salt and pepper.

9- Arrange the aubergine slices over a warm platter and spoon over the chickpea mix.

10- Drizzle with the walnut sauce and scatter with the remaining walnuts and coriander.