Dishes made with eggplant
29 dishes from around the world that list eggplant as a main ingredient.
RatatouilleVegan
🇫🇷 FranceA Provençal stew of summer vegetables cooked in olive oil
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Moussakaμουσακάς
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreBaked casserole of eggplant or potato, often layered with meat and sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Riz grasMeat
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso and 4 moreWest African rice cooked with meat and vegetables, served hot
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Khoresh bademjanخورش بادمجان
🇮🇷 IranPersian stew of eggplant, tomato, lamb, and tart fruit, served with rice
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Pakoraपकोड़ा
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreVegetables or other fillings coated in spiced gram flour batter and deep-fried
Street food, Snacks, Tea time
Baba ghanoushVeganبابا غنوج
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreRoasted eggplant mashed with tahini, olive oil, and lemon juice, served as a dip
Salad or side, Snacks
Maqlubaمقلوبة
🇵🇸 Palestine and 5 moreRice, meat and fried vegetables cooked in layers and served upside down
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Fesenjānفسنجان
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 morePersian stew of pomegranate, walnuts and poultry, served with rice
Main dish, Dinner
KukuVegetarianکوکو
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 morePersian-style omelette with herbs, vegetables or other fillings
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
ParmigianaVegetarian
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreEggplant slices fried, layered with cheese and tomato sauce, then baked
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Peanut soup
🇬🇭 Ghana and 5 moreA rich, spicy soup made from peanuts, common in West African cooking
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Pasta alla NormaVegetarian
🇮🇹 ItalySicilian pasta with fried eggplant, tomato sauce and ricotta salata
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
EscalivadaVegan
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreCharred eggplant, peppers and other vegetables dressed with olive oil
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
KarnıyarıkMeat
🇹🇷 TurkeyEggplant filled with a savoury mixture of ground meat, vegetables and herbs
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
MakdousVeganالمكدوس
🇸🇾 Syria and 3 moreSmall eggplants packed with walnuts, red pepper, garlic and cured in olive oil
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Breakfast, Dinner
PistoVegan
🇪🇸 SpainSpanish vegetable stew with tomato, peppers, and olive oil
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Mirza ghassemiVegetarianمیرزا قاسمی
🇮🇷 IranEggplant, tomato, and egg mash from northern Iran, served with bread or rice
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Yong tau foo釀豆腐
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreTofu or vegetables stuffed with meat or fish paste, served in soup or with sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
ZacuscăVegan
🇷🇴 Romania and 3 moreRoasted eggplant and pepper spread from Romania, eaten on bread
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Breakfast, Snacks
Türlü
🇹🇷 Turkey and 4 moreA baked stew of mixed vegetables, sometimes with meat, from Turkey and the Balkans
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
ZaaloukVeganزعلوك
🇲🇦 MoroccoMoroccan salad of cooked eggplant and tomato with spices and herbs
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
BeguniVeganবেগুনী
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreEggplant slices dipped in gram flour batter and deep-fried
Street food, Snacks
Kashk bademjanVegetarianکشک بادمجان
🇮🇷 IranEggplant and kashk dip from Iran, often served with bread
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Nasi padang
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreSteamed rice with a spread of spicy Minangkabau dishes from West Sumatra
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Fish head curryFish or seafoodkari kepala ikan
🇸🇬 Singapore and 2 moreRed snapper head stewed in spiced curry with vegetables
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Sayur lodeh
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreJavanese vegetable soup simmered in coconut milk
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Pinakbet
🇵🇭 PhilippinesVegetables simmered with fermented fish sauce, a staple from the Ilocos region
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pkhaliფხალი
🇬🇪 GeorgiaGeorgian vegetable and walnut paste, often served as a cold starter
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
EsqueixadaFish or seafood
🇪🇸 SpainCatalan salad of hand-torn salt cod, tomato, and vegetables
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ratatouille: Marcus Guimarães, CC BY 2.0, source
- Yong tau foo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pisto: Boca Dorada, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Esqueixada: diluvi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Moussaka: Fotograf: Dieter Mueller ( dino1948 ) Kamera: de:Nikon 885, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pakora: ampersandyslexia, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Baba ghanoush: Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0, source
- Zaalouk: Tamorlan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Khoresh bademjan: مانفی, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kuku: Նապաստակ, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Riz gras: Aboukam, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Parmigiana: Flickr.com user "Blue Lotus", CC BY 2.0, source
- Escalivada: Emi Yañez, CC BY 2.0, source
- Karnıyarık: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pasta alla Norma: 8w9d, CC0, source
- Maqluba: Arafataslan, Public domain, source
- Fesenjān: stringparts, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mirza ghassemi: Anastasiya Lvova, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zacuscă: No machine-readable author provided. Bogdan assumed (based on copyrigh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Türlü: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Beguni: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kashk bademjan: Rka11111, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Peanut soup: Derick Asamani, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nasi padang: ProjectManhattan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fish head curry: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sayur lodeh: Midori, CC BY 3.0, source
- Pinakbet: Thepacificconoisseur, CC BY 2.5, source
- Pkhali: Georgian Recipes at Georgia About, CC BY 3.0, source
- Makdous: QuasarFr, CC BY-SA 4.0, source