Spaghetti With Aubergine

This is a recipe for Sharmi. She is the first person who commented on my blog last month when i started and i know she is a vegetarian. So while i was preparing this dish I was thinking of her.

The name of this dish in Italy is Spaghetti alla Bellini.

This famous dish is named after the Sicillian composer Bellini. Somtimes it is also called Spaghetti alla Norma named after his opera called Norma.

Few of the things

Busy cooking

Time to digg in

Ingridients.
2 large aubergine ( egg plant) sliced

500 gm small tomatoes, or good quality canned plum tomatoes drained of juice

5 to 6 table spoo, olive oil

400 spaghetti

4 garlic cloves crushed

1 tbsp crushed dried chillies ( if u want u can add less or more)

large hand full of basil leaves roughly chopped

100 gm ricotta salata cheese finley grated or feta cheese crumbled.

Salt to taste.

If you are using fresh tomatoes squeeze off the juice and roughly cut them and keep it aside.

Heat the oil add the auberfine and fry them till they are golden brown all over.

Keep it aside .

Meanwhile cook the pasta according to the packet.

Now take a pan and add a extra two tablr spoon olive oil and fry the garlic. Add then the chillies and tomatoes and cook in a high heat for few minutes.
Add the aubergine and salt to taste.
Drain the cooked pasta and add to the sauce.
Add the basil leaves and half of the cheese and mix well.
Serve the past with ramaining cheese sprinkled over it.

I also sprinkled extra chillie flakes over it.

Enjoy.

I entered this recipe for Fresh Produce of the Month