Egg Plant Parmigiano

Eggplant Parmesan is a tasty and popular Italian Dish. This resembles Indian cutlets in many ways except the cutlets are made with a filling of veggies and potato. This is a very easy dish and can be prepared in advance. When you’re ready for dinner, just bake them with Pasta sauce and cheese and dinner will be ready in minutes. This is a perfect recipe to try it with your kids.

Ingredients

Eggplant (8 ounces) – 1

Salt – 1 tsp

Dry bread crumbs (Italian flavor) – 2 cups

Egg s – 2(You can substitute this with All Purpose flour - 1/2 cup)

Oil – 4 tbsp

Garden Vegetable/ Tomato & Basil Spaghetti sauce – 1 jar

Mozarella cheese – 8 ounce shredded

Parmesan cheese -   ½ cup

Steps

Slice an 8-ounce eggplant in slightly larger than ¼-inch thick slices. I made rectangular slices but you can cut in any shapes.

Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of salt over all of the slices of eggplant, being sure to salt both sides.

Now let it rest for few minutes. By then the eggplant should begin to sweat.

Remove the eggplant from the colander, and place the slices on a paper towel and remove the excess moisture.

Now grate the cheeses . I use Krafts Mozzarella and Parmesan.

Now take a bowl, mix bread crumbs with 3/4^th of  parmesan cheese.  Beat the eggs with a fork. Now dip the Eggplant slices in egg mixture so that both sides get coated with the egg and then into bread crumbs cheese mixture.

Press some of the crumbs into the eggplant making sure it is completely coated.

Once the eggplant is all breaded, preheat your frying pan on medium high heat. Add 3 Tablespoons of olive oil to the pan and let it get hot.

Once the eggplant is golden brown, flip them and fry the other side. It will take about 4-5 minutes in total to brown both sides. Place the eggplant on a plate that has been lined

with a paper towel.

Spread the sauce in a baking dish enough to hold the eggplant in a single layer. (A little bit of overlapping is fine.). Sprinkle on the mozzarella cheese and remaining parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 375º F. Bake it for 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and golden and the sauce is bubbly.