Sauteed eggplant

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Sauteed eggplant does not require serious culinary skills
It is prepared quickly and easily, and the result, as a rule, exceeds all expectations. You will get an appetizing, tasty vegetable dish that will easily take its rightful place among your favorites.
Ингредиенты
Eggplants - 700 g
Sweet pepper - 600 g
Tomatoes - 500 g
Onions - 350 g
Garlic - 15 g
Fresh red chili pepper - 1 pc.
Fresh cilantro - 100 g
Ground paprika - 2 tsp.
Dried basil - 2 tsp.
Ground coriander - 2 tsp.
Ground black pepper - 1/2 tsp.
Sugar - 1 tbsp. l.
Salt - 3.5 tbsp. l.
Vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l.
Рецепт
1. Cut the eggplants into large pieces and sprinkle with three tablespoons of coarse salt. Leave the eggplants for 30 minutes to let them release their juice. After 30 minutes, rinse the eggplants under running water and squeeze.
2. Heat 3 tbsp in a frying pan. spoons of vegetable oil and fry the onion, cut into half rings, until golden brown for 3 minutes over medium heat.
3. Add dry basil, ground coriander, salt (0.5 tbsp), ground sweet paprika, sugar. Mix. Add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil and sweet pepper, cut into large pieces. Mix all this again and close the lid. Simmer for 10 minutes over low heat.
4. Add eggplants, stir. Simmer the vegetables covered for 15 minutes over low heat.
5. Add tomatoes and continue to simmer the vegetable stew with eggplants, sweet peppers and tomatoes for another 10 minutes over low heat.
6. Add finely chopped garlic, hot chili pepper and ground black pepper, stir and simmer the eggplant sauté for another 2 minutes over low heat.
7. Turn off the heat, sprinkle the vegetable stew with eggplants with finely chopped fresh cilantro and stir. The eggplant sauté is ready. Bon appetit!