Potatoes with eggplant vegetable stew

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make potatoes with eggplant? Prepare the ingredients. Take fresh, medium-sized vegetables (if weight is not specified). From spices I take ground black pepper, allspice and hops-suneli, but you can take spices to your liking. To prepare the stew, you will need a saucepan with a thick bottom with a lid. Pre-wash all the vegetables in running cold water and dry them.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the onion and cut it arbitrarily. Pour half of the specified amount of vegetable oil into a saucepan with a thick bottom. Put the chopped onion, bay leaf, allspice, ground black pepper and a pinch of salt on the bottom of the pan.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cut off the tips of the eggplant and cut into cubes. If the eggplant has a hard skin, then it can be cut off. Put the chopped eggplant in a saucepan with the onion. Sprinkle it with a pinch of salt.

4. Step 4:

   

   Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes. Put the potatoes on a layer with eggplant and salt.

6. Step 5:

   

   In Bulgarian pepper, cut off the stalk, peel it from the seeds, rinse. Cut the pepper into small cubes and add to the pan. Also add a little salt.

7. Step 6:

   

   At the tomato (or tomatoes, if small), make a cross-shaped incision in the area of the peduncle and pour boiling water. Then carefully remove the skin and cut. Add the tomato to the pot. Peel and chop the garlic. Add to the pan. Put the bay leaf, dry spices, salt on top. Pour over the remaining vegetable oil. Without stirring, put the pan on the fire just below medium and close the lid. Simmer the stew until tender for about an hour, without stirring

8. Step 7:

   

   After an hour, turn off the heat and stir the stew very gently to preserve the integrity of the potatoes. Remove the bay leaf from the pan and taste for salt, add salt if necessary.

9. Step 8:

   

   Let the vegetable stew stand for ten minutes before serving. It can be served as an independent dish, or it can be offered as a side dish with chicken, meat, semi-finished products. When serving, sprinkle the stew with chopped fresh herbs.