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08.19.2018

Total time: 1 hour 30 mins

This classic Turkish dish with a funny name (Imam Bayildi translates from Turkish to "the Imam Fainted") is a hearty and delicious vegetarian recipe to try out on your next "Meatless Monday". Legend has it that this dish is so named after being served to a 17th Century Imam (Ottoman religious leader) who fainted with pleasure after eating the smoky eggplants stuffed with dried fruit and sliced nuts and topped with minced lamb. While we enjoy a flair for the dramatic, there's no need to lose our heads!

Even though there is a bit of prep for Stuffed Eggplant (Imam Bayildi), most of ...