Recipe: Delicious Eggplant Rolls or Involtini di melanzane

Eggplant Rolls or Involtini di melanzane.

You can cook Eggplant Rolls or Involtini di melanzane using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Eggplant Rolls or Involtini di melanzane

1. You need 1 of Eggplant large.
2. You need 1 of onion , chopped.
3. You need 2 tbsps of olive oil.
4. It's , 1 clove of garlic small minced.
5. You need 5 of tomatoes , chopped coarse.
6. It's pinch of sugar a.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of Ricotta Cheese.
8. Prepare 5 cloves of garlic.
9. You need 2 tbsps of Italian seasoning.
10. You need 1 Tbsp of black pepper.
11. You need 1 tbsp of Red chili flakes.
12. You need 1 tbsp of Green chili.
13. It's 1/4 cup of Basil.
14. It's 4 tbsps of Olive oil.

Eggplant Rolls or Involtini di melanzane instructions

1. Make thin long slices of eggplant.Salt each of them and put in colander for 1hr.Rinse them thoroughly with water and squeeze out some water by pressing each eggplant slice on paper towel..
2. In a heavy skillet sauté the onion in the oil over moderately low heat, stirring, for 3 minutes, stir in the garlic, and cook the mixture, stirring, until the onion is softened. Add the tomatoes, the sugar, and salt to taste and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring, for 20 minutes. cook  until it is thickened to the desired consistency..
3. In a large nonstick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium-high heat. Working in batches, cook the eggplant until golden, 2 minutes on each side..
4. Filling:  Ricotta Cheese or crumbled cottage cheese,  minced garlic cloves, Italian seasoning, Freshly grounded black pepper, Red chili flakes, Green chili finely chopped and fresh Basil. Mix them all well..
5. Spread a spoon of tomato sauce on the base and then put a spoon of  filling on the wider side of eggplant and roll it gently..
6. Place all rolled eggplants in a pre-oiled anodized saute pan. Garnish with some pasta sauce/ Mozzarella cheese/ Oregano.Bake for 20 min and serve with soup/ Garlic bread..