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Salata Aswad

Name: Salata Aswad
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sudan
Ingredients: 3 Eggplant; 2 tbsp Peanut butter; 1 Tomato; 1 clove Garlic; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; 1 Chili pepper; To taste Oil for frying; 1/2 tsp Salt; To taste Pita Bread

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fried eggplant dressed with peanut butter and lemon — Sudan's 'black salad.'

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Salata aswad means 'black salad': fried or grilled eggplant is mashed and mixed with peanut butter, garlic, lemon juice, and tomato. Peanuts are widely used in Sudan, and this salad's hallmark is their richness. It's eaten as a starter with bread.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sudanese family table, small bowls of eggplant paste are set out with a basket of bread before the guests.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Eggplant 3
Peanut butter 2 tbsp
Tomato 1
Garlic 1 clove
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Chili pepper 1
Oil for frying To taste
Salt 1/2 tsp
Pita Bread To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Slice the eggplant into rounds and fry in 170°C oil.
Coarsely mash the fried eggplant.
Thin the peanut butter with the lemon juice and a little water.
Mix the eggplant with the chopped tomato, grated garlic, chopped chili, peanut sauce, and salt.
Serve in a bowl with bread.

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