Eggplant Casserole Recipe

Ingredients

• the umbrella I use for food photography fell…
• external flash was on the same stand with the umbrella…
• both flash and umbrella landed on top of the camera…
• all of the above cracked the leg of pocket wizard transceiver…
• ended up super-gluing the pocket wizard and ruined the umbrella later…
• cut my finger with my ultra sharp Shun knife…
• pressure cooker decided to avenge and burned me as a result
• Enough water in a medium bowl to soak the eggplants (apprx. 1 L)
• 2 Tbsp salt
• 2 extra large or 4 medium size eggplants
• 1 medium onion
• 1,5 lb beef chuck
• 4 Tbsp canola oil
• 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• 1/2 tsp salt
• pinch of cumin
• pinch of black pepper
• 2-3 medium tomatoes
• 6 cups of water
• 1/2 cup parsley
• 2 cloves minced garlic (optional)
• 2 small potatoes (optional)
• 2 oz. Mozarella cheese (optional)
• More oil to fry the eggplants (apprx. 2 cups)