REZAHS SPECIAL DIP

I am following Punctilious's instructions for next edition of the Carnival of the Recipes.

This time the theme is Appetizers. And I MEAN it. I want all your best. tastiest, easiest, make ahead-iest appetizers. (Blogoram.com, 12/01/05.)

Rezah at Café 3 Small Rooms in Gothenburg city has come up with this recipe.

REZAH'S SPECIAL DIP

Ingredients:

• 1 aubergine (dark eggplant).
• Olive oil.
• 2 cloves of garlic.
• 1 yellow onion.
• Turmeric powder.
• 1 teaspoon of fresh basil.
• Several tablespoons of Turkish yogurt.
• 1 capsicum fruit.
• Peanuts or walnuts.
• Salt and pepper.
• Hot sauce
  

Directions:

1. Peel the aubergine, cut it in pieces.
2. Chop the garlic and onion.
3. Fry in oil together with turmeric, until soft.
4. Let it cool.
5. Take a fork and mash it.
6. Add yogurt until it has a firm consistency.
7. Add crushed peanuts or walnuts.
8. Add chopped chile pepper.
9. Add salt and pepper.
10. Add a dash of your favorite hot sauce.
    

Serve together with corn chips or other kind of crisps and real beer.