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Recipe tags: Beef, One dish meal, Stove Top, Turkey

Meats and seafood

Eggplant with Meatballs (Borani Bademjan)

Recipe submitted by DaVita dietitian Zohreh from California.

DaVita dietitian, Zohreh from California, shares her kidney-friendly recipe for a Persian dish called, Borani Bademjan, or Eggplant with Meatballs. One of the best ways to make the dialysis diet more interesting is to try foods from other cultures. This tasty renal-friendly recipe fits the bill.

Portions: 6

Serving size: 5 meatballs and 1 cup eggplant

Ingredients

• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 2 medium eggplants, peeled, sliced lengthwise and cut into pieces
• 1 pound ground meat 7% (beef or turkey)
• 1/2 cup onion, finely diced
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1 teaspoon Mrs. Dash® seasoning blend
• 1 cup canned, stewed tomatoes, crushed
• 2 cups water 

Preparation

1. In a nonstick skillet, heat oil and sauté crushed garlic and green pepper. Remove and set aside.
2. In the same oil, sauté eggplant on both sides until browned. Remove and set aside.
3. In a bowl, mix ground meat with onion and spices. Make 30 small meatballs.
4. Brown meatballs (without using oil) at low temperature in the nonstick skillet.
5. Add sautéed eggplant, garlic, bell pepper, stewed tomatoes and water to meatballs. Let simmer on low heat for 30 minutes.

Nutrients per serving

• Calories: 265
• Protein: 17 g
• Carbohydrate: 12 g
• Fat: 18 g
• Cholesterol: 47 mg
• Sodium: 153 mg
• Potassium: 598 mg
• Phosphorus: 193 mg
• Calcium: 45 mg
• Fiber: 4.6 g

Renal and Renal Diabetic Food Choices

• 2 meat
• 2 vegetable, medium potassium
• 2 fat

Helpful Hints

• Serve this meal with pita, lavash or tortilla bread and a small bowl of iceberg lettuce salad with olive oil and lemon juice dressing.
• If you like garlic, use two garlic cloves.
• 2 medium eggplants yield 8 cups.
• Nutrient analysis used turkey for ground meat source and salted stewed tomatoes.
•  Substitute canned spicy-flavored tomatoes for extra flavor.

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  Beverley C. says:

This is a delicious recipe. I will be making it again.

Reviewed: May. 24, 2008, 12:42 PM  -  Inappropriate review?   

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