Every Jewish Iraqi family has its own version of this dish. Whether they call it ingriye or ingriyei, the foundation remains the same: a casserole of meat, eggplant, and tomatoes with a balance of sweet and sour flavors.
This recipe from Levana Lowenstein for simpler borekitas with eggplant or with cheese for Shabbat breakfast or Shavuot.
An Iraqi eggplant stew with meatballs and a sweet and sour sauce
Romanian Eggplant Salad full of flavor, memories, and garlic.
This following recipe comes from Suzanne Matar, a talented chef from I’billin, who makes her version of fatteh using Baladi eggplants.
In the Sephardi and Mizrahi Rosh Hashanah tradition, there is a blessing at the start of the meal that says “May it be a year as sweet as honey.”
Israel’s late first lady Nechama Rivlin learned this classic Sephardic recipe from the family of her husband, Israel’s 10th president, Reuven Rivlin.
