FRIED AUBERGINES AND POTATO (Şakşuka)

The whole title is "Fried aubergines and potato with tomato sauce" which actually tells the whole recipe. This is a summer dish, best enjoyed in a warm summer night after a lazy day. Green pointy peppers should accompany aubergines and potato but please feel free to enjoy it without me, I don't have green peppers here. When I get to Turkey, I may repeat this and post a picture with peppers in it.

Ingredients:

• 1 aubergine
• 1 potato
• 2 large salad tomatoes
• 2-3 cloves of garlic
• Olive oil, 1 tablespoon
• Black pepper
• Salt
• Sunflower oil for frying

Preparation:

• Peel the aubergine in strips like pyjamas, cut in 4 length-wise and dice in cubes.
• Soak the aubergine cubes in very salty cold water for 10 minutes.
• Heat the frying oil.
• Peel the potato and dice in cubes.
• Fry in oil, take them to a plate onto tissue paper by the help of a slotted spoon.
• Sieve aubergines and line onto a tissue paper or tea towel and gently dry by patting.
• Fry the aubergines and take onto tissue paper.
• Peel the tomatoes and coarsely grate into a bowl or a saucepan.  (If you find it hard to peel, dip the tomatoes in hot water for 5-6 seconds. The skins come off easily.) 
• In a small saucepan, heat up olive oil and add grated tomatoes. Continue heating till it gets thicker.
• Add grated or sliced garlic to the tomato sauce, give it a swirl.
• Lay the fried potatoes and aubergines onto a serving plate, and decorate with tomato sauce.
• Enjoy while it is hot or even the next day, delicious warm or cold.