İmam bayıldı
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Imam bayildi[1] ( Turkish: İmambayıldı, literally: "the imam was thrilled";[2] even more literally: "the imam fainted",[1][3]) one of the most notable Turkish zeytinyağlı (olive oil) dishes, is braised eggplant stuffed with onion, garlic and tomatoes. It is a variation of Karnıyarık, which additionally contains minced beef.
It is a vegetarian meze dish, which consists of eggplant stuffed with onion, garlic, and tomatoes, then simmered in olive oil. It is served cold.
Imam bayildi is also well known in Bulgaria, Albania and Greece by the Turkish name. It is generally known in the Arab world as imam bayouldi.[4]
[edit] Origin of the name
The name supposedly derives from a tale of a Turkish imam, who swooned with pleasure at the flavor when presented with this dish by his wife, although other accounts suggest he fainted at the cost of the ingredients. And even further stories tell that he fainted because of the amount of oil used to cook it. [5]
Another folktale relates that an imam married the daughter of an olive oil merchant. Her dowry consisted of several jars of the finest olive oil, with which she prepared each evening eggplant cooked in that oil and with tomatoes and onions. On the thirteenth day, there was no eggplant dish at the table. When informed that there was no more olive oil, the imam fainted.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b Jennifer Speake, Mark LaFlaur. ""imam bayildi."" (in English). The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English. Oxford University Press. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1O33-imambayildi.html. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ "Entry bayılmak". Seslisozluk. http://www.seslisozluk.com/?word=bay%FDlmak.
- ^ "İmambayıldı"" (in Turkish). Online Turkish Dictionary. Turkish Language Association. http://www.tdk.org.tr/TR/SozBul.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFAAF6AA849816B2EF4376734BED947CDE&Kelime=imambay%c4%b1ld%c4%b1. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Marie Karam Khayat and Margaret Clark Keatinge, Food from the Arab World, Khayats, Beirut, 1961.
- ^ John Auto, The Glutton's Glossary: A Dictionary of Food and Drink Terms, Routledge, 1990, ISBN 0415026474, p. 146.
- ^ Gregory McNamee Movable Feasts: The History, Science, and Lore of Food, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, ISBN 0275989313, p. 82.
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