Fish Zrazy with Eggplant

Unusual, satisfying, and tasty – this is all about fish zezy with eggplant. Thanks to the addition of fried carrots and onions to the minced pollock fillet, fish zrazy acquire a pleasant taste. And the eggplant filling makes the zrazy original, juicy, and tender.

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• Pollock fillet – 700 g
• Eggplant (small) – 300 g (2 pcs.)
• Onions (small) – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• White bread – 50 g (3 slices)
• Milk – 100 ml
• Bay leaf – 2 pcs.
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper – to taste
• Vegetable oil (for frying) – 100-120 ml (7-8 tablespoons)

Directions

1. Defrost the pollock fillet in advance.
2. We wash the eggplants and cut them into small cubes. Put the eggplants in a bowl and salt. Stir and leave for 30 minutes to leave the bitterness.
3. Peel the onion, wash and cut into cubes. Rub the carrots on a coarse grater.
4. Heat 1 tablespoon in a frying pan. a spoonful of vegetable oil, fry the carrots, and half of the chopped onion for 5 minutes, until soft. Remove from heat and let cool.

   

5. Fill the bread with milk.
6. Cut the pollock fillet into large random pieces. We squeeze all the fish out of the liquid well. Grind the fish fillets using a meat grinder with a fine grid.

   

7. We also pass the fried vegetables and bread through a meat grinder.
8. Separate the white of 1 egg from the yolk. Add the yolk and the remaining egg to the bowl, salt, and pepper. (We don’t need egg white.)
9. Knead the minced fish thoroughly. We send it to the refrigerator while we prepare the rest of the ingredients.

   

10. Squeeze the sliced eggplants from the liquid. Heat 1 tablespoon in a frying pan. spoon of oil and fry the eggplant for 5 minutes.
11. Add the remaining onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for another 5 minutes. Add bay leaves, salt, pepper, mix and cook under the lid for another 2-3 minutes. Let it cool.

    

12. Form a cake from minced meat with wet hands. Put the eggplant filling in the middle.

    

13. We pinch the edges and form a cutlet. In the same way, we form zrazy from the remaining minced fish and filling.

    

14. Put the zrazy in a pan with vegetable oil and fry for 5 minutes. Then turn over and fry for another 5-7 minutes.

    

15. Fish zrazy with eggplants are ready. Enjoy your meal!