Middle Eastern-Style Roasted Aubergine, Chickpea & Pomegranate Flatbreads
Middle Eastern-Style Roasted Aubergine, Chickpea & Pomegranate Flatbreads — 35 mins family dinner · Vegetarian family dinners using pasta, yoghurt, herbs, au…
Ingredients
- 1 flatbread or pitta
- 150g aubergine, diced
- 100g chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 50g plain yoghurt
- 15g spring onion, finely sliced
- ¼ tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp mild paprika
- ¼ garlic clove, crushed
- 1½ tsp olive or rapeseed oil
Method
- Heat oven to 200°C / 180°C fan.
- Toss aubergine with oil, cumin, paprika and garlic. Roast for 25–30 minutes until very soft.
- Warm flatbread in the oven for the final 3–4 minutes if desired.
- Remove baby and toddler portions of soft aubergine and squashed chickpeas before adding pomegranate, molasses or adult seasoning.
- Spread yoghurt over flatbread and top with roasted aubergine, chickpeas and spring onion.
- Adults can add pomegranate seeds, molasses, black pepper, chilli or salt at the table.
Storage and reheating
Cool roasted aubergine, sweet potato and pasta within 2 hours. Refrigerate leftovers for up to 48 hours. Reheat cooked components until steaming hot throughout and only reheat once. Save extra yoghurt-herb sauce from Dinner 1 for Dinner 3 before adding pistachios, parmesan or adult seasoning. Flatbreads are best served fresh. For babies and toddlers, keep portions separate before adding salt, chilli, whole nuts, pistachios, pomegranate seeds, large amounts of feta or parmesan, or adult toppings.
Safety and substitutions
Whole chickpeas and pomegranate seeds can be choking hazards, so squash chickpeas and keep pomegranate for adults and older children only. Aubergine must be very soft for babies. Flatbread can be crisp, so serve soft filling separately for toddlers if needed. Cool leftovers within 2 hours.
Why this recipe works
35 mins family dinner · Vegetarian family dinners using pasta, yoghurt, herbs, aubergine, chickpeas and sweet potato. set · Vegetarian protein. Part of a three-meal shopping base with household scaling.
Part of a three-meal set
Quick Pasta Feature Set — A creamy herb-pistachio pasta, aubergine chickpea flatbreads, and Greek sweet potato feta bowls using extra yoghurt-herb sauce.
Updated 2026-07-20