Turkish-Style Pomegranate-Roasted Aubergine with Spring Onion & Yoghurt

Turkish-Style Pomegranate-Roasted Aubergine with Spring Onion & Yoghurt — 40 mins family dinner · Vegetarian family dinners using aubergine, peppers, tomatoe…

Turkish-Style Pomegranate-Roasted Aubergine with Spring Onion & Yoghurt — finished dish

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Ingredients

  • 180g aubergine for this meal
  • 90g extra aubergine for Dinner 3
  • 20g spring onion, finely sliced
  • 50g plain yoghurt
  • 2 tsp olive or rapeseed oil

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200°C / 180°C fan.
  2. Cut aubergine into wedges or chunks. Toss with oil and roast for 25–30 minutes until very soft and golden.
  3. Save the planned extra plain roasted aubergine for Dinner 3 before adding pomegranate molasses, honey, peanuts or adult seasoning.
  4. Remove baby and toddler portions of soft plain aubergine before adding adult toppings.
  5. Mash or chop aubergine for babies and toddlers as needed.
  6. Mix yoghurt with spring onion and serve alongside the roasted aubergine.
  7. Adults can drizzle pomegranate molasses or honey and scatter crushed peanuts at the table.
  8. Refrigerate saved aubergine for Dinner 3 within 2 hours.

Storage and reheating

Cool roasted aubergine, pasta sauce and roasted sweet potato within 2 hours. Refrigerate leftovers for up to 48 hours. Reheat cooked aubergine, pasta and sweet potato until steaming hot throughout and only reheat once. Save plain roasted aubergine for Dinner 3 before adding pomegranate molasses, honey, peanuts or adult seasoning. Taco salad is best assembled fresh. For babies and toddlers, keep portions separate before adding salt, chilli, harissa, whole nuts, tortilla chips, feta or adult toppings.

Safety and substitutions

Aubergine skin can be chewy, so cook until very soft and remove chewy pieces for babies. Peanuts are allergens and choking hazards — keep them for adults and older children only. Pomegranate molasses and honey are not suitable for babies. Cool and refrigerate saved aubergine within 2 hours and use in Dinner 3 within 48 hours.

Why this recipe works

40 mins family dinner · Vegetarian family dinners using aubergine, peppers, tomatoes, chickpeas, sweet potato and yoghurt. set · Vegetarian protein. Part of a three-meal shopping base with household scaling.

Part of a three-meal set

Aubergine Feature Set — Pomegranate-roasted aubergine, tomato-harissa pasta, and a Mexican taco salad using leftover aubergine.

Updated 2026-07-20

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