Eggplant rolls stuffed with rice and vegetables (in the oven)

Baked eggplant rolls stuffed with rice and vegetables are a great option for a hearty snack. Eggplant cut into thin slices and fry in vegetable oil. For the filling, separately fry the onions and carrots with tomatoes, and then simmer with rice. Cheese gives the filling a creamy note and connects all the components to each other, and also creates a golden crust on the rolls during baking.

Ingredients

• Eggplant - 700 g
• Round-grain rice - 70 g
• Tomatoes - 50 g
• Carrot - 100 g
• Onion - 70 g
• Mozzarella cheese - 150 g
• Vegetable oil - 80 ml
• Salt - to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Water - 150 ml

Directions

1. Cut the peeled onion into small cubes. Grate peeled carrots on a medium grater
2. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes.
3. In a frying pan, heat 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil, put onions and carrots, fry for 4 minutes. Then add the tomato and fry for another 2 minutes.
4. Add rice, salt and black pepper to the pan to taste.
5. Pour 150 ml of water into the pan and stir. Simmer covered for 15 minutes.
6. After a while, take a sample and adjust the taste if necessary.
7. Cut a piece of cheese in half. Cut one part into small cubes and add to the pan, cover with a lid and wait a couple of minutes. After a while, the cheese will melt. Mix stuffing.
8. Cut the eggplant along the edges, cut lengthwise into thin plates.
9. Turn on the oven to preheat to 180 degrees.
10. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, fry eggplant slices in batches for 1.5-2 minutes on each side.
11. On the short edge of the fried eggplant plates, put 1 tbsp. a spoonful of stuffing from vegetables and rice.
12. Roll the eggplant into rolls, covering the filling.
13. Grease a baking dish lightly with vegetable oil. Lay out the rolls in a mold.
14. Grate the remaining cheese on a coarse grater and sprinkle the rolls.
15. Send the form to a preheated oven, bake the rolls at a temperature of 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
16. Eggplant rolls stuffed with rice and vegetables are ready.
17. Put the rolls on a plate and serve. Delicious both warm and cold.
18. Bon appetit!