Ready steady cook! Baby aubergines, tomatoes, lentils?

[LittleFriendSusan]

I have some baby aubergines i could do with using up & am lacking inspiration! Got tomatoes, courgettes, spinach, a bit of cauliflower & the usual store cupboard stuff, various lentils & beans. Ideally not too calorific & max cooking time 1h or so.

I'm leaning towards some sort of curry or middle eastern type stew but open to suggestions! Give it your best shot.

Ratatouille based dish?

I would make an Indian stuffed aubergine dish like this one. Maybe some roti and daal to go with it.

www.sanjanafeasts.co.uk/2012/03/gujarati-ravaiya-recipe-stuffed-aubergine-curry-vegetarian/

We love Aubergine parmigiana

This is delicious https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/burnt-aubergine-veggie-chilli

Smoky lentils with roast cauliflower and aubergine https://www.rebelrecipes.com/smoky-lentils-harissa-roast-cauliflower-aubergine/

From what you've got (and if I had the energy) I'd make a lentil Bolognese/Ragu thing including the courgettes and use it to stuff the aubergines.

Lazy option (my plan for today) - I have both aubergine and courgette and I'm going to dice them in large chunks, toss with olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic granules then wang them in the air fryer. Going to have a dollop of tahini on top. Maybe some houmous if dc have left any.

My go to for aubergines is Afghan Aubergines http://www.anulaskitchen.com/2016/10/afghan-aubergines-with-yogurt.html

But I also use them in dahl , cubed and air fried first

Thanks all for the suggestions, I have bookmarked a few for next time too but think I'm going to go with a peanut stuffed aubergine curry type thing tonight. Weirdly, I was looking at that same recipe this morning so it must be a sign!

The burnt aubergine chilli sounds fab but we are having sweet potato & black bean chilli tomorrow so will try that another time. Melanzana Parmigiana great suggestion but it is one of my favourites so we have that quite a lot. The lentil, cauliflower, aubergine thing also right up my street but I used the last of my harissa last night.