This easy Afghan eggplant recipe is a luscious, rustic dish using simple and easy ingredients. Most people fry their eggplant, not here. I've taken my mom's traditional recipe and came up with an easy-to-follow, healthy, savory and vegetarian dish.

You'll find as the eggplant bakes in the thick tomato sauce, all the flavors and textures melt together. When it’s done, the whole thing is covered with garlic-spiked yogurt, You can serve this eggplant dish with challaw, Afghanistan's answer to the white rice (you can find the recipe on my blog www.afghancultureunveiled.com), or flatbread for scooping up all the last bits of deliciousness.