*Strip the eggplant leaving black and a white stripes
* Slice thin strips
*Leave them in salted
water for 20 minutes while you are preparing the
other ingredients
*Heat the sun flower oil in a frying pan
*Drain and dry the eggplants
* Fry the eggplants until they are golden color. Do not over fry them. they need to be flexible to make baskets
 *After the fried eggplants cool, put
two trips in a cross form
*place the meat balls in the middle
*Wrap the eggplants in a bundle around the meatball put a sliced tomato and secure it with a toothpick add a slice of green pepper on top
*Mix finely chopped onions, garlic, bread crumbs, chopped parsley Salt, Black pepper, paprika, cumin and meat.
* Mix them real well
* Add t table spoon of water and 1 table
spoon of olive oil.
* Roll them into small meat balls
* Put a table spoon of sunflower oil in a frying pan and brown the meat balls. they do not need to be completely cooked since you are going to bake them
*Peel the tomatoes
* cut them in a food processor
*add a spoonful pepper/tomato paste
*add chopped garlic, cumin, a pinch of salt
*add one spoon of water
*place them in a baking dish
*Add the tomato sauce
*Bake it until the tomato sauce thickens apprx 20 minutes
*Serve it warm with white rice
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