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İmam bayıldı (literally: "the
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fainted") is a dish in Ottoman cuisine of whole
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stuffed with
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, garlic and
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es, and simmered in olive oil. It is a (
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-based) dish and is found in most of the former Ottoman regions. The dish is served at room temperature or warm.


Origin of the name

The name supposedly derives from a tale of a Turkish
imam Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, ...
who, for one reason or another, lost consciousness over the dish. In one version it is said that he swooned with pleasure at the flavour when his wife presented him with this dish, although other more humorous accounts suggest that he fainted upon hearing the cost of the ingredients or the amount of oil used to prepare it. Another version claims he ate so much of it that he passed out. Another folk tale relates that the imam married the daughter of an olive oil merchant. Her
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consisted of twelve jars of the finest olive oil, with which she prepared an aubergine dish with tomatoes and onions each evening until she had used all the oil, so she could not serve the dish on the thirteenth day. In response, the imam fainted.


Geographic distribution

Imam bayildi is also well-known under minor variants of the Turkish name in
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(Brăila, Constanța etc),
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and
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(''imam ballajdi''),
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, and the Arab world (, ), and in English as "Imam bayeldi". During Ottoman times, the dish also spread to Anatolia's Pontian minority; in their language, it's called .


Variants

An imam bayıldı made with ground meat becomes a karnıyarık.


See also

* Caponata * List of eggplant dishes


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Imambayildi Eggplant dishes Stuffed vegetable dishes Ottoman cuisine Vegan cuisine Turkish cuisine Albanian cuisine Pontic Greek cuisine