Eggplant baked Ziti

Ingredients:

Servings:4-5

Pasta (Ziti or any other kind of your choice)-2 cups
Eggplant-1 large
Cheese grated-1 cup
(Use cheese of your choice. Parmesan is mostly used for this recipe but I used 4 cheese mexican blend)
Garlic-6 cloves
Onion-1 medium
Tomato-1 big
Tomato sauce-24 oz
Salt and Pepper-To taste
Oil-2 tbsp

Method:

1. Turn on the oven to Broil. Meanwhile cut eggplant into 1/2 in thick circles. Place them on a foil and spray oil on both sides of eggplant. Eggplant absorbs oil quickly. Don't bother to add a lot of it. Sprinkle little salt and pepper on eggplant circles.
2. Place the eggplant in the oven and let it cook for around 10 min. Keep an eye on it and cook until the eggplant becomes soft.
3. While the eggplant is cooking, prepare sauce and boil pasta. You can use marinara sauce instead. If you do not have Marinara sauce, proceed to the next step.
4. Add 1 tsp oil in the pan and saute garlic for 30 sec. Add finely chopped onion and saute till soft.
5. Then add tomato sauce and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add finely chopped tomato and let it cook until the tomato becomes soft. Add salt and pepper to your taste. Now the sauce is ready.
6. Set the oven to 350 F and assemble all the above ingredients.
7. First spread 1/4 of the sauce prepared to cover the baking pan. I used 11"X 9" pan. Then add first layer of eggplant using half of the cooked eggplant. Add boiled pasta on the top of eggplant and sprinkle cheese on top. Finally, place remaining eggplant circles and top off with the remaining sauce.
8. Let it bake for 15 min until the cheese melts.
9. Serve the baked Ziti with grated parmesan cheese if you desire. Enjoy!