My easy Russian eggplant caviar recipe for ikra – which was known as ‘poor man’s caviar’ in the USSR – makes a deliciously-rich version of this traditional Russian side dish, dip and spread that’s somewhere in between the ikra my baboushka made that was sumptuous and velvety and the ikra popularised during the Soviet era … Continue reading Easy Russian Eggplant Caviar Recipe for Ikra, the Soviet Union’s Poor Man’s Caviar