Ingredients
- 1x Eggplant ( Kakanui Produce) 2 T olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 red chilies
- 1/2 t salt
- 1 - 3 T brown sugar (your choice)
- 15ml soy sauce
- 15ml lemon juice
- 50ml water
- 1/4 cup mint and coriander
Vendors
Grace's Eggplant
Method
- Heat a fry pan over a medium heat, then add oil, pressed garlic, and finely chopped chilies
- Cook until raw smell is gone (about a minute)
- Add finely chopped eggplant and salt, cook stirring for five minutes
- Reduce heat to low, add sugar and half the water, then cover and cook for 5 minutes
- Add the soy sauce and the rest of the water
- Cover and continue to cook on medium low for 20 minutes
- Add mint and cook for two minutes, then add lemon juice and taste
- Adjust with a little more salt or lemon juice
- If you are keen to reduce your refined sugar use in cooking, I enjoy leaving out the sugar but I then add two finely chopped figs with the mint
Comments
This is delicious immediately or even better the next day cold in a lunchbox (super treat day).
Thanks to Kakanui Produce for providing the eggplant used in the cooking demonstration at the market.
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