Hello friends! A recipe that you can safely put at the head of the table. Here's a simple but delicious eggplant salad. Despite the fact that this outlandish vegetable was brought from India to Russia, it took root very well. In addition, it has a bunch of beneficial properties, and the use of eggplant lowers blood cholesterol levels.
👇 Video recipe for salad with eggplant, tomatoes👇
Eggplant and tomato salad
- Eggplants need to be peeled and cut as follows.
- Cut it in half lengthwise and halve each half again.
- Then cut the eggplants into triangles.
- Pour in salted water and leave for 15-20 minutes.
- Chop the tomatoes.
- Chop the pre-washed parsley.
- Instead of parsley, it is better to use cilantro, but it was not in the store.
- Also grind the pre-peeled large clove of garlic.
- Add a tablespoon of soy sauce to chopped parsley with garlic.
- If you have sweet chili sauce, add 50 g here.
- If not chili, add a little more soy sauce and 1/2 tsp. sugar and a little hot pepper.
- It’s not the same, but it’s delicious. To mix everything.
- Drain the eggplants and dry them a little.
- Prepare a plate of corn or potato starch.
- Heat oil for frying on the stove (I took 300 g).
- The oil temperature can be determined with a wooden spatula.
- Dip the spatula into the oil and see if there are bubbles, then you can throw in a test eggplant.
- Dip the eggplants in starch and fry them in batches.
- Adjust the heat so that there is a slight boil at all times.
- Fry eggplants until light golden and lay out on a paper napkin.
- Also with the next batch.
- When you finished frying the eggplant turn off heating under oil.
- Very quickly and carefully dip the tomatoes into it and take out immediately.
- Fried eggplant and put the scalded tomatoes in one salad bowl.
- Add prepared dressing and mix gently.
This completes the salad. It is served warm.
Eggplant salad recipe:
2 eggplants (500-600 g)
0.5 kg tomatoes
1 bunch of cilantro or parsley
1 clove garlic
1 tbsp soy sauce
50-60 g sweet chili sauce (or a mixture: soy sauce, sugar, hot pepper)
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