Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Eggplant

This week I've been experimenting a lot with eggplant. Here are some of the recipes I came up with.


Vegan "Fish" and Chips

"Fish"

Ingredients:

Eggplant, peeled and sliced
Flour
Egg substitute (optional)
Bread crumbs or cornmeal
Dried nori
Olive oil
Salt pepper

1)Mix flour with egg substitute and water

2)Crumble the nori and add it to batter. Add salt a pepper.

3)Heat oil in frying pan

4)Roll eggplant in batter

5)Roll eggplant in breadcrumbs

6)Fry eggplant until batter is crisp and eggplant is soft. Flip when necessary


Chips

Ingredients:

Potatoes
Olive oil
Salt

1)Slice potato in long slender pieces

2)Coat slices with oil

3)Bake for one hour. Season with salt.

Serve both together with malt vinegar


Eggplant with Garlic and Lavender

Ingredients:

Eggplant, chopped
Garlic
Lavender
Butter or margarine

1) Heat garlic and lavender in butter. (More garlic than lavender. Lavender is strong)

2) Add eggplant. Cook until soft all the way through.

Served here with asparagus and mushrooms because . . . delicious.


Eggplant and Rice


Ingredients:

Eggplant, chopped
Garlic
Olive oil
Soy Sauce
Ginger
Red pepper
Rice

1)Heat garlic in oil

2)Add soy sauce and spices

3)Add eggplant. Cook until soft

Serve with rice