Purple Chinese Eggplant Recipes
Chinese eggplant shopping tips.
Purple chinese eggplant recipes. Plus i have a tip to keep eggplant purple even after cooking which im eager to share. Super easy grilled asian eggplant is going to be your new meatless monday recipe. One recipe calls for thai eggplantthese small golf ball sized eggplants normally have a greenish white skin. Chinese eggplant cooking tips.
Chinese eggplant is a skinny eggplant compared to other varieties and has a mild and sweet taste that lends itself well to the strong flavors of asian cuisines. Different vegetables have different cooking times cook each type separately and then combine. The deep purple skin is rich in antioxidants and since it is so thin it can be left on during the cooking process if desired speeding preparation time and making this vegetable a delicious choice for a quick weeknight stir fry. Top tips for this chinese eggplant recipe if you can find chinese bean paste add 1 tablespoon to the stir fry and cut the soy sauce to just 1 teaspoon.
Look for vegetables that are firm and bright in color avoid those that are wilted or have wrinkled skins which are signs of age. I just hope you can scrape up enough lao gan ma from the bottom of the jar to make it. These purple jewels are eaten all over the world in savory recipes just look at these 10 ways to cook eggplant with global flavors. When the asian eggplants are grilled they become super tender on the inside chargrilled and a little crisp on the outside.
Eggplants aubergines have a real meaty texture and like mushrooms can transform a meat and potato eater into a vegan well almost. They almost take on a sweet caramelized flavor. Brinjal bharve baingan bharawan baingan chinese eggplant thai round pur. Its no surprise since eggplant has a creamy texture and.
Most of these recipes feature chinese eggplant a slender thin skinned purple variety that has a more delicate flavor than the large globe shaped eggplants most often found in western supermarkets.