Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
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- Alexandria
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Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Grand enthusiast of aubergine and here are some of the dishes I prepare with them:
Egyptian Baba Ghanug ( Moroccan Mutabal )
Eggplant Parmigiana
Ratatouille
Pisto Manchego
Sicilian Pasta Norma
Sautéed / Fried Aubergine with Chick Pea Flour
Have a lovely weekend ..
Egyptian Baba Ghanug ( Moroccan Mutabal )
Eggplant Parmigiana
Ratatouille
Pisto Manchego
Sicilian Pasta Norma
Sautéed / Fried Aubergine with Chick Pea Flour
Have a lovely weekend ..
Last edited by Alexandria on Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:16 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Just cooked an aubergine and spinach bhaji today. I love aubergines, so make a lot of dishes with them. These are some of the things that I make with it/use it in;
Aubergine And Spinach Bhaji
Aubergine Bhaji With Balsamic Vinegar (Dry Curry)
Aubergine Bhaji from Sri Lanka (Dry Curry))
Aubergine Bhaji, South Indian (Dry Curry)
Aubergine Cutlets
Aubergine Do Pyaza, A Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Aubergine Mash 1 - Traditional North Indian
Aubergine Mash 2 - With Garlic
Aubergine Mash 3 - Without Onion And Tomatoes
Aubergine Mash 4 - Mediterranean Style
Aubergine Mash 5 - With Mooli White Radish
Aubergine Mash 6 - Chokha From Bihar
Aubergine Mash - 7 Baba Ganoush
Aubergine Mash 7 - Easy Method
Aubergine Pakora or Fritters
Aubergine Pasta
Aubergine Pickle
Aubergine Pickle Style Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Aubergine Pilaf Rice
Aubergine Raita (Yoghurt) - 1
Aubergine Raita (Yoghurt) - 2
Aubergine Stir Fried Bengali Style, A Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Aubergine and Potato Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Aubergine and White Mooli Radish Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Baingan Ka Saalan, An Aubergine Curry To Serve With a Biryani
Bulgur Wheat Pilaf with Aubergine and Capsicum
Courgette and Aubergine Salad
Fried or Grilled Aubergine Slices 1
Fried or Grilled Aubergine Slices 2
Mixed Vegetable Bhaji 1 (Dry Curry ), North Indian
Mixed Vegetable Bhaji 2 (Dry Curry ), South Indian
Mixed Vegetable Bhaji 3 (Dry Curry )
Mixed Vegetable Curry 5
Mixed Vegetable Pakora or Bhajis - 1, Fritters (Mamta's)
Pau or Pav Bhaji
Potato, Aubergine and Drumstick Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Roast Mixed Vegetables
Roasted Mediterranean Style Pickled Vegetables
Savoury Indian Vermicelli 2, with Aubergines and Paneer cheese
Spaghetti and Aubergine Bolognese Bake
Steamed Aubergines with Spicy Topping - A Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Stuffed Aubergine 1
Stuffed Aubergine 3 With Besan (Bengal Gram Flour)
Stuffed Aubergines 2 with Paneer Cheese (A Bhaji/Dry Curry)
Aubergine And Spinach Bhaji
Aubergine Bhaji With Balsamic Vinegar (Dry Curry)
Aubergine Bhaji from Sri Lanka (Dry Curry))
Aubergine Bhaji, South Indian (Dry Curry)
Aubergine Cutlets
Aubergine Do Pyaza, A Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Aubergine Mash 1 - Traditional North Indian
Aubergine Mash 2 - With Garlic
Aubergine Mash 3 - Without Onion And Tomatoes
Aubergine Mash 4 - Mediterranean Style
Aubergine Mash 5 - With Mooli White Radish
Aubergine Mash 6 - Chokha From Bihar
Aubergine Mash - 7 Baba Ganoush
Aubergine Mash 7 - Easy Method
Aubergine Pakora or Fritters
Aubergine Pasta
Aubergine Pickle
Aubergine Pickle Style Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Aubergine Pilaf Rice
Aubergine Raita (Yoghurt) - 1
Aubergine Raita (Yoghurt) - 2
Aubergine Stir Fried Bengali Style, A Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Aubergine and Potato Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Aubergine and White Mooli Radish Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Baingan Ka Saalan, An Aubergine Curry To Serve With a Biryani
Bulgur Wheat Pilaf with Aubergine and Capsicum
Courgette and Aubergine Salad
Fried or Grilled Aubergine Slices 1
Fried or Grilled Aubergine Slices 2
Mixed Vegetable Bhaji 1 (Dry Curry ), North Indian
Mixed Vegetable Bhaji 2 (Dry Curry ), South Indian
Mixed Vegetable Bhaji 3 (Dry Curry )
Mixed Vegetable Curry 5
Mixed Vegetable Pakora or Bhajis - 1, Fritters (Mamta's)
Pau or Pav Bhaji
Potato, Aubergine and Drumstick Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Roast Mixed Vegetables
Roasted Mediterranean Style Pickled Vegetables
Savoury Indian Vermicelli 2, with Aubergines and Paneer cheese
Spaghetti and Aubergine Bolognese Bake
Steamed Aubergines with Spicy Topping - A Bhaji (Dry Curry)
Stuffed Aubergine 1
Stuffed Aubergine 3 With Besan (Bengal Gram Flour)
Stuffed Aubergines 2 with Paneer Cheese (A Bhaji/Dry Curry)
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
I make quite a few of the above, but would add
Armenian style stuffed aubergines with lamb mince
Imam Bayeldi
Chinese dry fried aubergines
Chinese Fish Fragrant aubergines (no fish content, it just uses the spices traditionally used for fish) This is Fuchsia Dunlop's recipe, which I use
https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/332921/fish-fragrant-aubergines-by-fuschia-dunlop
Smoky aubergine dips, Mutabal and Baba Ganouj
http://syrianfoodie.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/one-hundred-and-one-mezze-5-mutabal.html
Armenian style stuffed aubergines with lamb mince
Imam Bayeldi
Chinese dry fried aubergines
Chinese Fish Fragrant aubergines (no fish content, it just uses the spices traditionally used for fish) This is Fuchsia Dunlop's recipe, which I use
https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/332921/fish-fragrant-aubergines-by-fuschia-dunlop
Smoky aubergine dips, Mutabal and Baba Ganouj
http://syrianfoodie.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/one-hundred-and-one-mezze-5-mutabal.html
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Wot she said. I was going to add Imam Bayledi and a Ken Hom recipe that's not a million miles from the FD one, albeit using yellow bean sauce.
Plus caponata. and Madhur Jaffrey's Baingan Achari recipe.
I also get through a lot of Patak's Brinjal pickle. Mrs B prefers Waitrose Aubergine pickle, so we have his and hers, as we do with sherry.
Plus caponata. and Madhur Jaffrey's Baingan Achari recipe.
I also get through a lot of Patak's Brinjal pickle. Mrs B prefers Waitrose Aubergine pickle, so we have his and hers, as we do with sherry.
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Madhur Jaffrey's Baingan Achari recipe.
Ooh, forgot her Aubergines in the Pickling Style
And Patak's aubergine chutney, I can eat it with a spoon
Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
1: Imam bayildi
2: Caponata
3: Moussaka
4: Ratatouille
What a great thread and I shall be getting lots of ideas from other posters!
Sue, thanks very much for the Syrian Foodie link, which I am finding very interesting.
2: Caponata
3: Moussaka
4: Ratatouille
What a great thread and I shall be getting lots of ideas from other posters!
Sue, thanks very much for the Syrian Foodie link, which I am finding very interesting.
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Yes, I'm a huge Kano (Syrian Foodie) fan Renee
In pre war Syria we were told that Arabs hiring a cook look first for a Lebanese and second for a Syrian, the cuisines are very similar. We ate well in Syria in those days
In pre war Syria we were told that Arabs hiring a cook look first for a Lebanese and second for a Syrian, the cuisines are very similar. We ate well in Syria in those days
Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
I hadn't realised that you had lived over there, Sue. I love the flavours of Middle Eastern dishes and have just noticed Pomegranate Molasses Hummus on the site, which I will make tomorrow, because I have all the ingredients.
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Renée wrote:I hadn't realised that you had lived over there, Sue. I love the flavours of Middle Eastern dishes and have just noticed Pomegranate Molasses Hummus on the site, which I will make tomorrow, because I have all the ingredients.
I didn't live there, I just visited! It was a very memorable holiday
Aleppo
18 years ago they didn't oddly enough use a lot of pomegranate molasses but as Kano says, fashion....
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Stokey Sue wrote:I make quite a few of the above, but would add
Armenian style stuffed aubergines with lamb mince
Imam Bayeldi
Chinese dry fried aubergines
Chinese Fish Fragrant aubergines (no fish content, it just uses the spices traditionally used for fish) This is Fuchsia Dunlop's recipe, which I use
https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/332921/fish-fragrant-aubergines-by-fuschia-dunlop
Smoky aubergine dips, Mutabal and Baba Ganouj
http://syrianfoodie.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/one-hundred-and-one-mezze-5-mutabal.html
@ Stokey Sue,
Wow !! I can see that you are quite a fan of Aubergine !
Thank you for all your feedback ..
Have a lovely weekend ..
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Renée wrote:1: Imam bayildi
2: Caponata
3: Moussaka
4: Ratatouille
What a great thread and I shall be getting lots of ideas from other posters!
Sue, thanks very much for the Syrian Foodie link, which I am finding very interesting.
@ Renée,
Thank you for all your feedback ..
Oh, yes, Caponata and Moussaka ..
Wonderful selection ..
Glad you have become inspired ..
Have a lovely evening ..
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- Alexandria
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Stokey Sue,
Thank you very much for all these wonderful Lebanese and Syrian Aubergine Mezze / Dishes ..
Shall check out your links on my way home from Lisbon ..
Have a lovely weekend ..
Thank you very much for all these wonderful Lebanese and Syrian Aubergine Mezze / Dishes ..
Shall check out your links on my way home from Lisbon ..
Have a lovely weekend ..
Barcelona, soulful & spirited, filled with fine art, amazing architecture, profoundly steeped in culture & history, and it engages all your senses, and food fancies.
Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
by Stokey Sue » Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:41 pm
I make quite a few of the above, but would add
Armenian style stuffed aubergines with lamb mince
Imam Bayeldi
For some reason, I have not made Imam Bayeldi. It looks tasty. Which recipe do you follow Sue? I have bought a nice, fresh aubergine yesterday.
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Mamta
That's a rather lovely list there. Nice one.
Grilled aubergines and puttanesca sauce here.
I still salt them pre-use, does everyone else?
That's a rather lovely list there. Nice one.
Grilled aubergines and puttanesca sauce here.
I still salt them pre-use, does everyone else?
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Gillthepainter wrote:I still salt them pre-use, does everyone else?
Sometimes, but much less than I used to
Ian did a trial and found that pre-salted absorbed less oil when fried, but I seldom fry, I spray with oil and bake, easier as well as less oil
Modern aubergines don't seem to be bitter so there's no need to salt for that, only possibly for texture
There's a recurrent thing in some Indian food recipes that all seem to quote each other without thinking, you are told to take a couple of large aubergines, slice them, then "sprinkle with a 1/4 teaspoon of salt to draw the bitter juices"
Now I don't believe a pinch of salt will draw a lot of juice, bitter or otherwise, from a pound of aubergines. Anyone else spotted this?
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
I think it's the same with courgettes, by all means salt for flavour or texture, but the amount of salt needed to extract a lot of juice would be, well, quite salty.
I agree about frying these things; brown them in the oven and you dry them out a bit anyway. Bitterness doesn't seem to be an issue.
I cannot imagine how I left ratatouille or moussaka off my original list.
I agree about frying these things; brown them in the oven and you dry them out a bit anyway. Bitterness doesn't seem to be an issue.
I cannot imagine how I left ratatouille or moussaka off my original list.
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Most of the above because we love aubergines but I also make Papeton which is sort of aubergine terrine form Avignon said to have been first made at the times the popes were there.
Also from around these parts, an aubergine and lamb tagine.
I almost always cook my aubergines in the oven except when I griddle them to wrap around hallumiwhen ,] I just brush the thin slices with olive oil.
Also from around these parts, an aubergine and lamb tagine.
I almost always cook my aubergines in the oven except when I griddle them to wrap around hallumiwhen ,] I just brush the thin slices with olive oil.
Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
Thanks Gill. I love aubergines and make them in all sorts of ways, sometimes pan frying chunks simply in oil with a little Maggie's seasoning sauce.
I stopped doing that quite a while ago. I used to salt and scrub tops of small cucumbers too, to remove bitterness, haven't done that either for a long time. I haven't had a bitter cucumber in years, they have been bread out I think. I am not sure if these things work anyway!
I still salt them pre-use, does everyone else?
I stopped doing that quite a while ago. I used to salt and scrub tops of small cucumbers too, to remove bitterness, haven't done that either for a long time. I haven't had a bitter cucumber in years, they have been bread out I think. I am not sure if these things work anyway!
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Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
The key is to only purchase Male Aubergines.
How to tell the difference is very simple.
1) Turn the aubergine upside down and look for a tiny dot or indented dot.
2) Females have large oval shaped navels ( indents ) ..
3) Females have lots of seeds which cause a light bitterness.
I prepare mine the traditional way, salted.
Thank you for all your feedback ..
Have a nice weekend ..
How to tell the difference is very simple.
1) Turn the aubergine upside down and look for a tiny dot or indented dot.
2) Females have large oval shaped navels ( indents ) ..
3) Females have lots of seeds which cause a light bitterness.
I prepare mine the traditional way, salted.
Thank you for all your feedback ..
Have a nice weekend ..
Barcelona, soulful & spirited, filled with fine art, amazing architecture, profoundly steeped in culture & history, and it engages all your senses, and food fancies.
Re: Aubergine / Eggplant: What do you prepare ?
The key is to only purchase Male Aubergines.
Never knew that! I will have to look at photos to know the difference, have you got any?
Which is this one;
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