I just bought an eggplant (aubergine). Any good, simple recipe ideas?

Answer 1

Eggplant Sandwich

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

1 regular sized eggplant
tomato
salt
French or baguette bread
olive oil
veggie mozzarella cheese

Directions:

Preheat Oven to 375 degrees.

Slice eggplant into 1/2 inch thick slices.

Grease baking sheet with olive oil. Place eggplant on baking sheet. Oil the top of the eggplant and salt to your liking. Bake in pre-heated oven for 15 minutes, flip over and bake for another 15 minutes.

While eggplant is cooking, cut up tomato to your liking and lettuce.

When the eggplant is done, place on the French or baguette bread and sprinkle mozzarella cheese to your liking. Stick back into oven for about 2 minutes.

Add however much lettuce and tomato you want!

HOPE YOU ENJOY

Preparation time: 35 min

Eggplant Casserole

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

1 large eggplant
1 orange pepper and 1 green pepper
1 red onion, med
chopped chives
zucchini, med
2 tomatoes, med
bread crumbs
vinegar (homemade flavor or balsimic)
garlic cloves (to taste. I LOVE garlic so I use about 8 cloves)
1 can fat-free spaghetti sauce
onion salt, oregano, other italian spices to taste
vegan soy cheese (optional)

Directions:

Basically, I slice the eggplant and place on a plate. Sprinkle with balsimic (sp?) vinegar (or homemade oregon or garlic vinegar) and micro wave for about 6-7 minutes to soften. Then I coat with vegan breadcrumbs (which I have mixed the spices in with). Place them in a large baking dish, and cover with chopped peppers, chives, sliced zucchini, sliced tomatoes, onions and garlic cloves. Then I pour the spag. sauce over the top and sprinkle with oregano and vegan cheese. Then I bake for about 1 hr. at 350 degrees.

Baked Fried Eggplant

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

2 medium to large eggplants - peeled and sliced into rounds
Fat free Italian salad dressing
Seasoned breadcrumbs
Vegetable cooking spray

Directions:

Serves: 4.

Preparation time: 20-30 min..

Dip eggplant slices into the fat free Italian dressing. Allow the excess dressing to drip off (too much dressing will wet the vegan breadcrumbs and make them a pain to work with). Coat the eggplant with the vegan breadcrumbs and place on a cookie sheet sprayed with vegetable spray. Lightly spray the eggplant with the vegetable spray. Bake at 400 degrees F until brown and crispy turning at least once (about 10 to 15 minutes).

I like to serve the eggplant with pasta and tomato sauce - but I have been known to just eat the slices off of the cookie sheet right out of the oven!

Eggplant Stirfry

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

4 Asian eggplants sliced
1 tablespoon veg oil
2 teaspoon brown vegan sugar
5 scallions chopped
2 tablespoon sesame oil
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 1/2 cups snow peas
2 red peppers sliced

Directions:

Heat the oils in the wok. Once very hot add the peppers, and the eggplant. Cook for 4 minutes, until softened. Add the snow peas, and the scallions. Dissolve the brown vegan sugar in the soy sauce, and then add it to the pan. Cook for 2 more minutes, and serve.

Serves: 2

Preparation time: about 15 min

Sweet Pepper and Eggplant Pizza

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

2 1/2 cup flour
1 pkg. rapid yeast
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm water
2 tablespoon shortening
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 lg. red bell peppers, seeded, thin sliced
3 lg. yellow bell peppers, seeded, thin sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon thyme
salt, pepper, and hot pepper flakes to taste
1 large (1 lb.) eggplant
6 cloves garlic, minced
olive oil
4-5 tomatoes, chopped, seeded if you wish
3 tablespoon chopped fresh bazil
cayenne or hot pepper flakes to taste

Directions:

In medium bowl, mix 1 c. of the flour, yeast and salt. Add water (warm to temperature recommended by yeast pkg) and shortening. Mix by hand till somewhat smooth. Gradually add remaining flour to make stiff dough. Let rest 15 min. covered. With well greased hands, press dough in a greased 12 or 14 pizza pan. Top as desired. Bake at 400 deg F 25-30 min till golden and crisp on edges. Serve immediately. Can freeze unbaked pizza, thaw and bake when needed.

Saute peppers and garlic in oil 10 minutes till soft, but still with some texture. Add seasonings.

Cut eggplant in half, lengthwise. Cut long slash in middle of each half without cutting through skin. Place cut side down on baking dish. Bake in preheated 450 deg F oven 20-30 minutes until tender and skin shrivels. Cool, slice crosswise. You can also just saute raw slices in olive oil until tender

Saute garlic in 1 T. olive oil over low until it just starts to turn golden. Add tomatoes. Cook 5 min. over low. Add spices. Spread sauce on dough, then arrange eggplant on top.

Answer 2

Well this is a favorite of mine. Take the eggplant and cut it into 1/2 inch disks. Sprinkle with salt and leave to drain for 15-20 minutes. Meanwhile light the BBQ and in a small bowl mix together 1/4 cup olive oil, 2 tsp fresh rosemary(minced), and 2 cloves garlic(minced). Brush salt off the eggplant and brush with the oil. Grill till charred and tender and serve with some marinara sauce on top. MMMM yummy. We always leave the peel on because it helps stabilize the disks on the grill.

Answer 3

Allow it to bake in tomato sauce (spicy pasta sauce) for 30 minutes after soaking it in salt water for 30 minutes.

Frankly, it's an excellent meat alternative which taste great. Cut the eggplant thicker to give the impression to your guests of cutting through a meat-like material.

You may have to add more than normal amounts of salt to augment the flavors.

The all-time eggplant parm is always great, but a little on the heavy side at times. Plus, it's not the easiest in the world to make. Soak, batter, fry, cool, bake, etc.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

Ratatouille:

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed and minced
1 large onion, quartered and thinly sliced
1 small eggplant, cubed
2 green bell peppers, coarsely chopped
4 large tomatoes, coarsely chopped, or 2 cans (14.5 ounces each) diced tomatoes
3 to 4 small zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 teaspoon dried leaf basil
1/2 teaspoon dried leaf oregano
1/4 teaspoon dried leaf thyme
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

PREPARATION:
In a 4-quart Dutch oven or saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic and onions and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 6 to 7 minutes. Add eggplant; stir until coated with oil. Add peppers; stir to combine.
Cover and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep vegetables from sticking.
Add tomatoes, zucchini, and herbs; mix well. Cover and cook over low heat about 15 minutes, or until eggplant is tender but not too soft.

Serves 4.

Answer 5

Well you could make a batter that consists of cake flour , a pinch of salt , chilli powder and water. mix all dry ingredients and add water until you get a good batter (like pancakes) cut eggplant in circular slices and dip in batter. and fry eggplant until golden

Answer 6

A recipe from India thats not pungent. Make a batter of gram flour,salt and pepper.Cut the Aub. into slices,dip in batter and fry in shallow oil in a frypan till crisp.Eat with tomato ketchup and think of India.

Answer 7

Here's our fave way of eating it: Peel and slice into about one-eighth inch rounds. Have ready three bowls - one with plain flour, one with a few eggs beaten with a little bit of water in it and seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and the third with fine bread crumbs.
Heat a pan with oil (I use an electric frypan because I can fry a lot at once). Dredge a piece in flour, dip in egg, then breadcrumbs. Fry til golden brown on one side, turn to brown on other. Put in roaster lined with several layers of paper towels to drain excess oil.
We eat ours just like this, but you can also layer them in a casserole, put tomato sauce over, top with grated mozza and bake til cheese melts.

Answer 8

Yes, a very simple one. Slice it into rings, lay each slices flat and sprinkle with salt each side. Leave for 10-15 minutes. Dab paper kitchen towels over it to absorb moisture. Fry lightly in oil.
Then serve. It goes well with salad tomatoes and spring onions with whatever else you wanna accompany with it.

Answer 9

Peel it cut ends off slice about 1/2 in thick
soak it in brine (salt water) we always soak for about 1 hour dip in beaten egg and then flour fry quickly so that it doesn't absorb too much grease.
Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese while it's hot and eat. Uuummmmmmmmmm!

Answer 10

You have many suggestions on the preparation of sliced egg plant,basically you need to sprinkle salt,rest,drain & pat dry ,shallow fry slices in hot oil to which you have added a couple of crushed garlic cloves,brown on both sides & lift on to absorbent paper,top with a good helping of mince cooked your favourite way,top thie with grated cheese & grill,place a fried egg on top,serve with salad or fries & sauce.

Answer 11

stuff it with rice, tomotato, and mint. Thenk just put it in a crock pot for about an hour and enjoy!