Summer Fruit Festival Recipe #6 – Padang-style Eggplant Sambal
INGREDIENTS:
- 500g eggplant, cut into cubes
- 100g large chillies
- 1 medium-sized onion
- 3 cloves garlic (optional)
- 2 tomatoes (optional)
- 1 tsp salt
- Oil for frying
METHOD:
- Blend chillies, onion, garlic and tomatoes in a food processor.
- Fry eggplant with about ¼ cup oil until browned. Remove and set aside.
- Add more oil in frying pan and fry the sambal until it’s a semi-dry consistency (about 10 minutes).
- Toss in the eggplant and season with salt. Serve with steamed rice.
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ps. Eggplant is one of my favourite vegetables but I’ve just found out via this article – 27 Science-based Health Benefits of Eggplant – that it’s actually a Berry. Go figure 🙂
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