Does anyone have a good recipe for eggplant?

[Horse with no Name]

Pretty please?

[jedicord]

1. Dredge in flour and fry. That's as good as it gets! n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. We used to batter it and deep fry it

[Reciprocity]

19. Yep that's how I cook it.

Did you know that at one time, women in the Orient used a black dye made form eggplant to stain their teeth a gun metal gray? The dye probably came from the same dark purple eggplant we see in the marketplace today.

The eggplant is a member of the potato family, and it is known worldwide as aubergine, eggplant, brinjal, melanzana, garden egg, and patlican. It is available year-round, with the peak season during the months of August and September.


One pound of eggplant equals 3 to 4 cups chopped eggplant.

1 average-sized eggplant will serve 3 people.

1 medium eggplant equals 1 pound

[seriousstan]

2. Slice thin, saute with butter, put on plate with thick char-broiled steak,

scrape eggplant into trash bin and eat the steak.

[Kali]

11. NO

that is a waste of butter!

[wryter2000]

3. Post this in Cooking and Baking

You'll get an answer there.

To sautee it, the best thing is to slice it, salt it, and let the salt pull the excess water out. Then, press between two paper towels rather firmly. Sautee in extra virgin olive oil.

[WhollyHeretic]

5. Getting the excess water out is definitely the most important part

of cooking eggplant.

[wryter2000]

20. I usually do something similar with zucchini

I either slice it, salt it, and later press the water out or grate it very thickly, salt it, and let it drain in a collander. I got that latter from Julia Child.

[WhollyHeretic]

22. I never thought of doing that with zucchini

Thanks for the idea.

[bleedingheart]

4. moussaka....

http://www.premiersystems.com/recipes/moussaka.html

[havocmom]

6. Poke it, nuke it, cool it and blend pulp with some olive oil, garlic

add tomato paste if you want to... warm or cold, good veggie dip or cracker spread

I like to slice it thin, sprinkle with Cajun spice blend then grill on the skillet, pile on toasted wheat, dress with mayo of plain yogurt (my fav) some tomato slices, sprouts, avocado if you like, and some Swiss, Jarlsberg or Kaseri Cheese. This makes an extremely satisfying sandwich. Even my die hard meat & potatoes man loves it!

[napi21]

7. I've made this one quite often and everyone loved it.

Peel the eggpant (1 or however many you want to make). Slice the eggplant into 1/2" rounds, put the rounds into a colander, and sale each slice fairly heavy. Place a plate or something that will fit down into the colander so theres some pressure on the slices, sit the colander in the sink or over something where it can drain, and let sit for about 30 minutes. (This takes the bitterness out of the eggplant.

Rinse each slice and pat dry with paper towels.

Put flour into one bowl, and season with salt, pepper and garlic powder and stir. In a separate bowl, scramble an egg (more than 1 if you have more slices of eggplant).

Put each slice of eggplant into the flour first, then into the egg, than back into the flour.

Fry each in a skillet with oil till browned on both sides. Take out and drain on paper towels.

Warm some jarred or canned spaghetti sauce for serving over the eggplant. Serve shredded mozzarella &/or grated parmesan cheese so each gueat can put on as much as they want.

This is very much like Eggplant Parmesan but the slices stay a bit crispy and we like that.

Hope that helps.

[Shakespeare]

8. All the eggplant recipes one could EVER want are at this site.

http://www.aubergines.org/recipes.php

great site...

[Kali]

10. A real good one:

Make sure you buy a small one, without too many seeds. Slice thinly longwise. Brush with olive oil (carefull they can absorb a LOT of oil) sprinkle with salt, pepper, and lots of dried oregano. Grill (on bbq) till crispy - eat immediatly while hot with sour cream or tzaziki.

yummy

[Horse with no Name]

12. Thanks all for the great recipes!

I acquired some eggplant at the farmers market today and didn't know what to do with it.:)

[yellowdogintexas]

16. I stir fry it with a lot of garlic, ginger, hot peppers, some onions

and soy sauce. Serve over rice.

Non vegetarian: thinly sliced beef stirfried with it.


also:
Ratatouille

Eggplant
Zuchini
Bell peppers
garlic
basil
salt
onions

cut everything up. Stir fry each veg in oil and garlic until just done,
When you have sauteed everything, recombine all together and add some
chopped tomatoes. Heat through. top with parmesan cheese

yummy

[yewberry]

13. Do you like baba ghanouj?

It's one of my favorites.

Take 1 medium eggplant, cut off the stem-end and poke it all over with a fork. Roast at 400 for 45-50 minutes (until it's completely pooped.) Remove from oven.

When cool, scoop insides of eggplant into food processor. Add approx 1/3 cup of tahini (sesame seed paste,) a couple of teaspoons of lemon juice, & a clove of pressed garlic. Blend, add a pinch or two of salt and 1-2 DROPS of liquid smoke. Puree and adjust to taste. When smooth and kind of fluffy, add about 1/4 cup of chopped parsley and blend just enough to mix.

Serve with pita chips and/or a crudite.

[gizmo1979]

14. Take the egg plant

throw it out the window,pick up phone order takeout.optional,drive over eggplant on the way to get takeout.

[Rising Phoenix]

15. fry the hell out of it

[spacelady]

17. Greek stuffed Eggplant Has hamburger & really unique spices

Let me know if you are interested.

[Green Mountain Dem]

18. The best thing...

to do with Eggplant is to give it to your neighbor, especially if you don't like them...same goes for Zucchini. Trust me on this...my neighbor gives me one of each at least twice a week!! They have never liked us since we moved in...20yrs ago.

[noonwitch]

21. Eggplant Parmesean is good/I don't have the recipe with me

It's in the Silver Palette cookbook. I made it a few weeks ago and it was really good.

[ZombieNixon]

23. Eggplant kimchi

Only don't bother digging it up.

[shockra]

24. You can grow a plant from an egg?

I wonder if that's vegan.

[Kerebos]

25. What do you want, an appetizer or main course?

If you want an appetizer, thinly sliced grilled eggplant marinated in extra virgin olive oil, diced garlic, and fresh basil will knock your socks off.

This is so good, you will eat enough that you won't need a main course, lol. You can serve it on crusty bread too.

[youthere]

26. Grill it.

Slice it, brush with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
When done serve on top of angel hair pasta tossed with olive oil, crushed garlic, parmesan (fresh grated-not the stuff from the green can), fresh cracked pepper and some crusty french bread. mmmmmm.