Steamed Homegrown Eggplant
My father-in-law has the most amazing green thumb. Or should that be green thumbs? Whichever it is, I love visiting his backyard to admire the fruit trees bearing loquats, pomegranates, apples, lemons and the vegetable patch filled with a variety of tomato, cucumber, chilli and capsicum plants. They are his pride and joy and he loves sharing the fruits of his labour with us.
Recently, we received a couple of eggplants which I steamed over simmering water for about 15 minutes. While the cubes of eggplant were cooking, I boiled down a simple sauce based on a Kylie Kwong recipe of soy sauce, malt vinegar, Shao Hsing wine, sugar, sesame oil, garlic, salt & pepper.
Plate the eggplant, sprinkle chopped spring onions and thin slices of chilli, then pour over the sauce. Absolutely delicious with some white rice!
This is my entry for Heart of the Matter 4 which is focussing on vegetables this month. Head to Joanne’s for the roundup!
June 22nd, 2007 at 11:48 pm
That looks delicious. Eggplant is one of my favourite vegetables and I’ll definitely try this dish soon!
June 24th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Ooooh I have an eggplant sitting in the bottom of the fridge… Need to make this, me thinks!
June 26th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
eggplant is my favourite vegetables too!
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Just heard that eggplant is really good for you. Since i have a steamer and a rice
cooker think i will give it a try!