Do you enjoy eating eggplants? Eggplants, aubergine or brinjals if made the right way can be very delicious. With just a few ingredients we are going to make Delicious Chinese Eggplants with Garlic Sauce.
For this recipe, we need long, purple and medium-sized eggplants. Let’s start now.
Ingredients
- 3 cups water & 1 teaspoon salt (to soak the brinjals)
- 500 grams or 2 medium-sized eggplants
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 8 pips of chopped garlic
- 4 tablespoon spring onions (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 fresh red chilli (finely sliced)
For the sauce
- 1 tablespoon light soya sauce
- 1 teaspoon dark soya sauce
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- ¼ teaspoon white pepper powder
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 4 tablespoons water
Method
- Start by cutting the eggplants first. Cut the eggplants 3 inches in length and 2 cm in width. After that, put them in 3 cups of water with 1 teaspoon of salt. Soak them for 5 minutes. This method will avoid the eggplants from turning brown.
- Take a medium pan on medium heat and add 3 tablespoons of oil. Now squeeze all the water from the eggplants and saute it in a pan for 3 minutes until it turns slightly brown. Take the eggplants out and keep them aside.
- In the same pan, add the chopped garlic and saute it until it goes golden in colour. Take out half of the golden garlic with 1 tablespoon of garlic oil. Keep aside.
- Now add ginger, red chilli and spring onion. Saute for 30 seconds and then pour in the above sauce ingredients.
- Put the eggplants back in the pan and cook for 2 minutes on low heat. Cover the pan here.
- Lastly, add the balance fried garlic with 1 tablespoon of garlic oil when you serve. Done.
- Your Delicious Chinese Eggplants with Garlic Sauce are ready. Serve it hot with white jasmine rice. Enjoy!
Final thoughts
- If you are a vegetarian, you may omit the oyster sauce.
- If you want more gravy, you may add 2 or 3 more tablespoons of water.
- If you wish your eggplants to be spicier, you may add 2 bird eye chilli.
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