Eggplant Dishes
Eggplant is one of my favourite vegetables. It is versatile, healthy and can be used in summer as well as winter dishes.
Eggplant Salad (serves 4 people)
2 eggplants
400 gr of peeled canned tomatoes
3 crushed cloves garlic
fresh coriander/cilantro
1 tsp ground cumin
olive oil
salt and pepper
Grill or microwave the eggplants. Wait until they have cooled. Cut in half and scoop out the pulp.
Heat the olive oil in a pan and gently fry the garlic, make sure it does not burn. Add the tomatoes and cook uncovered for about 10 minutes.
Add the eggplant pulp, the coriander, salt and pepper. Cook uncovered for approximately 20 minutes, stirring from time to time.
When the dish is cooked, add the ground cumin. Chill at least 3 hours.
Eggplant Quiche (dairy)
Ready-made flaky pastry
1 packet of frozen grilled or fried slices of eggplant
150 gr of soft goat cheese
1 small jar of tapenade
olive oil
a few black pitted olives
Press the pastry into a pie plate. Smear it with the tapenade, not too heavily though. Arrange the slices of eggplants on top. Add the sliced cheese. Sprinkle with herbs and drizzle a little olive oil. Put a few olives in the middle to decorate.
Cook 25 minutes at 450°F.
May 8, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I’m so excited about these. Thanks!
May 8, 2008 at 10:06 pm
You’re welcome!
May 8, 2008 at 11:42 pm
I just bought an eggplant. So if I grill it, do I grill it whole? Or cut it? Of course, my grill is fleishig…but it would taste really good. I just have to remember to store it in a meat container.
May 9, 2008 at 6:24 am
Grill it whole, pierced but whole. I assume you’re referring to the first recipe.
May 9, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Yes, the first recipe. Unfortunately, it’s raining today, so I stuck my eggplant in the oven. I can still make a variant of your first recipe.
I can’t do a lot of dairy recipes because I’m lactose intolerant. I try to limit the dairy I eat to some hard cheese and some yogurt.
May 11, 2008 at 11:42 am
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Best wishes and good luck.
May 11, 2008 at 7:08 pm
I made the first recipe. With baking the eggplant instead of grilling.
It’s all gone! So I suppose it was a success. Thank you.
May 11, 2008 at 7:49 pm
You’re welcome!
I made a parve rhubarb cobbler for Shabbat on Friday, it was delicious. I’ll post it during the week.
May 30, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Grill or microwave the eggplants.
Do you have any tips for microwaving eggplant? I often use the microwave to “steam” vegetables, but the one time I tried it with eggplant it did not work so well.
FYI, another quick way to cook eggplant is to broil it.
May 30, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I wrote about microwaving eggplant here:
http://ilanadavita.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/quick-shabbat-treats/
You’ll find the tips in the second recipe.