The CookingBites recipe challenge: aubergine (eggplant)

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Eight days to go and just five recipes…I’m betting we can do better than that! Let’s see those dishes!
 
Recipe - Ms. Mofet's Eggplant Parmesan

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TastyReuben said:
Eight days to go and just five recipes…I’m betting we can do better than that! Let’s see those dishes!
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karadekoolaid said:
Have to say I'm a little disappointed. Maybe the challenge was too much...
I've made three different aubergine dishes today. Nothing Indian, either!
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The last time we had aubergines as the ingredient for the challenge was in 2017 and we had 8 entries. That was quite a lot for those days. Now we have more participating cooks on the forum so I don't really understand the lack of entries. Anyway, I will attempt to fill my quota of 6 entries. I've far more ideas than those 6...

Maybe its worth mentioning that entries don't have to be a main course - it could be a little canapé, tapas, a side dish or a starter.
 
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a recipe fame is exceedingly dependent on the proclivity of the diner to "loving eggplant"
this a a peeled eggplant, sliced,
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egg wash, seasoned flour - OMG! salt pepper touch of cayenne . . .

for a full dog wag, egg wash + dredge, allow to dry 20 minutes on a rack. "re-dip" egg wash+dredge then pan fry for color and pretty - but not over cooked to mush...
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bit of sauce on the pan bottom + fried rounds
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sliced provolone cheese
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bake to nicely brown & bubble
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CookieMonster said:
keep it simple folks - egg plant does not well take to forty herbs and spices . .
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I tend to agree and most of my entries use/will use only a few ingredients. However, there are exceptions and I'm making two such - from India and China. Complex spices can work well with aubergine.

Are you going to enter a dish CookieMonster?
 
CookieMonster said:
keep it simple folks - egg plant does not well take to forty herbs and spices .
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Quite agree. But then, I don't think any ingredient does. The most complex aubergine/eggplant recipe I use has 8 different spices, and that makes the flavour extremely complex - and interesting! Yet there are others where only one, or two spices (or herbs) are used.
 
karadekoolaid said:
Maybe the challenge was too much...
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I’m sure some of it is down to it not being very popular, at least among folks in the US (of which we have a couple!) - I was just poking around on the ‘net and found a 2019 poll/study that concluded eggplant is the fifth-most-hated vegetable in the US (yes, I know, not technically a vegetable, blah blah blah :wink: ).
 
karadekoolaid said:
Yeah. Maybe. But that's the whole point of a "challenge", right? Maybe next time I'll put chicken wings or minced beef... :wacky: :wacky: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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And I'd likely pass on those, too. Not that I hate them, just not interesting to me. And I haven't ever cooked wings by themselves. Ever. They've always been attached to a whole chicken.
 
One of the co-stars of the Westworld TV series, Tessa Thompson, never had an egg until recently:

Tessa Thompson Only Recently Ate an Egg For the First Time

Why mention this here? Because she also said she wouldn't even eat eggplant for a while because she associated the vegetable with eggs. :laugh:

I suppose everyone has their reasons for not liking certain food.
 
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