Sweet and Sour Eggplant Salad

[vanessa12]

Just thought I'd share with you all the new recipe I've tried.

Ingredients:

6 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 sticks celery, chopped
450 grams eggplant
1 x 400 grams can whole tomato chopped
50g sliced green olives
25g brown sugar
100ml red wine vinegar
25g capers
1 Tbsp. parsley chopped



How to make Sweet and Sour Eggplant Salad:

* Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in large frying pan. Add the onions, garlic and celery', cook for approximately 3-4 minutes stirring occasionally.
* Slice the aubergines into thick rounds and then cut each round into 4 pieces.
* Add the aubergines or eggplant to the frying pan with the remaining olive oil and fry for 5 minutes or until golden brown.
* Add the tomatoes, olives and sugar to the pan, stirring until all the sugar hasdissolved.
* Add the red wine vinegar, reduce the heat and simmer for about 10-15 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
* While the pan is still on the heat, add the capers and season to taste.
* Remove from heat and allow cooling before serving, sprinkling with parsley to serve.
* This Salad is best served cold the day after it is made, which allows all the flavors to mingle and be fully absorbed.

[itsmytime]

Wow, this recipe sounds amazing. Thanks for posting it.

Did you have to salt the eggplant slices first to remove the bitter taste or is it ok to just cut them up and throw them in the pan?

[patrick skelly]

Thank you for posting! I absolutely love eggplants and Ill definitely try this later at home.

Eggplants are high in nutrients too! Look at the table below and see just how beneficial eggplants are to our body! bon apetit!

Nutrient Amount DV
(%) Nutrient
Density World's Healthiest
Foods Rating
dietary fiber 2.48 g 9.9 6.4 very good
potassium 245.52 mg 7.0 4.6 very good
manganese 0.13 mg 6.5 4.2 very good
copper 0.11 mg 5.5 3.6 very good
vitamin B1 (thiamin) 0.08 mg 5.3 3.5 very good
vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) 0.09 mg 4.5 2.9 good
folate 14.26 mcg 3.6 2.3 good
magnesium 12.87 mg 3.2 2.1 good
tryptophan 0.01 g 3.1 2.0 good
vitamin B3 (niacin) 0.59 mg 3.0 1.9 good

[swift]

I like this recipe, Egg plant is my favorite vegetable..
If you have any other egg plant recipe like frying egg plant. then do share here!!

[jan]

I just gave this a try because I was looking for something new to eat but that wasn't too complicated. It's really great! Thank you very much for sharing this.

[Paplo]

I didn't have red wine vinegar but I had balsamic, so I just tried it anyway. It tasted good. So if you need to substitute, it does work :)