Then place the sliced eggplant in it and cover the pot. Make sure that the water doesn’t reach into the pasta basket or your eggplant will be boiled instead of steamed. Pour about an inch of water in the pan and place the pasta pot in it. Here is how you can make a steamer with a pasta pot.
So that you can strain your freshly cooked pasta by simply taking that pasta pot out of the boiling water. You know, one of those pots or metal baskets with holes in it, that goes into another pot that can hold water. You can create the same steam effect you need for this steamed eggplant recipe with a very simple kitchen trick.Īnd therefore to get that effect you can use a pasta pot. No need to worry, because I have some good news for you. What do you have to do if you don’t have a steamer at home? You can’t just go buy one to make this steamed eggplant recipe, right? Hang on, there might be a slight problem here. If you have a great recipe for that, leave a comment below on this page! This is steamed eggplant Chinese style, but I would also like to try steamed eggplant Korean style. You will be surprised, I can tell you that! MarinadeĪnd there is the secret right there to a good steamed eggplant: the marinade! But I will show you that eggplant is far from tasteless if you make the right marinade to go with it. It is indeed not one of the most flavorful and strong vegetables there are on this planet. I know and I agree, steamed eggplant may sounds pretty bland. How do you prefer to cook eggplant by the way? I usually just grill, stir fry, bake or deep fry them. But one of the chapters was about steaming vegetables.Īnyway I suddenly realised that there were other ways to prepare fresh eggplant! So this time I found myself picking up a funky cookbook by a European chef with Asian roots.Īnd the book was about his childhood years and the traditional food that his grandma and mom used to cook for him back in China.Ī lovely book about history and food memories but with a modern twist. It is a great way to get extra inspiration for this food blog!īesides, leafing through a book is free.
Not that I am a huge book buyer, I stopped buying cookbooks a long time ago but I always walk in and go straight to the cookbook shelves. I think it was after I leafed through a basic Chinese cookbook in a bookshop in town one day. I am not quite sure how exactly I came up with the idea of preparing a steamed eggplant. Do try out my easy Chinese style steamed eggplant! It is silky smooth steamed eggplant that is drenched in a flavorful Asian style soy sauce marinade… This one is definitely a winner side dish!
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