Eggplant is a home-cooked dish that can be bought all year round. Whether it is green eggplant or purple eggplant, if the eggplant aroma can be produced when cooking, then the dish is considered a success. Among the various dishes using eggplant as raw material, I have a special liking for eggplant with garlic paste. This home-cooked dish uses mashed garlic and eggplant as the main ingredients. The preparation is simple, the finished dish is soft and fragrant, and the taste is fresh and salty with a hint of garlic. It is also very good with rice.

Garlic eggplant was originally a famous traditional Han dish in Shandong Province and belongs to Shandong cuisine. However, with the development and changes of society, we can all see this dish on the dining tables of most families. Today, A Fei used green eggplants to make a homemade garlic-mashed eggplant dish. The key to whether it tastes good or not is to prepare the garlic sauce. The eggplants are fragrant and not greasy. It’s that simple. Without further ado, let’s take a look at what A Fei does.

Garlic eggplant

Step one: prepare ingredients

First, prepare a green eggplant, scrape the skin and cut it into thick slices, then into wide slices strip. After cutting, place on a plate and set aside.

Step 2: Steam in a pot

Fried eggplant is greasy, while steamed eggplant is not fragrant enough. Today A Fei will teach you a method to make eggplant that is both fragrant and not greasy. Now, we brush the vegetable oil evenly on the cut eggplant strips with a thin layer, so that it will not absorb too much oil and will not be too light.

After the water boils, put the eggplant strips into the steamer and steam for 7 minutes until they are cooked.

Step 3: Prepare the garlic sauce

While the eggplants are steaming, we will prepare the sauce. Prepare a small handful of garlic, break it up one by one, put it into a garlic mortar, and add a spoonful of salt. Adding salt can not only add flavor to the garlic, but also prevent it from slipping when pounding the garlic. Mash the garlic into minced garlic and place it in a small basin.

Add 10 grams of very fresh flavor, 10 grams of rice vinegar, then pour in some sesame paste, add a little less salt, a spoonful of chicken powder, and a little sugar to enhance the freshness. If you like it spicier, you can add some chili oil. Pour in a little sesame oil and stir evenly.

Step 4: Serve it cold and serve it on a plate

At this time, the eggplant is also steamed, so we take it out. Pour the prepared sauce evenly, sprinkle with chopped green onion, and serve.

A Fei has something to say:

1. After cutting the eggplant, brush it with vegetable oil as soon as possible to avoid oxidation and blackening; it can also make the steamed eggplant more delicious;

2. Add salt when pounding garlic to prevent slipping.

Okay, this fragrant and refreshing garlic eggplant is ready. What do you think? Isn't it very simple. Cooking is actually a very simple and interesting thing. As long as you are not too busy, you can try to cook some delicious dishes at home for your family to eat. What is a happy life? Eat happily with your family at home. Food is a happy life.