1, if the skin is thin long strip of eggplant cut pieces of steam about five minutes can be cooked, if the skin is thicker round eggplant generally need to be steamed on the pot 10-15 minutes to be cooked, not sure when the eggplant is cooked can be used chopsticks to tie a little bit, if easily can be tied in is cooked.
2, eggplant is alkaline food, all vegetables, fruits are alkaline food, all meat, eggs, are acidic food. Most people have a very vague understanding of food acidity and alkalinity, and many people even think that eating the taste of acid is acidic food.