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Spiced Eggplant
A Spiced & Pan Sauteed delicious eggplant dish that is highly aromatic too!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 8 small/baby eggplants chopped
- 1 onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic smashed
- 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
- juice of 1/2 lime
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 sliced jalapeno
- salt and pepper to taste
- Olive oil
- cilantro to garnish
Instructions
- 1
Liberally spread olive oil in a pan and add the onion to it and let it saute over a low flame till it begins to caramelize (about 20 minutes or so)
- 2
Add in the garlic and ginger and eggplant and stir often and let cook for another 5-6 minutes or so
- 3
Add in the spices and tomato paste and lime juice and keep stirring till well incorporated
- 4
Season with salt and pepper
- 5
Sprinkle jalapeno and cilantro on top and enjoy