Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cooking Time : 15 minutes
Serving : 4 members
Description
Chinese egg plant stir fry , a recipe I came across in the telly where a Chinese chef prepared this dish with chicken powder and cooking wine as ingredients . I have substituted chicken powder with chicken stock cube and omitted the cookin…g wine . tweaked the recipe to suit our times . so I guess my version must be a bit different in taste from the original version but not to complain at all . I did take note of one thing , every time I post a recipe with egg plant the number of likes the post gets is just in single digits . Well , I am not ready to give up as this local produce is a staple through out our country in all regions and things have changed from the way we eat to think about food . Even if it’s a simple family gathering or a grand celebration in any corner of the globe , we Indians are sure to find the egg plant in the menu adding to every moment of it … Isn’t it ????
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Big violet egg plants | 2 cut into finger size long pieces |
| Dry red chillies | 6 to 8 |
| Vinegar | 1 1/2 tablespoon + 1/4 teaspoon |
| Sugar | 1 tablespoon + 1 /2 teaspoon |
| Oil | to deep fry + 1 teaspoon |
| Ginger | 1 /2 inch piece cut into thin strips |
| Garlic flakes | 3 cut into thin strips |
| Spring onion | 1 teaspoon chopped + 1 teaspoon chopped to garnish |
| Cooking wine | 3 teaspoons ( optional – I , myself didn’t use it ) |
| Chicken or vegetable stock | 1 cup |
| Salt | to taste |
| Chicken or vegetable stock powder | 1/2 cube |
| Light Soya sauce | 1 teaspoon |
| Corn flour | 1 1/2 teaspoon diluted in 1/4 cup water |
Method
- Marinate dry red chillies in 1 1/2 tablespoon of vinegar for an hour . Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and grind to a smooth paste . Heat oil to deep fry .
- Deep fry the egg plant fingers to a golden brown colour and crisp . Drain and set aside .
- Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a non – stick wok . Add the ginger , garlic strips and chopped spring onion 1 teaspoon and toss well for 20 seconds .
- Add the red chilli vinegar paste and stir fry for 30 seconds . Pour cooking wine over ( optional ) along with one cup of the chicken stock .
- Bring to boil , add the fried egg plant strips , sugar 1/2 teaspoon ,the chicken or vegetable stock cube and light soya sauce . Cook for two minutes in low flame .
- Taste and adjust seasoning as we have not added salt yet but be careful with salt as the chicken or vegetable stock cube and soya sauce contain a lot of salt .
- Pour the diluted corn flour and let the gravy thicken and stick to the egg plant strips . Garnish with chopped spring onion and serve hot as a side dish .
Notes
- Vegetarians can stick on to vegetable stock and vegetable stock cube for the vegetarian version .
