I'm going to post this up today. Something very easy for you to try over the weekend. This is a healthy and fabulous recipe which I've learnt to pre-cooked eggplants with water instead of pre-frying them in oil. Pre-frying in oil caused the eggplants to soak up the oil like sponge.
Roughly following this method from The Best of Patsie Chong - Pregnancy & Confinement recipe book, I fried the fish paste and set aside. Then I heated some oil and stir-fried some garlic till fragrant. Next, I added in the eggplant and stir. Pour in the sauce and add in kei chi and fish paste. Stir and dish up. I did not use cornflour solution since I did not add in much water and it was pretty dry already.
Stir-Fried Eggplants With Minced Fish
(A)
400g
eggplants/brinjal
150g minced fish meat/paste
1 tbsp kei chi (boxthorn/lycium/Chinese wolfberry)
2 tbsp spring onions, diced
(B)
1 tbsp abalone sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 cup broth
cornflour solution
1. Cut eggplants into sections. Put eggplants and 3 tbsp of water in a pot. Cover and cook until steam appears. Remove and set aside.
2. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in wok. Separate fish paste into pieces with spatula. Stir-fry until cooked.
3. Add in eggplants, kei chi and (B). Stir well. Stir in cornflour solution.
4. Sprinkle spring onions. Dish up and serve.
Ref: The Best of Patsie Chong - Pregnancy & Confinement
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I'm not so into eggplant but that looks absolutely scrumptious! :)
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wow...simple enough for me to try cooking! Haha...nice one, babe. :p
ReplyDeleteYummy..!!
ReplyDeleteMy mom used to fried the eggplant then sprinkle some dried shrimps & chilies...
ReplyDeletehaha thanks parisb
ReplyDeletehope you'll like it, twosuperheroes
mamabok, can replicate this?
mimi, dat is a nice dish too!
is this confinement food?? thought egg plant is bad for the eyes? and it's full of 'wind'.
ReplyDeletenkotb, so far i've never heard of eggplant causes wind, anyway this recipe is by patsie in that book
ReplyDeleteThat looks easy and simple to cook at home for any occassion!
ReplyDeletewhere do you get your abalone sauce? Ive searched everywhere from Giant, Tesco, Jusco, Cold Storage, chinese medicine shops oso cannot find!
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