Jan 30, 2011

POACHED EGGPLANT SALAD

Eggplants are considered as a low calore vegetable Eggplant is effective in the treatment of high blood cholesterol.Normally how I make eggplant salad is grild and mixed with other vegetables like capsicum.This is a different recipe which gives a great taste to the salad.Parsely gives a beautiful flavour to this salad and I enjoyed it with roti....

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Recipe source -- Tobiascooks.com
INGREDIENTS:---
Eggplants --- 2 large cut in to small cubes
Garlic -- 2 cloves crushed
Vinegar -- 2 tab sp
Parsley -- 1 cup finely chopped(nearly 100 g)
Green chillies -- 2 or accor ding to your taste
Salt --- 1/2 tea sp or according to your taste
Olive oil -- 2 tab sp
METHOD:---
1.Add half salt to eggplant cubes and leave a side for half an hour
2. Heat water in a sauce pan bring to full boil then add eggplant cubes and cook for 3 minutes.
3.Remove from heat and drain all the water well and keep a side
4. Blend parsley,garlic.green chillies,remaining salt,vinegar and olive oil and blend in to a fine paste.
5.Add this parsley sesoning to eggplant cubes mix gently, cover and leave it like that for couple of hours and serve.
This salad goes to Prathibha s only salads event and event started by Pari
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16 comments:

  1. Nice salad,never ate eggplant as salad.

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  2. That is a very nice entry dear..looks yummy..

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  3. This is cool..eggplant in a pesto like sauce.. love it

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  4. really an unique recipe,luks delicious...

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  5. Salad with brinjal that sounds intersting, looks tempting too

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  6. I too have tried poached eggplant salad and had loved it.Yours look excellent Rekha.I also will be posting another type of eggplant salad for the same event.

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  7. looks delicious and very tempting......

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  8. Very interesting salad, thanks for sharing..

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  9. Very interesting way of cooking eggplant. Have to try.

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  10. Super salad..looks so delicious..

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  11. thats an interesting salad..looks yum!

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  12. Surely delicious! A healthy treat…


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  13. Wow,love this recipe a lot,I am just drooling this!

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  14. I am glad you cooked it and you liked it. I am very fond of this way of preparation and like the fresh taste of this salad a lot.

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