Fried eggplant and onion salad

Fried eggplant and onion salad

This is a simple and extremely easy dish to prepare. But it is incredibly tasty.

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                          Fried eggplant and onion salad

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4

Eggplant

1. Slice 160 grams Eggplant into thin round slices. You may need to soak the sliced eggplant in water to prevent it from discolouration.


2. Slice 1 onion to get similar sized rings. Separate the rings.

Onion rings and chili

3.Cut 1 green chili into very thin slices. You may deseed the chili before slicing if you want the salad to be mild.

Cooking

4. In a medium sized frying pan or a wok, heat 1 cup vegetable oil. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low and add the eggplant slices. Fry till the eggplant slices become dark brown. This will take about 12 minutes.

Fried eggplant slices

5. Take the pan off the heat and remove the fried eggplant slices.
Add ½ teaspoon salt and green chili pieces. Mix well.


6. arrange the fried eggplant slices in the serving plate. Arrange the onion rings on top of the eggplant.

7. Squeeze ½ lemon evenly on the eggplant.

Fried eggplant and onion salad

You can serve this with rice, tortilla or chapatti.

Optional

Sometimes I add yogurt to this salad. You can also add  any sauce of your liking.

Fried eggplant and onion salad is ready.

                                                                                  

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Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4

Eggplant

Ingredients:
160 grams Eggplant (2)
I onion
1 green chilly
½ lemon – juice
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil


Preparation
                 Slice eggplant into thin round slices. You may need to soak the sliced eggplant in water to prevent it from discolouration.

Eggplant sliced

Slice onion to get similar sized rings. Separate the rings. Cut the green chili into very thin slices. You may seed the chili before slicing if you want the salad to be mild.

Onion rings and chili

Cooking

In a medium sized frying pan or a wok, heat the oil. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low and add the eggplant slices. Fry till the eggplant slices become dark brown. This will take about 12 minutes.

Eggplant slices are frying in a wok

Fried eggplant slices

Take the pan off the heat and remove the fried eggplant slices.
Add salt and green chili pieces. Mix well.
Arrange the fried eggplant slices in the serving plate. Arrange the onion rings on top of the eggplant.
Squeeze the lemon evenly on the eggplant.
You can serve this with rice, tortilla or chapatti.

Fried eggplant and onion salad

Optional
Sometimes I add yogurt to this salad. You can also add  any sauce of your liking.