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Questions tagged [eggplant]

Questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with eggplant as a main ingredient.

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Could a non-bitter eggplant become bitter after cooking?

I've seen a couple of questions here, that touch the issue of aubergine bitterness: How do you make sure aubergine doesn't go bitter when cooking? Rubbing eggplants in salt But nobody writes about the connection between the taste of a raw and a…
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How to cook the eggplant in trader joe's eggplant roll style?

I want to learn how to make similar style eggplant roll. I cook eggplant many times, but I have no clue how to make the eggplant moist but not wet. I see the eggplant in trader joe's eggplant roll, it is exactly what I want. Should I bake the…
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Can you prepare eggplant by salting, then baking, then finally rinsing?

In normal eggplant preparation, you salt and rinse first. However, when the eggplant is baked, it continues to release water. This leads me to believe that I could achieve a less bitter and tastier result by putting the eggplant in the oven on a…
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How to drain zucchini and eggplant

I am making a dish that involves roasted vegetables and couscous. I have often found, though, that the zucchini and eggplant are unpalatably watery after roasting them. I have read that if you salt and/or press zucchini and eggplant, you can reduce…
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How do I roast eggplants without a gas stove?

There is an Indian dish that requires roasting eggplants on high heat directly on a gas stove until charred, like this: Here's a recipe for the dish. Everything else is fine but I do not have a flame top stove, instead I have one with an…
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Preparing cut vegetables for the next day?

To speed up lunch cooking, I'm considering pre-cutting some veggies the day before. I often do quick meals with zucchini and eggplant and both do seem to be not too well suited for cutting and then storing them in the fridge for like 18 hours. (If I…
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Is it possible to freeze Eggplant Parmesan? If so, better to freeze before or after baking?

I made a delicious eggplant parmesan dish last night and now my wife wants to repeat it and then freeze it for another occasion. What's the best advice for freezing it? Is it better to freeze it before or after baked? Here are the ingredients:…
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After you bake eggplant, is it fine to not drain the water?

An eggplant can be baked or grilled; then you peel it. I read that you have to drain it then (e.g. in a colander), even overnight. What if you don't drain the water-does the taste change considerably? Can you still make spread out of it?
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Is there a difference in the taste/seeds of egg-sized eggplants, and long and slim eggplants?

Is there a difference in the taste/seeds of egg sized eggplants or brinjals, and long and slim eggplants or brinjals? They are different in shapes. Is there any other "known/visible" difference?
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What can I do with under-ripe eggplant?

The eggplant in my garden was doing very well up until a hard frost a couple of days ago (it's late December, and this was inevitable). Some of the plants died and I picked the eggplant. I have several variety of eggplant, but they are all rather…
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Do we really need to salt eggplant in order to remove the bitterness?

Do we really need to salt eggplant in order to remove the bitterness out of it, or will only peeling remove its bitterness?
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Is it necessary to peel aubergine?

Do we really have to peel aubergine before cooking? Or can we cook it without peeling?
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What is the 'cleanest' way to roast eggplants indoor?

Whenever I've tried to roast eggplants on the oven, it takes more time to clean than to cook. Any suggestions?
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Reason for thickness of pepper\eggplant paste

When making pepper or eggplant paste (roasted then blended), the paste is very thick, even gel-like. Why is that? What ingredient in the fruit's cells thickens it so? Or is it a very low water-content?
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What parameter is best to increase - time or temperature?

I'm heating frozen eggplant parmesan in a toaster oven at 400 degrees for 40 minutes, as specified, but it's not coming out hot enough. Which parameter - time or temp - should I try to increase first to retain the most moistness? Or does it matter?…
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