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| Salt and Pepper fried eggplant |
Salt and Pepper Fried
Eggplant
A simple recipe which needs only few ingredients.
Ingredients
500
gm eggplant, cut into French fries size
1½
cup rice flour
¼
tsp chilli powder
A
pinch of salt
1
tbsp lemon juice
Cooking
oil
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| Egg plant |
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| Rice flour |
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| Eggplant in ice water (No.2) |
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| Rice flour + salt + pepper + chilli powder (No.3) |
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| (No.7) |
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| (No.7) |
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| (No.8) |
Procedure
1.Cut
both ends of each eggplant and then cut them into French fries size.
2.Place
the cut eggplant into ice cold water for about 30 minutes. If possible weigh
them down into the ice water. Why? Is to get rid of some of the bitterness from
the eggplant.
3.Combine
the rice flour with salt, chilli powder and lemon juice. Mix all together.
4.Heat
a pot or wok. Add sufficient amount of cooking oil.
5.Heat
oil to a temperature between 160 C to 190 C.
6.Another
way to measure whether the oil is hot enough is by using the end of a wooden
chopstick or a wooden spoon deep into the oil. Oil that’s ready will bubble
around the handle.
7.When
ready to fry, grab a handful of fries, squeeze out the water from the fries (eggplant) and transfer the fries to the flour
mixture.
8.Coat
the flour all over the fries.
9.Transfer
to the fryer and let them fry till crisp.
10.Remove
fries, place on kitchen towel to drain the oil.
11.Garnish
with some chopped spring onions or herbs.
Serve
immediately.
Enjoy!
