Salt and Pepper Fried Eggplant recipe

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

Egg plant



Rice flour



 



Eggplant in ice water (No.2)



Rice flour + salt + pepper + chilli powder (No.3)

(No.7)

 

(No.7)

(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!