Steamed Eggplant With Fried Garlic

 

Ingredients:

1 long Eggplant

4 cloves garlic (finely chopped)

1 sprig spring onion, green part only, thinly sliced

Cooking oil (for frying the garlic)

 

Sauce:

2 tbsp. light soy sauce

2 tsp. sesame oil

2 tbsp. Shaoxing Wine

1 tsp. sugar 

Methods:

1. Cut the Eggplant into half vertically.  Place onto a steaming plate, and steam until soft.  Check the doneness by using a spoon to scrap  the flesh of the Eggplant.
2. In a bowl, add all the sauce ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves.  Set aside.
3. In a heated pan/wok, add cooking oil, (enough to fry the garlic), saute the chopped garlic until crisp and golden.  Remove the garlic together with the oil into a bowl.  Set aside.
4. Once the Eggplant is soft, remove from steamer.  Use a spoon to scrape out the soft flesh and place them onto a serving plate.  Spoon the sauce ingredients over the Eggplant.  Next, spoon the fried garlic with oil, and garnish with sliced spring onion.
5. Serve warm with a plate of warm rice as a vegetable dish with other dishes.

This recipe is adapted from Youtube 'Dapur 2020' with a slight adjustment to suit my cooking preference.