Aubergines in sesame sauce

2 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 tablespoons Sesame seeds
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
4 smalls Aubergines
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Sesame seeds to garnish

Directions

Browned sesame seeds, pounded with a little soy sauce, make an interesting coating for deep-fried aubergines, and give them an added subtlety of flavour. Serve them warm, with a rice dish - or chilled, with a salad meal.

In a small heavy pan shake the sesame seeds over a moderate heat, stirring and shaking the pan, for 4-5 minutes until golden. Reserve ¼ tsp of the sesame seeds and transfer the rest to a mortar. Crush them with the soy sauce.

Cut the aubergines in half lengthwise, and cut each half diagonally into thirds. Deep-fry the aubergine in very hot vegetable oil for 1 minute or until just tender. Dry on paper towels. While the aubergine is still warm toss it with the sesame mixture. Put on to a serving-dish and garnish with the reserved sesame seeds.

Copyright Rosamond Richardson 1996 Meal-Master format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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