Amongst the many vegetables, I don’t really like eating brinjals much. I find it too mushy and soft to my liking. Then, my Personal Chef (aka The Food Critic) found a way to cook it that makes it so delicious, I actually love it!
This recipe for stir-fried spicy brinjal is actually my grandmother’s recipe and after tasting it and learning a few tips from her, my Personal Chef started trying his hand at cooking it. Well, if anything, he aced it. So, this recipe today is partly my Personal Chef’s recipe and partly mine as I try to emulate his style of preparing this particularly simple dish.
Stir fried Spicy Brinjal with dried shrimps
So, here’s the recipe for this dish which we usually eat with plain steamed rice. Of course, you can even eat it as it is or as a side dish.
Stir Fried Spicy Brinjal
Ingredients
1 brinjal
3 tbsp dried shrimps
2 tbsp paprika chili powder
3 tbsp diced garlic
2 tbsp butter (for a healthier option, use olive oil although the flavour would not be as fragrant)
3 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
2 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
Instructions
1. Slice the brinjal thinly like this
2. Heat up the wok.
2. Add in the butter
3. Get your diced garlic and dried shrimps ready.
4. Add the garlic to the butter and sautee.
5. Sautee the garlic till fragrant before adding the shrimps
6. Stir fry the garlic and shrimps mix for a few minutes, then add in the chili powder. Stir and make sure that the shrimps and garlic are well coated with the chili powder. By now, the spicy aroma should be quite strong.
7. Finally, add in the brinjals
8. Stir fry the brinjals for a while and then add in the sauces.
9. Continue to stir fry the brinjals to make sure it is well coated with the sauces
10. If you prefer it to have a slight crispiness to it, then stir fry for another few minutes more. If not, remove from heat and serve hot.
And here's the stir-fried spicy brinjals
The shrimps actually gave it a nice salty and aromatic flavour while the butter gave it a richness that you can’t get with olive oil. Of course, the chili powder gave it the spicy tinge. However, I didn’t use a lot of chili as my son could not eat ‘too spicy’ food yet, so that’s why you could hardly see the chili here.
The stir fried spicy brinjal is actually an easy and simple dish to prepare as the whole cooking time takes between 10 to 15 minutes only!
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hmm… I dun like egg plant at all when I was young…..
but my mum like it.. but none of us wan to put those into mouth… so my mum seldom cook even it is her favourite dish….
but I start to try egg plant more and try to like it …… and I love egg plant now….
So i can order egg plan whenever we go out for dinner with my mum……
thanks for sharing this type of home cook egg plant…. simple yet delicious…….
it is useful for these recession time….. everyone will cook at home to save $$$$
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Simple and delicious
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The style you cook your eggplant is one of my favourites too.
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I love brinjal and will sometimes cook it in this manner. Taste great in fish curries as well.
Oh yum! This looks really good, and I’m not usually crazy about eggplant. Yum!
+Jessie
a.k.a. The Hungry Mouse
Tried cooking with butter too and it taste so much better i feel:)
I love the texture of brinjals (eggplant)…thanks so much for this post!
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Hi Foong!
Looks delicious the brinjals (eggplant) and love this recipe because it’s easy to make it, only few minutes
An important thing more…. was approved by your Personal Chef!
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PenangTuapui: ya lor. nowadays a simple bowl of noodles cost RM3.80. so expensive. I rather cook and eat at home.
pablopabla: thanks.
cariso: it is the only way I’ll eat eggplant!
jo: yes, I don’t mind eating it in fish curries too.
Jessie: Oh believe me, I am not crazy about eggplants at all. This is the only exception I make.
iris: yes, don’t know why but the taste is not so good if you use oil instead of butter.
hugging the Coast: thanks!
Gera: I always look for the easy, simple recipes for whatever I cook and yes, most important is that my Personal Chef must approve!
I would love to add a bit of chili boh and blended shallots in the dish. You can try replacing the dried shrimps with the thin ones from Thailand.
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i love brinjal! esp the one with meat. hehe but it makes my lips itchy after eating. so i hv to becareful not to touch my lip when putting it into my mouth
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Criz: thanks for the suggestion. Will try it.
xin: Wah, allergic also want to eat.. but never mind, can get lips like Angelina Jolie…heheh