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Stir-fried Spicy Brinjal (Eggplant)

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.

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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 Stir fried Spicy Brinjal (Eggplant), soaked and drained

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 Stir fried Spicy Brinjal (Eggplant)

2 tbsp Light Soy Sauce Stir fried Spicy Brinjal (Eggplant)

Instructions

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1. Slice the brinjal thinly like this

2. Heat up the wok.

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2. Add in the butter

3. Get your diced garlic and dried shrimps ready.

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4. Add the garlic to the butter and sautee.

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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.

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7. Finally, add in the brinjals

8. Stir fry the brinjals for a while and then add in the sauces.

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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.

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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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