How to cook a hearty eggplant salad: better than meat salad
Eggplant is a hearty vegetable that can even replace meat. It tastes especially good in a salad. The dish is very satisfying, flavorful, and light.
The idea of cooking eggplant salad was published on the Instagram page of food blogger Victoria (cook_with_me_at_home).
Eggplant salad recipe
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Ingredients:
- eggplant - 3 pcs.
- tomatoes - 5 pcs
- sour cream - 2 tbsp
- cucumber - 1 pc.
Ingredients for the dish
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- garlic - 3-4 cloves
- herbs: dill, parsley - 1/2 bunch each
- spices: salt, pepper - to taste
- oil - for frying
Eggplant for cooking
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Method of preparation:
1. Dice the eggplant, and salt, mix, and set aside for 15 minutes.
Roasting eggplants
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2. Put them in a frying pan heated with oil and fry, turning them over until golden brown.
Grated cucumber for a dish
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3. Transfer to a paper towel to remove excess oil. Grate a small cucumber on a fine grater.
Preparing the sauce
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4. For the dressing: squeeze the garlic into the sour cream, add finely chopped herbs, grated cucumber, spices, mix until smooth.
Tomatoes for the dish
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5. Dip the tomatoes in boiling water, peel, cut into pieces, and mix with the dressing.
6. Add the fried eggplant and mix gently again.
Preparing an eggplant salad
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7. You can put the tomatoes with the dressing in portions and sprinkle with fried eggplant on top without stirring.
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