South African - Roasted Eggplant Salad
"This recipe is from a website called South African Traditional Recipes and has been posted here for the ZWT-7 Tour of South Africa. It sounds excellent."
photo by Artandkitchen
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 680.38 g eggplants
- 1 bell pepper, red
- 0 cucumber, English
- 0 red onion, small
- 1 garlic, clove, small
- 44.37 ml olive oil, extra virgin
- 29.58 ml lemon juice, fresh
- 2.46 ml salt
- 4.92 ml black pepper, freshly ground
directions
- To roast the eggplants, preheat a charcoal or gas grill or a broiler.
- Roast the eggplants, turning as needed, until the skin is charred on all sides, the time will vary depending on the cooking method you use.
- The eggplant is cooked when it is soft and looks somewhat deflated.
- Place the eggplant on a plate to cool.
- Trim and seed the red pepper, then cut into 1/4-inch dice.
- Cut the cucumber lengthwise in half, scoop out the seeds with a spoon, and cut into ¼-inch dice.
- Peel and finely chop the onion.
- Peel and finely chop the garlic.
- Once the eggplant is cool enough to handle, remove as much of the skin as possible along with any large dark seeds.
- Cut the eggplant into 1-inch squares and place it in a colander in the sink or over a bowl for 5 to 10 minutes to allow excess liquid to drain, set aside until needed.
- Transfer the eggplant to a serving dish and add the red pepper, cucumber, onion and garlic.
- Stir in the olive oil and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
- Serve immediately or the salt will draw out too much moister from the vegetables.
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Reviews
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Really good. I love eggplant. DD1 (4 years old) and I enjoyed it. DH supposedly hates eggplant so he didn't try it. I followed the recipe exactly using sea salt to taste. I may make this again. Made for PAC Spring 12. -
I made the dish exactly as directed. It was a nice and easy way of roasting the eggplant and I liked it very much. Another time I might play with the dressing to kick it up a little. Thank you for posting such a pretty, healthy salad!<br/>Made for the Food.Commandos ~ ZWT 7 -
Nice description for the eggplant preparetion! Yummy in any case.<br/>I added some fresh cilantro from the garden.<br/>Thanks for the recipe. Done for ZWT7 -
We brought this salad to a South African inspired dinner party last night. It was easy to make and healthy. Like another reviewer, I would also play with the dressing next time to make it a little more flavorful. Drizzling leftovers with red wine vinegar helped to give it some zing. Thanks!
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