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Tofu stuffed eggplants
Ingredients (serves 4)
2 Medium size longeggplant
2 tsp sesame oil
80gr Tofu
1/2 clove ginger, peeled and chopped finely
A pinch of dried red chili peppers
4 TBS Sweet bell peppers (red and yellow), chopped finely
Seasonings (mix the following in a small bowl):
1/2 TBS Red Miso
1 TBS Soy sauce
1 TBS Water
1 TBS Sake
1 tsp Potato starch dissolved in 1 TBS water
100ml Water
Garnished (optional):
Pine nuts for garnishing
And / or
Shredded red chili pepper
Instructions
- Wash eggplants, peel off the skin longitudinally, about 1.5cm apart, creating a striped pattern. Soak in salted water for half an hour, rinse and pat dry.
- In a skillet, heat sesame oil and fry eggplant untillightly golden and somewhat tender. Set aside.
- Using kitchen paper, eliminate excess water from Tofu. Finely chop or crumble it with hands.
- Heat some vegetable oil in a skillet and fryminced ginger and a tiny pinch of dried red chili pepper for about 20 seconds. Add finely chopped sweet bell pepper and tofu and saute.
- Pour in the seasoning mixture (miso, sake, soy sauce and water) and mix well. At the end, pour the potato starch dissolved in water to thicken the tofu stuffing.
- Make a vertical incision on the eggplant, open it and fill with tofu stuffing.
- Place stuffed tofu in a skillet, add water, cover the skillet and steam cook.
- When the water is evaporated and eggplants are tender, take them out of the skillet. Cut into bite-sizes, sprinkle with pine nuts or shredded red chili peppers (optional).
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