How to make a Japanese Recipe: Eggplant Dengaku
Author: Naoko Yoshioka
Recipe type: Main Dish, Vegetables
Cuisine: Japanese
Serves: 2
- 1 large eggplant
- for deep-frying oil
- small quantity of toasted white sesame or poppy seeds
- 20g red miso
- 30g "saikyo miso" (white miso)
- 1tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp sake
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 3 tbsp dashi stock
- Put the both miso and sugar in a small pot, and mix well. Add the sake, mirin, and dashi stock and mix well. Place over a low heat, and heat until the mixture becomes a thick liquid.
- Cut the eggplant half lengthwise, and run a knife between the skin and flesh cross-score the flesh surface at about 1.5cm interval. (Cutting off the round skin surface slightly is recommended so that the eggplant halves will sit stably on plate when served).
- Deep-fry the eggplant into oil at 170-175℃ briefly until the color of the skin becomes vivid.
- Arrange the eggplant on plates, and spread the "DENGAKU MISO" sauce prepared in ① above. Bake the scorched. Sprinkle on the sesame or poppy seeds.
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Recipe by Cooking Japanese Style at http://www.cookingjapanesestyle.com/2009/08/10/how-to-make-a-japanese-recipe-eggplant-dengaku/
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