Eggplant is considered to be one of the most versatile vegetable around the world. With its chewy texture and meat-like taste, no wonder it is famous in almost all parts of the world. Eggplants can be cooked and served in so many ways; it can be used as a stuffing, it can be fried, mix in soups or casseroles. Any way you want to prepare your eggplant, it can always give a different twist to the taste of your recipe. Aside from the fact that eggplant be served in many ways, it can also maintain our body’s health in equilibrium. Experts have shown that eggplants can lower the level of cholesterol in our blood levels. Since it contains 95% water, it can be a healthy substitute for other unhealthy dishes such as pasta or meat recipes. Learn how to cook eggplant and make use of this healthy recipe to assure your family’s health.

The things you would need to prepare on learning how to cook eggplant are: eggplants and salt. Just by knowing the ingredients that you would need to prepare, you can be convinced that how to cook eggplant is just an easy task to do.

Before anything else, you would need to know first what are the different types of eggplants there is. Eggplants very in sizes and by knowing the sizes, you can identify where the eggplants come from.  Put into  mind that picking the right kind of eggplant is important, as though to having a perfect eggplant recipe relies on this stage.

Put a little amount of salt on big sized eggplants only. Usually big eggplants will have a bitter taste, so adding a little salt will add taste to the vegetable. Slice the eggplants into rounds and put salt into them. Let it stand in the air for 20-30 minutes so the bitterness can be drained away by the juice. Rinse the eggplant and you are done! Serve the eggplant as you desire and surprise your guests or family members with the easy made eggplant recipe you have done.

If you want your eggplants to be fried, fry them with olive oil for 7-8 minutes depending on the thickness of the vegetable. Cook from side to side until the color has changed to golden brown and the texture is a little bit tender. In this method, you would need to keep in mind not to use too much oil. The eggplant will absorb everything and serving an eggplant oozing with oil is not a pleasant way to do so.

By grilling, you can cook eggplant through medium heat only. A little similar to frying, you would know once your vegetable is cooked, if you find it tender in texture. Broiling eggplant can also be possible and should be done 5 minutes in each side of the eggplant.

As you can see, cooking eggplants is just as easy as learning the alphabet. The ingredients you would need to prepare are only a few and the cooking time is just a short time.