Easy eggplant recipe

In Mediterranean Catalonia and Majorca we eat eggplants in many different ways, as in most Mediterranean countries. This fried eggplant recipe is a quick and easy eggplant recipe suitable for ovolactovegetarians too.

A variation of this eggplant recipe is replacing the egg with flour mixed with some water. This variation makes this recipe suitable for strict vegetarians.

Remember that it is always advisable to salt the eggplants, especially when you intend to fry them, or they absorb too much oil.

Ingredients for this eggplant recipe

4 eggplants

One egg

Olive oil

Salt

Eggplant recipe preparation instructions

1. Wash the eggplants, and remove the green caps. Do not peel the eggplants.
   
   
2. Cut them in half lengthwise.
   
   
3. Sprinkle some salt over the eggplants, and let them rest in a colander from half an hour to a couple of hours. It's fine if they stay longer, but the minimum should be thirty minutes.
   
   
4. Beat the egg.
   
   
5. Heat oil in a frying pan.
   
   
6. Soak the eggplants in the beaten egg.
   
   
7. Fry the eggplants, and place them on paper towels for a moment.
   
   
8. Serve them hot.
   

Click here for a delicious stuffed eggplant recipe, a great example of the traditional Mediterranean diet.

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