Roasted Eggplant and Bell Peppers

A very simple side dish or snack taken from South Beach Diet Recipe, but I added sesame dressing and I omitted the onion.

1 eggplant, peeled, halved, and sliced
1/2 red bell pepper, cut into thick strip
1/2 yellow bell pepper, cut into thick strip
1/2 green bell pepper, cut into thick strip
1 small onion, sliced (omitted)
2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
some fresh basil (optional)

Preheat the oven (toaster) to 220°C . Place the eggplant, peppers, and onion (optional) in a baking dish. Drizzle with the oil. Bake in for about 20 minutes or more, basting regularly.

Arrange the vegetables on a serving dish and garnish with fresh basil and pour some dressing that you like.

Thai's Basil Eggplant

Basil Eggplant is another vegetarian side dish or appetizer. It's similar to Garlic Eggplant, the only difference this one has fresh basil.
1 eggplant
bunch of fresh basil
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 red chili pepper
sugar and salt (optional)

In a pan, heat oil and sautee garlic, chili, and eggplant.
Add a little water, cover for few minutes until the eggplant is cooked.
Add soy sauce and sugar to taste.
Add basil, turn off the heat.

Serve with rice.

Eggplant

Thai's Basil Eggplant

Garlic Eggplant

Sometimes I wonder how Taiwanese prepared simple dish but delicious like this garlic eggplant. Actually, garlic eggplant is easy to prepare, they serve it here as an appetizer or side dish. Just cut the eggplant into bite size and fry them in 2 tablespoon of olive oil. When the eggplant is cook, set in a dish.

Sautee chopped 5 cloves of garlic and 1 chili pepper in a sesame oil (or any oil), add 2 tablespoon thick soy sauce and half teaspoon of sugar. Let it boil and pour on top of the eggplant.

Optional: If you like, no need to sautee the seasoning. Mix garlic, chili pepper, sesame oil, soy sauce, and sugar well. Pour on top of the eggplant and sprinkle chopped coriander.

Serve it with rice and fish, like what I did below!

Tofu-Eggplant in Oyster Sauce

Ingredients:
2 long eggplant
1 tofu
1/2 red bell pepper
1/2 onion
2T oyster sauce
2T olive oil
2T sesame oil
a pinch black pepper




Heat 2T olive oil, fry tofu until golden brown, set aside.
Heat 2T sesame oil, add onion, red bell pepper, and eggplant until cook.
Add oyter sauce, black pepper, and tofu to blend the flavor.
Cover for a mintue or two. Serve.