Eggplant, Aubergine, Brinjal
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What Is Eggplant?
The produced fruit of the domesticated plants is much bigger than the maximum 3 cm small fruit growing at wild plants. The fruit belongs to the family of berries and contains a lot of small, soft and edible seeds. Because they carry a unimportant amount of nicotonoid alkaloids, the are bitter in taste.
The Plant, The Flowers and The Fruits
The word eggplant refers to the plant as well as to the fruits. See how the eggplant looks like as a plant, as a flower and as a fruit.
Moussaka
Eggplant recipe at its finest
If you are looking for ways how to cook eggplant, give this moussaka a try. You will love it.
Ingredients for the moussaka
2 big eggplants
5 medium sized potatoes
2 onions
1 garlic glove
500 g beef minced meat
6 peeled tomatoes
3 tbs tomato paste
2 tsp oregano
¼ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp cumin
salt, pepper
Ingredients for the bechamel
2 tbs butter
4 tbs flour
600 ml milk
2 tbs grated cheese
2 eggs
salt, pepper
Preparation
Cut 2 big eggplants in slices and fry them in sunflower oil until they are brownish and nearly smooth. Let them drain off.
Cut 2 onions in small cubes and fry them together with 1 sliced garlic clove. Add 500 grams of beef minced meat and stir-fry until color has changed. Stir in 6 peeled tomatoes (preferably from the own vegetable garden) and 3 table spoons of tomato paste. Add salt, pepper, 2 tea spoons of oregano (preferably from the own herb garden), a quarter tea spoon of cinnamon and a quarter table spoon of cumin. Let it simmer for about 20 minutes while it is covered with a lid.
Meanwhile cut 5 medium sized potatoes in slices and cook them.
Now for the best bechamel ever
Melt 2 table spoons of butter over medium heat, take it from the stove and add 4 table spoons of flour. Gradually whisk 600 ml of milk. Season with salt and pepper. Bring it to a boil on medium heat while stirring constantly until sauce starts to thicken. Add 2 table spoons of grated cheese and let the everything cool down.
Separate two eggs. Mix the two egg yolks with two table spoons of the sauce and stir it afterwards in the sauce. Whisk stiff the egg white and lift it gently under the sauce.
Continue Preparation
Put layers of the potato slices, minced meat sauce and eggplants alternately. Put the bechamel sauce on the top and top it with 4 table spoons of grated cheese and 4 table spoons of bread crumbs.
Put the casserole into a preheated oven at 180 degrees celsius for 45 to 60 minutes. Take the casserole from the oven and wait 5 minutes to cool down a little bit before serving.
For Your Cooking Convenience
Recipes For Fried Eggplant

Dipped into flour, seasoned with salt and pepper and pan fried in small amount of olive oil eggplants are a part of a typical Cyprus Meze. Following are some recipes for fried eggplants.
- Easy Fried Eggplant
- An easy and quick way to prepare eggplant, and tasty too!
- Fried Eggplant
- Eggplant strips are breaded with a batter with Italian seasonings then fried in deep hot oil until golden brown. Zesty fried eggplant recipe.
- Greek Recipe for Fried Eggplant Strips
- The soda water in the batter is what makes these thinly sliced strips of eggplant so delightful. Quick frying in hot oil keeps the eggplant from getting oil-soaked. Enjoy as a side dish or, with other dishes, as a meze.
- Crisp fried eggplant
- Find delicious vegetable recipes, like crisp fried eggplant, and other recipes at Epicurious.com
- Pan fried eggplant
- Easy to prepare pan fried eggplant

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Beadsnresin
Nov 19, 2011 @ 5:22 pm | delete
- That looks really good, thanks.
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bikerchickie Jun 19, 2011 @ 9:41 am | delete
- I used to not care for eggplant when I was a child. Maybe my mom didn't cook it right but I found it to be a tasteless and rubbery vegetable.
These days, I love it! I haven't made moussaka yet although I've had it at many Greek restaurants. I'll have to try this some time. :)
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RinchenChodron
Dec 17, 2010 @ 9:25 am | delete
- Your Moussaka recipe sounds tasty.
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Margo_Arrowsmith
Nov 23, 2010 @ 2:11 pm | delete
- Eggplant always seems so hard to cook, to not get it rubbery or bitter. I do like it though
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Mickie_G Nov 11, 2010 @ 3:27 pm | delete
- Well assembled. I do love eggplant, especially in a Parmesan recipe! I have a recipe for Healthy Eggplant Parmesan here on Squidoo.
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