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April 19, 2009
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edit About Eggplant
Considered a vegetable by most, eggplant is botanically a fruit and a member of the nightshade family. Eggplant comes in many sizes and colors, ranging from purple to green, white, lavander and pink. Eggplant is a popular ingredient in a variety of cultures. Italians often use it sliced and baked, grilled or fried. In the middle east it is the key ingredient of a dip called Baba Ganouj.
Eggplant typically has a tough outer skin and a soft spongelike flesh. It has a mild flavor that can be a bit peppery. Before cooking, it is often sliced and salted which removes water, this helps reduce the amount of oil absorbed when frying.
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Recipes With Eggplant
Aubergine Stew
Aubergine, Garlic Clove, Onion, Stewed Tomatoes
Aubergine, Garlic Clove, Onion, Stewed Tomatoes
Eggplant Lasagna
Clove, Eggplant, Garlic, Mozzarella Cheese
Clove, Eggplant, Garlic, Mozzarella Cheese
Aubergine Omelet
Aubergine, Egg, Olive Oil, Salt
Aubergine, Egg, Olive Oil, Salt
Grilled Eggplant
Eggplant, Oil, Salt
Eggplant, Oil, Salt
Oven Fried Eggplant Romano
Bread Crumbs, Eggplant, Grated Parmesan Cheese
Bread Crumbs, Eggplant, Grated Parmesan Cheese
Recommended Pairings With Eggplant
Other Names: Aubergine, Brinjal, 茄子 (Chinese), الباذنجان (Arabic), Berinjela (Portuguese), Aubergine (French), Berenjena (Spanish) All Translations
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Wikipedia
The eggplant, aubergine, or brinjal (''Solanum melongena''), is a plant of the family ''Solanaceae'' (also known as the nightshades) and genus ''Solanum''. It bears a fruit of the same name, commonly used as a vegetable in cooking. As a nightshade, it is closely related to the tomato and potato and is native to Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India. It is a delicate perennial often cultivated as an annual. It grows 40 to 150 cm (16 to 57 in) tall, with large coarsely lobed leaves that are 10 to 20 cm (4–8 in) long and 5 to 10 cm (2–4 in) broad. (Semi-)wild types can grow much larger, to 225 cm (7 ft) with large leaves over 30 cm (12 in) long and 15 cm (6 in) broad. The stem is often spiny. The flowers are white to purple, with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens. The fruit is fleshy, less than 3 cm in diameter on wild plants, but much larger in cultivated forms. The fruit is botanically classified as a berry, and contains numerous small, soft seeds, which are edible, but are bitter because they contain (an insignificant amount of) nicotinoid alkaloids, unsurprising as it is a close relative of tobacco.
