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Recipe adapted from Quick & Easy Thai

Ingredients
1 lb Japanese eggplant
2 Tbsp shallots, thinly sliced
2 Tbsp cilantro, coarsely chopped plus leaves for garnish
2 green onions, thinly sliced
2 tsp garlic, coarsely chopped
3 Tbsp fish sauce
3 Tbsp lime juice, freshly squeezed
1 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp hot green chili peppers, diced

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Courtesy:  Chef Larkin Rogers

Ingredients
1 large eggplant, large dice
3‐4 tomatoes, large dice
1 large onion, red or yellow, small dice
1 tsp cumin seeds (whole)
1/2 tsp (or more) garam masala
3 Tbsp chopped cilantro leaves
3 Tbsp chopped mint leaves
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
4‐6 oz olive oil
3 Tbsp raisins
Salt and pepper

Directions
Saute onions in a little olive oil; add garlic, garam masala, and cumin seeds just as the onions finish cooking. When the spices and garlic are fragrant, take the pan off the heat and place onions, garlic, and spices in a bowl and set aside. Return pan to heat and add olive oil; allow oil to heat a bit before adding eggplant (if your pan is too small, you may need to sauté the eggplant in batches and add finished batches to the bowl of onions). Allow eggplant to brown slightly, stirring it regularly to keep it from sticking. When all the eggplant is done and added to the onions, add a little oil to the pan and add the tomatoes, sautéing them until they release their liquid. Let this liquid evaporate a little—not totally!—and then add the tomatoes to the onion mixture. Add the raisins at this point, while the mixture is hot, so the raisins can plump up. When the mixture has cooled slightly, stir in mint and cilantro and season with salt and pepper. Allow to cool before serving. Can be made a day or two ahead; serve as a salad course or as an accompaniment to main course dish or as canapé. Read More...

Courtesy:  Chef Carla Owens

Ingredients
1 1/4 cup tomato paste
1 large eggplant
1 green or red pepper
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 T sugar
1 1 T lemon juice
1 1/2 T salt
1 1/8 T pepper
1 baguette, sliced for serving spread


Directions
Pierce eggplant 3 or 4 times with fork. Wrap green pepper in foil. Place eggplant and green pepper in shallow baking dish. Bake at 400F until eggplant is very soft, about 35 minutes. Cool. Remove skin from eggplant and seeds from pepper. Chop both. Sauté onion and garlic over medium heat until tender. Stir in eggplant, chopped pepper and remaining ingredients except bread. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Place mixture in blender and blend until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Serve with bread. Read More...