Chinese Sweet and Sour Eggplant

Chinese Sweet and Sour Eggplant Recipe is a flavourful and easy to cook main which you can serve with rice for a nice hearty meal. Here is how to make it.
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Sweet, Sour, Spice and everything nice! That’s the perfect way to describe this delicious Chinese Sweet and Sour Eggplant.
Baingan or Eggplant is one vegetable that leaves us rather confused in the kitchen, it’s a brilliant vegetable to cook with, but sometimes we undermine its potential.
The beauty of the eggplant is that it imbibes maximum flavors from the sauce or gravy it’s put in, so even if the dish is subtly flavored, it soaks in all the beautiful flavors.
Today I’m presenting to you a mouth-watering Chinese delicacy of Sweet and Sour Eggplant, it’s perfectly crisp on the outside and coated with a generous layer of a delectable Chinese style sweet and sour sauce.
Some of the other Chinese style recipes uploaded on the blog are Chicken Hakka Noodles, Schezwan Egg Fried Rice, Oriental Crispy Mushrooms and Sweet and Sour Vegetables. Do check out these recipes if you are planning an Oriental Fiesta.
Oh and do not forget to make this delicious Darsaan for dessert :)
This dish is incredibly simple to make and makes for a hearty, flavor-packed and rather an addictive snack too.

Cooking Process

The Chinese Sweet and sour eggplant recipe is traditionally cooked in a wok as the vegetables get cooked easily and it seals the heat.
However, if you don’t have a wok, you can go ahead and make it on a skillet as well.
To make this sweet and sour eggplant dish, the eggplants are cut and fried till crisp, after which the glorious sweet and sour sauce is made using ginger, garlic and onions.
To this, the cut capsicum is added, followed by the addition of vinegar, salt, sugar and pepper powder for some added heat.
Finally, the crisp eggplants are added followed by a garnish of fresh spring onion greens.
This sweet and sour eggplant dish can be served with a portion of hot rice.
Traditionally the eggplant undergoes a process called salting before frying to remove bitterness, but in this recipe, we’re adding cornflour and this will help give a lovely coating to the eggplant pieces.
So what are you waiting for, go whip up this delicious sweet and sour eggplant, you will never again be confused as to what to do with eggplants?

Step by Step Recipe

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When oil becomes hot, place eggplant pieces in the oil without overlapping them. Cook them till they become crisp from all sides.
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Add fried eggplant pieces and mix well. Switch off the flame. Garnish with spring onion greens. Serve hot with fried rice.
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Chinese Sweet and Sour Eggplant Recipe

Chinese Sweet and Sour Eggplant Recipe is a flavourful and easy to cook main which you can serve with rice for a nice hearty meal.
 Course Main Course
 Cuisine Asian, Chinese
 Prep Time 10 minutes
 Cook Time 20 minutes
 Total Time 30 minutes
 Servings  people
 Calories 278 kcal
 Author Neha Mathur

Ingredients

  • 1 Eggplant Large Variety
  • 4 tbsp Cornflour
  • 6 tbsp Sesame Oil
  • 3/4 tsp Ginger Finely Chopped
  • 2 tsp Garlic Finely Chopped
  • 1/2 cup Onion Diced
  • 1/2 cup Capsicum Diced
  • 4 tbsp Tomato Sauce
  • 1 tsp Red Chilli Sauce
  • 1 tsp Soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Vinegar
  • 3/4 tsp Black pepper Powder
  • 2 tsp Sugar
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp Spring Onion Chopped

Instructions

  1. Cut eggplant into finger length pieces.
  2. Coat eggplant pieces with 3 tbsp of cornflour nicely.
  3. Heat 4 tbsp of oil in a wide bottomed pan.
  4. When oil becomes hot, place eggplant pieces in the oil without overlapping them.
  5. Cook them till they become crisp from all sides.
  6. Remove them from the pan and keep aside.
  7. For the sweet and sour gravy, heat rest of the oil in a wok.
  8. Add ginger and garlic to it.
  9. Saute for few seconds.
  10. Add onion and cook till it turns transparent.
  11. Add capsicum pieces.
  12. Saute them on high flame for 2 more minutes.
  13. Mix all the sauces, vinegar, pepper powder, salt and sugar along with 1/4th cup of water in a bowl.
  14. Add the sauce mixture to the wok and mix well.
  15. Add 1 and 1/2 cup of water and bring it to a boil.
  16. Mix 1 and 1/2 tbsp cornflour in 1/4th cup of water and add to boiling gravy.
  17. Cook till the sauce thickens slightly.
  18. Add fried eggplant pieces and mix well.
  19. Switch off the flame.
  20. Garnish with spring onion greens.
  21. Serve hot with fried rice.

Recipe Notes

You can air fry the eggplant or even roast them in an oven.
Nutrition Facts
Chinese Sweet and Sour Eggplant Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 278Calories from Fat 189
% Daily Value*
Fat 21g32%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Sodium 180mg8%
Potassium 391mg11%
Carbohydrates 21g7%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 690IU14%
Vitamin C 29.5mg36%
Calcium 21mg2%
Iron 0.6mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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