Salad with eggplants, tomatoes, and onions
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Eggplant salad is a simple Filipino dish made with grilled eggplants, tomatoes, and onions. It is served as a side dish with grilled fish and meat. The salad is prepared very quickly—just 10 minutes. All you need to do is grill the eggplants on a barbecue or stove, peel off the skin, chop the vegetables, and mix all the ingredients together—and your delicious, healthy eggplant salad is ready in no time. Serve immediately.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Grill the eggplants or cook them directly on the stove over an open flame until the eggplants are charred and the skin turns black. Don't worry if the eggplant skin burns. It's important to be careful during cooking and not to leave the eggplants unattended throughout this process.
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Step 2
2. Peel the eggplant, cut off the stem, and gently mash with a fork.
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Step 3
3. Dice the tomatoes and onions.
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Step 4
4. Mix the chopped tomatoes, onion, eggplant purée, salt, ground black pepper, and white vinegar in a large bowl.
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Step 5
5. Garnish the salad with shrimp paste and serve.