i bought an eggplant for the first time.... i've never eaten eggplant. idk what to do with it.

are you a hummus fan

if so, baba ganoush

eggplant parm

idk I'm not a big eggplant liker

Pasta Alla Norma

made basically this for valentine's day, it's a tasty way to use it

you can make ratatouille too (they easy kind where you chop everything and mix together instead of the fancy layered version), or caponata

i have one in the fridge i'm going to use for thai green curry with tofu, red pepper, onions, green beans etc.

there's really good stir fry recipes that use it too out there

you can grill or roast it too

you just need to make sure you cook it enough that it gets soft instead of being spongy

a lot of recipes use a lot of oil but tbh you don't really need much

admire it and reflect on what you have done

wo ai ni ★ : i also tried hummus for the first time today (roasted red pepper) and the jury is still out on that one.

jingle bees : cheese does make everything better

𝓞𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓪𝓭 : ty for both a recipe and a tip for not fucking it up lol

❅ caster : i have bought the sinful emoji....

yeah a recipe like the pasta i linked or a stew-like thing might be a good idea for the first one you try, to make sure it cooks enough

some recipes say you really need to salt it to get out bitterness but i've read that's not really necessary since they've bred eggplant to be less bitter (i've never bothered tbh)

see, i didn't even know there was bitterness

yeah it's more a thing if you get a really big one if at all, smaller ones and the skinny asian varieties aren't really bitter

idk i've never had a bitter one so i don't bother with the salting

gotcha

but yeah an easy recipe where it cooks in sauce or w/e might be the best one to make first to learn what the cooked texture should be like. eggplant parm is good but a lot of work and having it turn out bad after a lot of work is no fun orz

is this something that would be good in a veggie soup, i like making those

something more stew-like i think

i haven't had it in a thinner soup