Grilled Eggplant with Tomatoes

Name: Grilled Eggplant with Tomatoes
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 Long eggplant; 4 Small tomatoes; 1 piece star anise; Some salt; Some Cooking oil

by Happy and happy

4.7 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

5m

Serving

2

Tomatoes and eggplants are common ingredients at home. Our family often uses tomatoes to cook eggplants for appetizers. Both adults and children like to eat them. A few days ago, I went to my brother’s house for dinner. My sister-in-law made a big table of dishes, including a tomato-burned eggplant. It tasted very appetizing, and I felt appetite. I thought it was better than what I usually cooked. The sister-in-law smiled and said because she put an star anise when she cooked the eggplant. Hey, isn't this star anise made of stewed meat? My family only puts star anise when cooking meat dishes. It turns out that one roasted vegetable dish is delicious. My sister-in-law said that she also learned it from others and thought it was delicious, so she started doing it at home.

Since I feel good, I also want to share it with more friends. I wonder if someone else will add an anise when making eggplants? I also searched the Internet. Star anise is a well-known condiment. Star anise fruit can be used directly in daily seasoning, such as stewing, boiling, pickling, braising, and soaking, or it can be directly processed into five-spice seasoning powder. The fruit contains aromatic oils, fatty oils, proteins, resins, etc., which are one of the commonly used condiments in the family.

Ingredients

Grilled Eggplant with Tomatoes

1. To prepare the raw materials, the eggplant I used is long eggplant, and other eggplant shapes are also possible. Tomatoes are grown in a friend’s field, so they are relatively small, so I used four, if the larger one is fine;

2. Peel the eggplant, cut into strips, and cut the tomatoes into small pieces. (Tomatoes can be peeled or not peeled);

3. Heat up the wok, add the oil, and fry the star anise when it is warm;

4. Then put the eggplant in and stir fry, and then put in the sliced tomatoes;

5. Tomatoes will produce juice when heated, and adding some salt will make the soup come out more quickly, and at the same time it will have a good taste. If there is not enough soup, you can add some hot water;

6. After the tomatoes are all turned into juice, the eggplant is also fried soft, and the taste of the tomato is immersed in the eggplant, making the eggplant taste sour and sweet, appetizing, and serving.

7. The cooked tomato-burned eggplant is sweet and sour and delicious, and it is very popular with the family. In the past, when making this dish, we used green onions and garlic to stir fry, but children don’t like to eat green onions, so I have to pick them out every time. This time I only put one star anise. It may be related to the scent that the star anise volatilizes when heated!

8. Eggplant roasted with tomatoes is also a simple and quick dish. It is not difficult to prepare. It is a very good dish that everyone in the kitchen can cook, and the finished product is delicious, very popular with family members. In the summer, if you don’t have much appetite, why not have a tomato-boiled eggplant, the fresh salty has a sweet and sour taste, it’s the best appetizer to get rid of the food!

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[About star anise]

The octagonal fruit has the functions of invigorating the stomach, expelling wind, analgesia, regulating the middle and regulating qi, dispelling cold and dampness, and curing indigestion and neurasthenia.