Thai Grilled Eggplant with Green Chilis
Ingredients:
4 medium Japanese eggplants
1 Tbsp sliced shallots or red onion
3-4 Tbsp lime juice
dash sugar to taste
3-4 mild green chilid pepeters
1/4 lb Shrimp and 1/4 lb ground pork. or substitue Tempeh
1 tsp chili powder
3-4 Tbsp fish sauce ( or mix with oyster sauce
3-5 chopped green onion and or cilantro
for garnish - mint leaves, thinly sliced red pepper, tomato and shreadded carrots
for serving - bed of fresh lettuce
Directions:
Roast / broil or grill eggplants and chili peppers. Peal and cut inot bite sized pieces. Arrange on plate on top of lettuce
In sauce pan cook ground pork in small meatballs, shrimps and add fish sauce, lime juice and chili powder
Add to top of plate
Sprinkle shallots, green onion cilatro and the rest of garnish ingredients
Note if substituting Tempeh marinade it in the fish sauce, lime juice and chili powder prior to cooking.
Recipe by Piangjia Eed Cefkin Authentic Thai Cooking class. The one linked is close but not the same