Hot and Sour Eggplant and Lotus Root (Vegan)
Hot and Sour Eggplant and Lotus Root (Vegan)

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Great recipe for Hot and Sour Eggplant and Lotus Root (Vegan). Good as an appetizer or a side dish. This is a hot, sour, and spicy dish.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hot and sour eggplant and lotus root (vegan) using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Hot and Sour Eggplant and Lotus Root (Vegan):
  1. Get 4 Eggplant - small Japanese type
  2. Take 100 grams Lotus root (it's convenient if you use ready-made lotus root)
  3. Take 1 knob ☆Ginger, finely chopped
  4. Make ready 1 clove ☆Chopped garlic
  5. Get 4 tbsp ☆Soy sauce
  6. Take 4 tbsp ☆Mirin
  7. Get 3 tbsp ☆Vinegar
  8. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp ☆Sugar (I used beet sugar)
  9. Take 1 tsp ☆Doubanjiang (as desired)
  10. Get 5 tbsp Oil

All the food was good and the portions were a good size. Heat oil in a skillet or wok over medium high till hot (not smoking). Lotus Root is not a common vegetable. As it is in the name, this is the root of lotus flower mainly used in Asian cuisine.

Steps to make Hot and Sour Eggplant and Lotus Root (Vegan):
  1. Remove the eggplant stems, slice them into 1 cm rounds, sprinkle salt, and leave to rest for a while. Slice the lotus roots.
  2. Mix the ☆ sauce ingredients.
  3. Microwave the lotus root for a minute and add the sauce from Step 2 (flavor penetrates better if you warm it).
  4. Wash off the salt from the eggplants and pat dry with paper towels.
  5. Heat oil in a frying pan or a pot, and cook the eggplant. It's more delicious if you add more oil, but it increases the calorie.
  6. When browned, combine with the lotus roots and mix.
  7. Serve on a plate and it's done! The on in the photo is garnished with mizuna greens. It's also delicious garnished with green onions.

It is used in soups, stir fries, deep fried, braised, pickled in hot and sour garlic chili sauce and also used in traditional herbal medicine. Heat oil for deep frying, when oil hits smoking point, add eggplant in batches. When eggplant turns into golden brown drain them using a slotted spoon, and place them in kitchen towels to absorb excess oil. Thinly sliced eggplant seared till golden brown, coated with sweet soy sauce and served over a warm bowl of rice. So incredibly delicious, this Soy-Glazed Eggplant Donburi is a Japanese vegan rice bowl that deserves a spot at your weeknight table!

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