Home
Healthy Family
Healthy Community
Healthy World
Site Menu
Recipes Meal-o-matic Favorite Foods Blog / Stories
Preschool Adventure Food Adventure Home Edition Classes & Events
Partners About Stay in Touch
My Stuff Log In Shop our Store Donate

Eggplant and Tomato Salad

SAVE ✓ SAVED ADD TO MEAL PLAN PRINT VIEW IN SPANISH

This is my mother’s recipe and it is one of my all time favorite salads. She makes this to accompany rice and curry, but it could be served along side any meal. Anyone who tries this dish remarks that they have never experienced eggplant this way. Lightly frying the eggplant takes away the bitterness and serves as a nice contrast to the other fresh ingredients and slightly sweet dressing. You will be amazed at the combination of flavors! For even more flavor, try frying some thinly sliced bitter gourd and mixing it into the salad with the eggplant. Bitter gourd can be found in the summer and some farmers markets or in Asian markets. It’s VERY bitter but also will mellow with frying and make this salad over the top!

Ingredients

Food
Amt
Units
Prep
Notes
½ teaspoon turmeric
turmeric
½
teaspoon
½ teaspoon salt (divided)
salt
½
teaspoon
divided
½ cup water
water
½
cup
1-2 long and thin eggplants, cut into thin strips
eggplants
1-2
long and thin
cut into thin strips
1-2 cups canola oil (approximately)
canola oil
1-2 cups
approximately
1 tablespoon lemon juice
lemon juice
1
tablespoon
black pepper (to taste)
black pepper
to taste
1-2 teaspoons sugar
sugar
1-2
teaspoons
½ medium red onion, sliced
red onion
½
medium
sliced
½ medium tomato, diced
tomato
½
medium
diced

Method

Mix turmeric, salt and water in a bowl. Dip the eggplant slices into the mixture to keep them from discoloring and set aside. Pour canola oil into a small keep pan, about 2-3 inches deep. . Heat the oil and fry a few slices of eggplant at a time until slightly golden. Set aside on a plate lined with paper towel. Place another paper towel on top to absorb more of the oil. Make the dressing by adding lemon juice, a pinch of salt, pepper to taste, sugar, and dijon mustard to a small bowl and whisk.
Place eggplant slices into a serving dish with red onion and tomato. Toss with dressing and serve.

Prep time
15 min
Cook time
20 min
Yields/Serves:
5-6 servings
Nutrition Information

Yum Ratings

😫😟😐😀😍 “Super Yum! Surprisingly light and delicious. I love the thin, fried eggplant with the freshness of the tomatoes!” —Wendy, a grown up
😫😟😐😀😍 “Super Yum! I’ve never had anything like this. The flavors are so rich and surprising” —Laura, a grown up
😫😟😐😀😍 “Super Yum. It’s just heavenly. A flavor explosion!” —Nora, a grown up
😫😟😐😀😍 "Super Yum! I love eggplant salad. It’s crunchy and sweet.” —Asa, age 10