Eggplant with Pork

Eggplant Recipes

Appetizers to entrees, Eggplant is popular around the world. Eggplant is native to India. It has been cultivated in southern and eastern Asia since prehistory. Different varieties of the plant produce fruit of different size, shape and color, especially purple, green, or white. There are even orange varieties. A much wider range of shapes, sizes and colors is grown in India and elsewhere in Asia.

Eggplant is perfect for simple, creative, delicious dishes. Exotic in taste and texture, eggplant can be prepared in a variety of different ways. From oven roasting to grilling eggplant can be a staple in any diet. Eggplant is low in saturated fat, Sodium, and cholesterol. And also it is high in Dietary Fiber, folate, potassium, manganese, vitamin C, vitamin K, thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus and copper. The nutritional value and health benefits of eggplant makes it ideal for maintaining optimum health and weight loss. Don't include too many eggplants in your diet if you're interested in weight gain.

Ingredients

* 2 Chinese Eggplant (Asian Eggplant), cut cubes about 1 inch thick.
* 1/2 pound ground pork
* 1 tablespoon cooking oil
* 2 garlic clove, minced
* 1 fresh red chili, minced
* 1 sliced green onions
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce
* 1/2 tablespoon red chili powder
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* 1/2 cup chicken stock
* 1/2 cup of water
* 2 tablespoons spicy lime sauce
* Ground black pepper

How to cook

1. Heat oil in a wok or saucepan over high heat. Add garlic and cook
until lightly browned. Add pork, soy sauce, fish sauce, chili powder and sugar. Stir-fry until cook.
2. Add eggplant and stir-fry until eggplant get soft. During stir-frying add 1/2 cup of water instead of cooking oil.
3. Add chicken stock and 1/2 cup of water and bring to a boil. Add spicy lime sauce, half of red chili and half of green onion. Mix together gently.
4. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Garnish with half of green onion and half of red chili on before serving.

Tips for Spicy lime sauce

2 Garlic cloves, peeled
1 red chili, chapped
1/2 cup of water
2 tablespoons fish sauce
Juice of 1 medium lime
3 tablespoons sugar
Combine garlic, chilies and the water in a blender or food processor and liquefy. Combine fish sauce, limejuice, sugar and chili-garlic mixture in a small bowl. Stir to dissolve sugar.