Brilio.net - Eggplant is a vegetable that is often processed into various dishes. This vegetable has an attractive purple color and a soft and chewy texture. Usually, eggplant is cooked with balado spices or made into a vegetable soup dish.
The process of cooking eggplant often involves two stages. First, frying the eggplant until it is cooked and soft. Second, the fried eggplant is cooked again with various spices and additional ingredients to make it more delicious.
However, frying eggplant often turns its color black and its texture shrinks, making it less attractive. To overcome this, many people soak eggplant in salt water before frying it.
There are also those who boil the eggplant first before frying and cooking it with spices. However, there is a simpler way to maintain the bright purple color of the eggplant even after frying. This method is shared by YouTube user YN Cooking.
In one of her videos, YN Cooking shares a trick for frying eggplants to keep them bright purple without any additional ingredients. The trick involves proper cooking techniques to maintain the eggplant's color and texture.
photo: YouTube/YN Cooking
First, cut the eggplant according to taste. After that, prepare a bowl of water to soak the eggplant so that it does not turn black. No need to soak for long, after that heat the oil to fry the eggplant. Make sure the cooking oil is really hot.
"Soak it in a bowl of water to prevent the eggplant from turning black. Now, tips for frying eggplant so that it stays purple, make sure the oil is really hot," said a YouTube user, as reported by BrilioFood on Saturday (28/9).
photo: YouTube/YN Cooking
In addition to being fried in hot oil, the process of putting the eggplant in the pan also needs to be considered so that the color does not change. The YouTube user dipped the eggplant in the oil with the purple eggplant at the bottom.
This way, the eggplant will remain a beautiful purple color after it is cooked. Also, pay attention to the frying time. Do not fry the eggplant for too long because its texture will quickly become soft. If it is already wilted, the eggplant can be turned over immediately.
photo: YouTube/YN Cooking
Fry the eggplant until the white part wilts and changes color slightly. After that, remove and drain the eggplant. As a result, the eggplant remains bright purple. The YouTube user will process the fried eggplant into a spicy eggplant dish.
photo: YouTube/YN Cooking
He prepared 3 cloves of garlic, 5 cloves of shallots, 5 curly red chilies, 5 red cayenne peppers, and 1 1/2 tomatoes that had been washed clean. Then the chilies, tomatoes, and garlic were boiled until cooked and then ground until smooth. Add 1/2 tsp of salt to make it easier to smooth the spices and also add 1 sachet of shrimp paste.
When the chili sauce is smooth, set aside. Then thinly slice the shallots. After that, heat the oil, then saute the shallots until they wilt and change color. When the shallots look wilted, then add the ground spices and stir until evenly distributed. The YouTube user also added 1 bay leaf, then stir until the spices are cooked.
photo: YouTube/YN Cooking
Then he added enough water, 1 tsp brown sugar, and enough flavoring. When it is well mixed, add the eggplant, then stir until the eggplant and spices are evenly mixed. As a result, even though it has been stir-fried with various spices, the color of the eggplant does not change and remains bright purple.