Instead of soaking it in salt, this is a trick for cooking eggplant so that its color remains bright purple using 1 kitchen ingredient

YouTube/yamzrgeo official

Before processing, eggplant usually has to be fried first so that it is cooked and has a softer texture.

Brilio.net - Many people love eggplant because it tastes delicious and has a soft texture. This food ingredient can be processed into various dishes such as eggplant, balado eggplant, stir-fried eggplant, and others. However, before being processed into a new dish, eggplant usually has to be fried first so that it is cooked and has a softer texture.

Basically, eggplant can be fried straight away . However, sometimes after frying, the color of the eggplant is no longer bright and instead turns black. So, to prevent the eggplant from changing color, many people soak it in salt first before frying it.

But if you don't want to use this method, there are other tricks that are no less effective for making the eggplant color stay bright purple. This trick was shared by netizens via the official YouTube account yamzrgeo.

He admitted that he did not soak the eggplant with salt, but instead relied on 1 kitchen ingredient.

Reported by BrilioFood from YouTube yamzrgeo official on Thursday (28/3), the kitchen ingredient used is vinegar.

photo: YouTube/yamzrgeo official

First, wash the eggplant that will be cooked. The YouTube user used 2 fairly large eggplants. After washing, then cut the eggplant into pieces according to taste. If so, soak the eggplant in water and vinegar.

photo: YouTube/yamzrgeo official

"You don't need to use a lot of vinegar, just use one spoon. Wait 10 minutes so the color remains beautiful and not black," he said.

photo: YouTube/yamzrgeo official

Because the eggplant will be processed into Taiwanese style dishes, the YouTube user also prepared various spices. The spices consist of 5 cloves of garlic, 1 cayenne pepper and 2 spring onions. Finely chop all the spice ingredients and set aside first.

photo: YouTube/yamzrgeo official

Next, the YouTube user also prepared a steamer pan filled with water to steam the eggplant. Then arrange the eggplants on the pan and steam until cooked.

photo: YouTube/yamzrgeo official

While waiting for the eggplant to cook, prepare a frying pan and heat a little oil. When the oil is hot, add all the chopped spices. Then add the soy sauce, sweet soy sauce and cornstarch solution. Saute until the spices are fragrant and cooked.

"Check the eggplant, if it is soft you can remove it. This will result in the color remaining purple," he added.

photo: YouTube/yamzrgeo official

Then arrange the cooked steamed eggplants on a plate, sprinkle with the sauted spices. Taiwanese style eggplant is ready to be served.

The trick is quite easy, isn't it? Judging from the official YouTube yamzrgeo upload, the uploaded video has been watched 30 thousand times. Not a few netizens also responded via the comments column.

"Assalamu'alaikum, nice to meet you, sis. Thank you for sharing tips for cooking eggplant straight away and practicing," wrote the account @HIDAYAHNH06.

"Good, the color of the purple eggplant hasn't changed," commented the account @ShiamiFitrisa.

"Mantul bun," said the account @Mama_ELL.

Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.