Sweet and Sour Eggplant

Name: Sweet and Sour Eggplant
Yield: 6 Serves
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 150 g roasted hazelnuts, husk removed, roughly chopped; ½ tsp urad dhal; ½ tsp mustard seeds; ½ tsp rice bran oil; 2 shallots, finely chopped; 1 tsp salt; 1 tbsp turmeric; 2 sprig curry leaves; ½ tsp black pepper, crushed; 1 tsp chopped ginger; 2 large eggplant, peeled and cut into 2 cm dice; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 350 ml rice vinegar; 100 g sugar

Preparation info

6
Serves

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cheong Liew

By David Sly and Cheong Liew

Published 2025

About

Ingredients

2 large eggplant, peeled and cut into 2 cm dice
1 tbsp turmeric
½ tsp

Oceania
Australia
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Coat eggplant cubes with turmeric powder then lightly deep-fry in a wok with hot rice bran oil and set aside. Add a few more tablespoons of oil to the hot wok, add urad dhal and mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds start to pop, add shallots, ginger, cumin seeds, black pepper and cook until the shallots are slightly golden. Add curry leaves, pepper, salt, sugar and vinegar, th