Spicy Eggplant (Terong Balado)

This is a dish easily available in Indonesia. Different states have different ways of cooking the chile topping - some use tomatoes, some use tamarind. There are no hard and fast rules in making this simple yet tasty vegetable dish.

Step: 1

Place chile peppers, onion, tomato, and garlic in a food processor. Pulse briefly until coarsely chopped.

Step: 2

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over low heat until shimmering. Arrange half the eggplant in a single layer and pan-fry until slightly browned and soft, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a serving dish. Repeat with 2 tablespoons oil and remaining eggplant.

Step: 3

Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the same skillet. Add chile mixture; cook and stir until softened, about 1 minute. Stir in sugar and salt. Spoon chile mixture over eggplant.

Per Serving: 264 calories; protein 4.3g; carbohydrates 26.6g; fat 17.9g; sodium 593.8mg.

One of most clear way to pick a side dish is to look at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and pick more different. If you’re cooking pasta, go for a simple vegetable . Making steak? Go for more light. If you’re making stir-fry with rice, it must not a good idea to adjust with make a rice salad.

One make sure is also can make to cooking process . You don’t want to push more often your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be rounding four pans on the stovetop . But often you can made a dish do double-duty .