Fried eggplant


Fried eggplant is featured in dishes of many different cuisines.

Regional varieties

Spain

In Spanish cuisine this dish takes the form of a tapa. In the province of Córdoba it is usually made with honey.

Turkey

Fried eggplant is found in Turkish cuisine. It is such a common dish during summer months that this season used to be called patlıcan kızartma ayları in Ottoman Istanbul, where this generalized frying caused huge fires and destroyed entire mahalles due to the abundance of old wooden houses. The dish is usually eaten with a garlic yogurt or tomato sauce.

Middle East

In Arab and Israeli cuisines, fried eggplant is typically served with a tahini sauce. In Israel, it is used to make sabich: a popular sandwich of fried eggplant and hard boiled egg in a pita.

South Asia

In India, fried eggplant is also known as ‘Brinjal phodi‘ or ‘Vangyache kaap‘ in the Marathi language. It is shallow fried eggplant slices. Typically, this recipe is a Konkani and Maharashtrian dish. It is very much similar to Begun bhaja recipe from Bengali cuisine.