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Roasted Miniature Eggplant with Creamy Tahini and Plum Salsa
FAQ
Indian Eggplant. Also called baby eggplant, this variety is small and squat with a dark reddish-purple color. You can use it in an Indian preparation like a curry, but it's also great roasted or stuffed.
So of course we knew we had to have them! Baby eggplants are not only the cutest little vegetable (can you even stand how adorable they are!), but they are also quite flavorful and tender.
While the skin of a small young eggplant is edible, the skin becomes bitter on larger or older eggplants and should be peeled. When in doubt, the answer to, Do you peel eggplant before cooking? is yes, peel it. Use a vegetable peeler or paring knife to remove the skin.
Fairy tale eggplants are slender and small eggplants with thin, purple, and white streaked skin. Their flesh is delicate and creamy and benefits from a quick saute or stir fry.
Larger, more mature eggplants can be more bitter, typically because their seeds are larger and seeds tend to hold on to the most bitter flavors.