one of the easiest food to prepare.. i thought my mom was the only one cook like this but i saw American man from a cooking channel made mashed eggplant and eat it with bread! well i was like WOW! we are not the only one. now i wonder how mashed eggplant recipe first came to my family? do our ancestors think the same as those from the west and those from the Mediterranean or perhaps they came here long ago and the locals learn how to make this mashed eggplant. or simply it was shown on tv. but as far as i remember my mother made this since i was little .. well i have to ask my mother later . well anyway here we go!
Step 1: after washing the eggplant put it on fire like this! or any way as long as it is on fire!
Step 2: it is done once all the purple turns black! Put it into the water and it will be easier to peel off the skin
when the skin is gone.. it will look like this ..well looks can be deceiving ^_<
Step 3: using spoon or a knife mashed the eggplant and it will look like in the picture shown. Add sugar, calamansi lime (one should be enough), thai chillies (2 or 3 or more if like spicy), tamarind paste (1 teaspoon or more) and a bit of water. mixed well and taste it. if the taste a bit off.. add chillies and a bit of salt or sugar. the taste should be like sour, sweet, spicy and burnt taste!
Step 4: Eat it! we eat it with rice.. other places in the world eats it with bread or..
anyway how do you eat it?
