街市THE WET MARKET
Eggplant
茄子
The Hong Kong eggplant is long, slim and pale purple, thin-skinned and nearly seedless, and it collapses to silk in the claypot. Asian grocers and markets sell it as long Asian eggplant; the Lebanese eggplant on every supermarket shelf is shorter and darker and cooks the same with a minute more.
Preparation
Cut into batons; soak in salted water or pass through oil so it does not blacken.
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
Australian name · long Asian eggplant; Lebanese eggplant
Where · Long Asian at Asian grocers, markets and Harris Farm; Lebanese at any supermarket
If it is not there · Lebanese with a minute more; the globe kind salted first
In season · Summer and autumn, roughly January to May
Where · Long Asian at Asian grocers, markets and Harris Farm; Lebanese at any supermarket
If it is not there · Lebanese with a minute more; the globe kind salted first
In season · Summer and autumn, roughly January to May
