Monday, November 30, 2020

Sour eggplant

Terung asam as the locals call this. Rich in vitamin, it can be stir fried with other vegetables or sardin, or cook in soup. 

I rarely buy and cook it at home but if I see people serving in economy rice stall, I do not mind buying to go with my rice. 


It happened that my man bought home 3 of this terung assam last week. They were still green then so I kept them under room temperature before decided on how to cook them. 

Over the weekend they turned yellowish and ready to be cooked. So here was how I cooked them. Simple and no hassle. 


I used up 2 of the eggplants. The remaining one, maybe I stir fry it with anchovies another day. So, I washed the terung asam and then cut them into wedges. Removed the seeds. 

After that, boiled a pot of water and added the eggplants in it. Let it cook till soften.


Meanwhile, prepared the mortar and pestle. Sliced 2 red onions and add into the mortar. Added about 3 tbsp of anchovies. Grinded the ingredients well before added about 1 tbsp of belacan. Pounded and mixed well. Added into the pot of eggplants and let it simmer. Tasted with salt and ready to serve!! 







12 comments:

Reanaclaire said...

Oh, this is something new to me...Sour eggplant, I am sure it taste very nice in soup too, like tomyam? yummy!

Iwona said...

I've never heard about sour eggplant. Looks nice :)

Nux V said...

something new...never heard about sour eggplant.

Nancy Chan said...

This is interesting and is something new to me. Is it sour after it is cooked?

Libby said...

Oh sour eggplant is something new to me...must be nice when cooked into soup.

mun said...

The name is terung Assam but does it taste masam (sour)?

suituapui said...

My way of cooking it is simpler:
https://suituapui.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/jungle-love/
Add fish or prawns, nicer.
Sour or not? These days, often not sour. Vegetable seller said maybe too much fertiliser.

Rose world said...

Yes. The soup is appetizing. Sourish.

Rose world said...

Mine not too sour. Tasted very sour before.

mun said...

Very Tasty then! Thanks for your reply.

PH said...

I have not seen such eggplants before. That soup must be very appetizing!

Twilight Man said...

Yummy! I know Thai people eat sour eggplants like ulam with sambal. I not tried it yet.