Aubergines with miso

This recipe is healthy low fat and also very tasty , a thing that you do not often put together but it is. Also the miso topping is some thing that you could use for fish or chicken as well so that part of the recipes is very versatile. Serve this with the sushi rice from the other day and you would have a very good mid week dinner.

 You will need. Ingredients

2 or 3 small purple aubergine

Vegetable oil

4 spring onions or sesame seeds

4 tbsp light sweet miso paste

2 tsp sugar

1 tbsp fresh grated ginger

1 tbsp light soy sauce

2 tbsp mirin

Fisrt I will tell you have to make the miso topping , take the miso and put it in a bowl. Now stir in the sugar and grated ginger and then the soy sauce and mirin.  Mix it until you have a good runny paste constancy. And that is that part done.

Now take your aubergines and slice it half lengthways, keeping the stem end intact. Now with your knife cut in to the flesh of the aubergine making a diagonal or diamond pattern.

Now heat in a deep-sided frying pan the vegetable oil, you only want about 0.5cm or 0.25in depth of oil in the pan, just to shallow fry.  When the oil is hot place the aubergine halves cut side down in the oil.  Fry them gently in the oil until they have slightly browned this takes about 3 minutes.  Now turn them and fry on the shin side for about 2 more minutes. Hopefully the aubergines will be fairly soft after this frying.

Now carefully remove the aubergines from the pan and place on some kitchen towel to take up some of the oil. While they are draining turn on the grill.

Now take your aubergine and spoon the miso topping mix over the cut side of the aubergines. Now place them under the grill, grill until the miso topping is just beginning to brown, but do not let it go to dark or burn.

Now Place the grilled aubergines onto a  plate and sprinkle over some of the chopped spring onions or sesame seeds .