Steamed eggplant is a very common home-cooked dish, and it can be seen on the dining table of both people in the south and north.

Depending on the region and eating habits, there are many ways to make steamed eggplant.

Some of these practices are simple, some are cumbersome, and so on.

As for which method is the best......

This varies from person to person, and everyone thinks that the steamed eggplant they make at home is the most delicious.

For example, Boss Xu, he thinks that the old lady makes it the most delicious.

The old lady's recipe is very simple, steamed eggplant with garlic paste, and then drizzled with sesame oil.

It's so simple to mix, and it has become a delicacy that Xu Zhuo thinks about every summer.

In addition to the old lady in the Xu family, in fact, the old man and Xu Wenhai also often make steamed eggplant.

However, the old man's recipe is exquisite in ingredients, exquisite in plating, and a very homely dish is made by him into an unaffordable appearance.

Xu Wenhai, on the other hand, is more focused on innovation, and every time he cooks at home, he wants to play a new trick, such as steaming eggplant, he has tried to use ingredients such as chopped pepper to make chopped pepper steamed eggplant.

The taste is pretty good, but I always feel like I don't have the taste of home.

The old man's cooking also has this problem, it is too deliberate, too delicate, and there is no kind of fireworks at home.

So compared with the two chefs in the family, Boss Xu's favorite is the home-cooked food made by the old lady.

In particular, this steamed eggplant, although the method is simple and the presentation is not particular, but it can be eaten freely, and it can be eaten every time.

However, after graduating from college, Xu Zhuo has never eaten this dish again.

Before, he was waiting to die in Linping City, and he was at large, and he had never been to the provincial capital much, so naturally he couldn't eat the dishes made by the old lady.

Since last year, Boss Xu has "turned back" and started to work hard with the help of the system, and his business has been a lot busy.

As a result, he didn't have much time to come to the provincial capital, let alone come for a meal.

In addition, customers often welcome and send it, and it is not polite to have a mouthful of garlic, so Xu Zhuo has never eaten this dish again.

And the old lady is old, and he can't bear to let his grandmother cook.

But now, when the old lady directly threw two heads of garlic over for Xu to peel like she did when she was a child, she suddenly opened up Boss Xu's memories.

If the old lady directly brought out a plate of steamed eggplant when she first entered the door, Xu Zhuo would not be so excited, at most a few sips to reminisce about his past childhood.

But everything is most afraid of memories and imagination.

Xu Zhuo thought of the scene of eating steamed eggplant in the past, and the things that his grandmother cooked for himself when he was a child.

The worm was hooked out, and even sniffed and smelled the smell of steamed eggplant in the air.

Everyone knows how to make eggplant, and steaming eggplant is not difficult.

But only at the old lady's house, Xu Zhuo felt that the taste of eggplant was different.

Probably......

That's what home tastes like.

Xu Zhuo sighed and began to peel garlic obediently.

Eating at the old lady's house, no matter who you are, you have to work.

It's impossible to sit and wait to eat, even if Yu Keke, the granddaughter-in-law, is here, she has to have symbolic kettle water or something.

In the past, Xu Zhuo always felt that the old lady had a lot of things, and what she could do in the kitchen was what she could do, but she called this and that to come and help.

After a meal, the whole family is not able to live in peace.

Now that he has grown up, Xu Zhuo also understands a little bit of the old lady's thoughts.

She just wants to make the house lively, creating a sense of happiness that the whole family can cook together.

Looking back now, the old lady really worried a lot about this family.

When she was sighing, the old lady next to her who was chopping vegetables suddenly asked, "Will Coco come back for dinner at noon?"

"If she doesn't come back, she eats at the entrance of the driving school at noon, there are many small restaurants there, and she can find an air-conditioned place to cool off after eating. ”

The old lady listened to Xu Zhuo's words, raised her hand and picked up the peeled shrimp from the bowl next to her and put it in the refrigerator.

"Since Coco doesn't come, then I won't eat shrimp today, it's weird and troublesome to do. ”

Xu Zhuo: "......"

Grandma, to be honest, did we hug the wrong one in the hospital back then?

When I go back, I have time to go to Yangzhou to make up for the missing family warmth.

After peeling the garlic, Xu Zhuo washed it, dropped all the garlic stalks in the garlic mortar, and then put a spoonful of salt in it.

When Xu Zhuo slowly pounded the garlic paste, the eggplant in the pot was also steamed.

Steaming eggplant may seem simple, but it's a technical job.

If you don't pay attention, the steamed eggplant will not be transparent, or the steaming time will be too long, and the eggplant will be completely steamed and you can't eat it again.

If you want to steam the eggplant until it is rotten and tasteful, this ......

Boss Xu didn't know very well, so he had to ask the old lady.

"Grandma, is there anything I need to pay attention to when steaming eggplant? I tried it in the store before, but I didn't steam it well......"

has been in business for a long time, and Boss Xu's nonsense will come as soon as he opens his mouth.

However, when dealing with the elderly, sometimes it is necessary to tell a little lie.

The old lady wiped her hands and said with a smile: "My good grandson can just come to the house if he wants to eat steamed eggplant, and I can't move what I can do." ”

Boss Xu was very moved by this, and almost said to the old lady, "Actually, I also like to eat shrimp".

But at this time, his mind was full of how to learn how to steam eggplant, shrimp or something, and Xu Zhuo didn't pay attention to it.

The old lady thought about it and gave Xu Zhuo a general description of how to steam eggplant.

If you want steamed eggplant to be delicious, the first thing is to choose the ingredients.

Be sure to use tender eggplant, so that it tastes better when steamed, and it is easy to steam through.

The second is to cut the eggplant into slightly thicker slices, which is not only easy to steam, but also convenient for the water in the eggplant to be steamed.

The last point is that it cannot be steamed in a basin or plate, but on a grate or steamer, so as to avoid the situation that the eggplant cannot be steamed.

In addition, steaming with a grate or steamer can also allow the water in the eggplant to flow out, so that the steamed eggplant will not be soup.

As for the heat......

It's up to you to master this, and the best eggplant is steamed until it's about to become a mush, but it's still in the line.

At this time, remove the eggplant from the pan, decant the excess water slightly, and let it dry for a while.

Wait until the temperature of the eggplant has cooled down slightly, pour the garlic paste into it, drizzle some sesame oil, and mix it slightly with chopsticks.

The fragrance will come out.

And because the eggplant still has heat, when the garlic is mixed in, it will further stimulate the flavor of the garlic, and at the same time, it will further volatilize the sesame oil.

The garlic flavor of the whole dish is strong, and people can't help but have an appetite.

Xu Zhuo looked at the old lady's skillful operation, smelled the smell of garlic, and suddenly thought of a question.

If you serve the dish of garlic eggplant in the store, this looks ......

Isn't it a bit hard to handle?