roasted eggplant
Smoky grilled nightshade
Roasted eggplant is eggplant cooked in an oven or over flame until the flesh turns soft and creamy.
The roasting caramelizes the vegetable's sugars and can impart a smoky flavor, especially when charred over open fire.
It serves as the base for dishes like baba ghanoush and appears in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Asian cuisines: The roasted eggplant practically melted into the pasta.
- baba ganoushPureed roasted eggplant spread
- smokyFilled with combustion haze
- smoky flavorTaste from fire exposure
- charredBurned until black
- open flameUncovered burning source
tahini · extra virgin · Mediterranean · Middle Eastern · grilled · aubergine · olive oil · garlic · mezze · silky · creamy · flesh · purple · skin · caramelized · tender · dip · pita
- eggplantaubergine, moussaka, baba ganoush, ratatouille, caponata
- vegetable dishessteamed vegetables, grilled vegetables, stir-fried vegetables, pickled vegetables, tempura vegetables
- roastsprime rib, leg of lamb, rack of lamb, beef tenderloin, tenderloin
- mezzehummus, baba ghanoush, tabbouleh, falafel, dolma