Low Fat Eggplant Recipes

Ingredients:

1 * * * *seasoning mix * * * *
1 1/2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp salt (omit if use canned
1 tomatoes with salt)
1 tsp dried mustard
1 tsp dried thyme leaves
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp ground white pepper (or use
1 all black)
1/2 tsp dill weed
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (red pepper)
1 * * * *recipe * * * * * * *
2 cup chopped onion, in all
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 (or red bell pepper)
2 cup chopped okra, in all
1 medium eggplant, peeled 1 cup
1 finely diced, remaining
1 medium diced.
3 cup fresh tomatoes chopped, or 2
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup tomato sauce (omit if using
1 canned tomatoes which
1 already have lots of juice)
1 cup apple juice

Instructions:

1) Mix spices in a small bowl. 2) Combine 1 cup of chopped onion, 1 cup
finely chopped eggplant, 1 cup of okra (I put in a food processor and pulse
to chop finely) 3) Heat non-stick skillet or pot over high heat about 4
minutes. Add chopped vegetables, bell pepper and seasoning mix, stir and
cook for about 5 minutes. Vegetables should stick to bottom of pan, then
you unstick and stir them so that they carmelize (brown) a little but don't
burn. 4) Stir in 1 cup of apple juice, stir to unstick from bottom, add 1
cup of tomatoes. Cook, stirring occasionally until most of liquid
evaporates, about 20 minutes. 5) Add remaining onions, okra, eggplant and
tomatoes (tomato sauce if used). Scrape to clear bottom and cook 10 minutes
or more until eggplant is cooked.

Notes --- This is from Paul Prudhomme's Fork in the Road. I used to be
warry of okra, but in Oklahoma in the heat of August it's about the only
vegetable that still grows (even the tomatoes stop setting fruit when it
gets too hot). I also used frozen okra. I like the okra in this recipe.
When well cooked, the gumminess goes away and its serves as a thickener to
the dish. If you're warry of okra, you might want to reduce the total
amount to 1 cup and let the eggplant and tomotoes dominate. Prudhomme
always uses onion powder and garlic powder in his spice mixes, which I used
to think was redundant when using real onions, but it actually imparts a
different flavor. He places great emphasis on cooking the vegetables a long
time in a non-stick skillet and letting them brown a little to carmelize
and develop the flavors, and it does pay to be patient. The original
recipe had a total of 2 1/2 cups of apple juice, but that seemed like too
much to me and I already had plenty of liquid from the canned tomatoes.

From: maoh@phyast.nhn.uoknor.edu (Maureen O'Halloran). Fatfree Digest
[Volume 1 Issue 1] June 22, 1994 Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34,
TXFT40A@Prodigy.com using MMCONV

: From Paul Prudhomme's _A Fork in the Road_ :

Servings: 1