Vegetable - Brinjal or Egg Plant

Brinjal or Egg Plant

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About the Vegetable :Eggplant or Brinjal, is a very low calorie vegetable and has healthy nutrition profile; good news for weight watchers! The veggie is popularly known as aubergine in the western world.Several varieties of aubergines are grown all around the world. Depending on the cultivar type, they vary greatly in size, shape, and color. Generally, aubergines fall into two broad categories, either oval shaped, or thin and elongated.The plant reaches about 3-4 feet tall in quick time and bears many bright fruits. Each fruit has smooth, glossy skin. Internally, it features off-white color pulp with numerous centrally arranged small, soft seeds. Fruits are generally harvested when they reach maturity but just short of full stage ripeness.

Scientific / Binomial name : Solanum melongena

Popularly Known as :Egg Plant, Vankaya,Badinekai, Baingan, Aubergine,Melongene, Garden egg, or Guinea squash.

Usage : Egg plants can also be battered before deep-frying and served with a sauce made of tahini and tamarind. In Iranian cuisine, it is blended with whey as kashk e-bademjan, tomatoes as mirza ghasemi or made into stew as khoresh-e-bademjan. It can be sliced and deep-fried, then served with plain yogurt, (optionally) topped with a tomato and garlic sauce.It may also be roasted in its skin until charred, so the pulp can be removed and blended with other ingredients, such as lemon, tahini, and garlic

Culinary Used Areas :In Indian, South African, Malaysian, Singaporean, and West Indian English, the fruit is called brinjal, from the Portuguese .The Indic name baingan or baigan is also sometimes used in South Asian English.