Fried Eggplant Salad With Creamy Dressing

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 large whole eggs
• 2 medium eggplants

  sliced into short strips or diced into cubes (see picture)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Coconut oil

  olive oil or macadamia oil for cooking
• 3-4 tablespoons mayonnaise
• Pinch of black pepper
• 1/2 medium onion

  white or red, quartered and thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar

  or apple cider vinegar
• 3 tablespoons boiling hot water
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon honey

Instructions

• 1 Place the eggs in boiling water and cook for 10 minutes until hard-boiled. Once
  cooked, place the eggs in cold water and allow to cool down before peeling and
  chopping finely.
• 2 To prepare the eggplant, scatter the strips on a chopping board and sprinkle
  with salt. Leave for 10-15 minutes to pull out some of the moisture from the
  vegetable (this will make it less dry which means that you won't need to use as
  much oil for cooking them). The salting process also removes some of the
  bitterness from the eggplant (which you may or may not taste!).
• 3 While the eggs are cooking and the eggplant is chilling, it's time to marinate
  the onions. Place the thinly sliced onions into a bowl and pour over the
  vinegar, boiling hot water and season with salt and honey. Mix through and set
  aside for 15 minutes as well.
• 4 Back to the eggplant, my friends. Heat a thin layer of coconut, olive oil or
  macadamia oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add all of the
  eggplant and cook for 7-8 minutes, stirring frequently, until the pieces are
  golden brown and soft. Remove the cooked eggplant onto some paper towel to
  remove excess oil, then transfer the cooked vegetable to a mixing bowl.
• 5 Add the chopped eggs to the eggplant and then pour in the onion marinade and the
  onions and add the mayonnaise. Add a little pepper and mix together. Taste for
  salt and season more if needed. It's best to leave the salad in the fridge for
  half an hour to 'set' before serving, but you can also enjoy it right away.

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