Asian Salad Recipes - Philippines Roasted Eggplant Salad (Ensaladang Talong) Recipe

Ingredients 

• mixed seasonal salad

• 2 large purple aubergines

• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

• 1 medium onion, finely chopped

• 1 large tomato, finely diced

• 1 small green sweet pepper, deseeded and finely diced

• 2 tablespoons white vinegar

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 1 teaspoon sweet soy sauce

• 1 teaspoon honey

• 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger 

• ground black pepper

• 1 teaspoon dry-fried sesame seeds

Serves 4

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Method

1. Preheat a hot grill. Arrange the salad leaves on a serving platter and set aside.

2. Grill the aubergines until their skin blacken. When cool enough to handle, peel away the skin, then place the flesh in a bowl and mash it with a fork.

3. Add all the other ingredients and mix well.

4. Turn the contents of the bowl out on to the platter at the centre of the salad leaves and serve.