Grilled eggplant

Grilled eggplant: Delicious summer bite. Image: Marele van Zyl

Grilled eggplant: Indulgent savoury summer side dish for the family

Prepare the ultimate side dish for your next braai with this grilled eggplant recipe and see smiles everywhere.

Grilled eggplant

Grilled eggplant: Delicious summer bite. Image: Marele van Zyl

Get cosy with the family around the braai this summer with our grilled eggplant recipe. These savoury bites are perfect to prepare on the barbeque on those lazy weekend afternoons when you are lighting a fire.

If you want to enjoy a meatless braai, you can try these delicious grilled eggplants. Alternatively, prepare them as an appetising side dish that everyone will gobble up when they are ready. Although this recipe is the ideal dish to cook outside in the warm weather, you can always swap the “braai” for the oven when it gets a bit chilly outside.

Why we love grilled eggplant

Eggplant contains a variety of vitamins and minerals essential to our diet to remain healthy. Copper, manganese, B 6, and thiamine are just a few of the important vitamins and minerals this delicious fruit contain. Eggplant promotes your heart health, stabilises your cholesterol levels, improves your cognitive function and may prevent eye degeneration, among many other benefits.

So there are just so many reasons why we should include more eggplant in our diet. Start with this delicious recipe!

Grilled eggplant recipe

5 from 1 vote
Recipe by Marele van Zyl Course: Sides, Light mealCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooking time

15

minutes
Total time

30

minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons 2 kosher salt

  • 2-3 medium 2-3 eggplants

  • 3-4 tablespoons 3-4 seasoning

  • cup olive oil

  • cup feta cheese, crumbled

  • 2 tablespoons 2 fresh parsley, chopped and washed

Method

  • Slice your eggplants into ½ inch slices.
  • Place on top of paper towels and sprinkle with the kosher salt on both sides. Let it rest for 10 minutes.
  • Remove the slices from the paper towels and brush off the salt.
  • Preheat your grill to medium-high.
  • Brush the top sides of the slices with olive oil and sprinkle them liberally with seasoning. Sprinkle with additional salt if desired.
  • Place the slices oiled side down on your preheated grill
  • Brush the tops with olive oil and sprinkle on more seasoning, now you have seasoned both sides.
  • Cook on one side for 2-3 minutes, then flip and sear the other side. Cook until the eggplant is very soft and tender.
  • Remove and plate. Sprinkle the feta cheese and the parsley on top then serve.
  • These can also be baked on a baking sheet in the oven if you can’t grill them, simply season both sides and place them on the baking sheet, cooking at 360 °C until done.

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