About the Recipe
You don't need to be a vegetarian to enjoy this meat free donburi. It's quick light and makes for a great nutricious, one bowl meal. The sauce has a rich flavour thta is bound to satusy even the most ardent meat lover.
Ingredients
1 medium aubergine (300g / 10 oz)
1-2 sesame oil
for the sauce:
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp mirin*
1 tsp potato flour
450g cooked rice
2 spring onions
some toasted sesame seeds for topping
*you can use 1 tbsp of honey as a substitute for the mirin. if you do so, then you will also need to reduce the amount of potato flour a little to prevent the sauce from overthickening
Preparation
how to:
remove the stalk from an aubergine. cut it in half lengthways, then cut into 1 cm slices
put the aubergine slices in a bowl. add the water and soak for 10 mins before draining
put the sugar, soy sauce, mirin (or honey) and potato flour in a small bowl and mix well. set aside
rinse the spring onions and slice them finely
heat your frying pan. add 1 tbsp of sesame oil, then add the aubergine slices. fry until they become lightly browned.
if they look a little dry, add another 1 tbsp of sesame oil to the pan and keep frying
now add the mixed sauce to the pan and stir everything together quickly
to assemble your donburi, first place 1/2 the cooked rice in a serving bowl. place 1/2 aubergine on the rice. top with 1/2 chopped spring onion. lastly sprinkle some sesame seeds
repeat for your second donburi bowl