Grilled Eggplant Salad – North African Delight

Hello Friends,

Today I will be sharing with you all a very vibrant, colourful and exotic Grilled Eggplant salad. I came across this recipe in Master chef South Africa and fell immediately in love with it. Anything healthy, quick and easy to make, then I try it right away and believe it or not this salad is surely mind blowing.

Here’s how to make Grilled Eggplant Salad with step by step photos…

Ingredients

Eggplant	1 big
Bell pepper/Capsicum	1 big or 2 small
Tomatoes	1 big
Olive oil	¼ cup
Cumin powder/Jeeragam powder	2 tsp
Red chilli flakes	2 tsp + more for serving
Turmeric powder	½ tsp
Fresh lemon juice	3 tbsp + more for serving
Garlic cloves	3-4
Cilantro/Kothamalli leaves	½ bunch
Salt	As needed

Preparation time: 10-12 minutes

Cooking time: 15-20 minutes

Serves: 4

Method

Wash, peel the eggplant and cut lengthwise to 1 inch slices.

Deseed the bell pepper and cut them into big cubes. Cut the tomatoes into half.

Add all the vegetables to a big bowl.

Preparing the Marinade:

Add oil, lemon juice, red chilli flakes, turmeric powder, cumin powder, salt, garlic and finely chopped cilantro to the mixer and blend it to fine paste.

Now add the prepared marinade to the vegetables and toss it really well. Marinate for 30-45 minutes.

Heat the grill to medium heat, arrange the vegetables and cook them for about 5-7 minutes or until done. The vegetables should be cooked but should not turn mushy.

Transfer the vegetables to the serving plate, drizzle some lemon juice, red chilli flakes and serve it with a dollop of thick yogurt.

Yummy, delicious and healthy Grilled Egg plant salad is ready to be enjoyed.

Other Salad varieties that might be of your interest...

CarrotSalad [grated]
Cucumber Capsicum Salad
Cucumber Tomato Salad
Carrot Moongdal Salad[Gosumalli]
SproutedMoong dal Salad

Chickpea Salad
Grilled Pineapple

GrilledEggplant Salad [Grilled BrinjalSalad]

PineappleSalad

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