Ca tim chien( Eggplant delight)

Ingredients:

Japanese Eggplant: 3, cut the stems at the end of the longest green cap and discard

Healthy cooking oil: 1/2 cup

Bell pepper: 1 small piece, chopped small to yield 1/4 cup

Scallion: 2 stems; chopped small to yield 1/3 cup

Garlic: 1 big cloves, finely chopped

 Fresh spicy hot chili. 1 small one, finely chopped ( optional)

Soya sauce: 1 and a half table spoon 

Directions:

Rinse well, wipe it with dish cloth or paper towel. Cut each ageeplant into 3 pieces. Continue to cut each  piece into 4 pieces lengthwise. 

Deep fry them in small sauce pan on hight heat for 2 -3 minutes. 

Place them onto thick paper towels then Transfer the eggplant on a non-sticky pan which will be used later for the last step of the dish.  Remove the greasy paper towel and use a new one when  the whole the paper is soaked with oil. Continue to deep-fry the eggplant  till you are done.

Heat the frying pan on medium high heat. Arrange the deepfried eggplant in a circle in the frying pan, and place the scalion,, bell peper and garlic in the middle. Fry them till the fragrance of the garlic come out. Stir the eggplant with the 3 ingredients for 1 to 2 minutes.

 Transfer the eggplant onto a plate and top it with soya sauce.

Serve hot or warm with steamed rice or by itself

 Tips:

You can add more or less soya sauce to your taste

For spicy taste, add fresh spicy chilli, finely chopped when you start to stirfry the garlic, scallion and bell pepper.