Miso Glazed Eggplant (Nasu Dengaku)
Miso-glazed eggplant is a Vegan Japanese side dish. It is super easy to make and delicious. Soft creamy roasted eggplant topped is topped with a sweet, salty umami-laden miso glaze. The best part is the delicious sweet miso paste glaze and the eggplant melts in your mouth. My favourite healthy, low-carb diet!
Ingredients
1 big sized black eggplants
generous pinch of sea salt flakes
2 tbsp raw sugar
1 tbsp Shiaoxing wine
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tbsp miso paste
- Garnish
white sesame seeds, finely sliced spring onion.
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 200C (convection).
- Wash the eggplants and pat dry. Cut the eggplants in half, length wise.
- Using a sharp knife, score a diamond pattern in the flesh of the eggplant as shown in the pictures.
- Place the eggplants cut side up in a shallow rimmed baking tray.
- Sprinkle with salt and gently rub the salt over the flesh.
- Rest for 30 minutes.
- Using a paper towel, pat the flesh of the eggplant and blot the water droplets that have formed on the surface. Brush off any salt flakes that remain.
- Place Shiaoxing wine, sugar, sesame oil, garlic and miso paste in a small heavy bottomed saucepan on medium. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
- Using a pastry brush, generously brush the miso sauce over the cut side of the eggplants.
- 10. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 20min or more(if you want to have charred surface) until starting to brown and tender.
- 11. Remove from the oven. Brush more miso sauce to glaze the eggplants. Scatter spring onion. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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