Despite the fact that the eggplant in appearancelittle resemble potatoes, these two plants are close relatives, since they belong to the family of Solanaceae. Only potatoes eat root vegetables, and eggplants have fruits.

Eggplant is a very useful vegetable. It contains a lot of essential trace elements, including magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iron. Present in the fruits of eggplant and vitamins B, C and PP.

Eggplant recipes exista bunch of. But that the culinary experiments were successful, you need to learn how to choose the right vegetables. Only young fruits are suitable for food, and overgrown, hard eggplants with coarse seeds should not be cooked. Not only that such fruits are not too appetizing, so they also contain a large amount of corned beef - a poisonous substance with a bitter taste.

Before cooking, cut into platesor eggplant slices it is recommended to salt and give them a good 20 minutes. With this treatment, the eggplant comes out bitter, you just need not forget to rinse it properly from the salt before cooking.

Aubergines are often prepared snacks, includingand the famous vegetable caviar. Another option for snacks from this vegetable is aubergine rolls. This snack is good for every day, and for a festive table.

Recipes telling how you can cookrolls of eggplant, there are many. But to study all the proposed options is not necessary, it is enough to know how to prepare the basis of the dish, in order to learn how to make such a delicious snack.

Eggplants for the preparation of rolls, asrule, do not clean. They are simply well washed. Cut the stalk and cut into plates along the vegetable. The thickness of each plate should be about half a centimeter. Then the chopped eggplant should be salted, as described above.

After the juice is extracted, the plates needrinse, dry well, using a paper towel, and fry. Here are already possible options. In some recipes, eggplants are recommended to fry just the way, in others - it is advised to wrap each slice in flour. There is an option, when each plate is first dipped in a whipped egg, then breaded in flour and, only after that, sent to a pan. Here, as they say, it's a matter of taste. You can try all the options and choose the one that you like the most. The only remark, if you fry the plates, dipping them in the egg, then you should form the eggplant rolls immediately after removing the plate from the frying pan, because in the cold form the rolls will curl up poorly.

So, our foundation is ready. What will the eggplant rolls do with? What foods can I use as a filling? And here also the open space for imagination begins, as to list all variants of a stuffing for this dish it is simply impossible.

For example, the simplest option is roastedvegetables (onions, peppers, carrots) with the addition of tomato and garlic. You can prepare a more satisfying snack - eggplant with meat. To do this, as a filling used toasted and seasoned to taste minced meat. You can use a slice of ham or sausage.

And how do you like the appetizer with the originalthe name "mother tongue"? In this case, a plate of eggplant is smeared with a sauce made from a mixture of mayonnaise and garlic, and a slice of tomato is placed inside the roll. An exquisite combination of flavors is obtained if you cook eggplants with mushrooms. To prepare the mushroom filling, you need to extinguish the mushrooms in the oil.

In addition to these options, you can think ofstill a lot of delicious fillings for rolls. For example, cheese with garlic and mayonnaise, boiled egg with green onions, stewed cabbage with mushrooms and tomatoes, walnuts. Total and do not list! Probably, every cook has his own special filling for eggplant rolls. So it is necessary to show imagination, practice a little and your friends will surely appreciate your efforts when you prepare for them such a refined treat.

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