Things You'll Need:
- Information from this article and a basic knowledge of cooking.
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Step 1
Firstly, read the eggplant recipe carefully and check if it involves frying the eggplant. The idea of rubbing salt on the pieces of eggplant is to make them absorb less oil during the frying process. So, if your eggplant recipe does not require the eggplant to be fried, there is no need to consider the salting process. If the recipe recommends that the eggplant be fried, move to the next step before doing the salt rub on the eggplant pieces or slices.
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Step 2
In this step, we presume that the eggplant recipe requires you to fry the eggplant. Now, observe the eggplants that you intend to use to cook the dish. If the eggplant is tender and fresh, not much oil would be absorbed during the frying process, this means that the salting process can be skipped. Overmature eggplants do absorb a lot of oil if fried and you will need to rub the salt in the pieces in this case. But, read the next step before you use the salt rubbed eggplant pieces in your cooking.
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Step 3
If you must rub the salt in your eggplant pieces, make sure that the pieces are washed to take off the salt before cooking. Let the pieces dry out after the wash, your cooking can now continue using these pieces of eggplant. Leaving salt on the eggplant could alter the taste of your eggplant dish, it could also lead to health problems if you consume eggplant often.
