I don’t own a grill. The grill where you can do your barbeques and make paneer tikka and garlic bread? Yeah, I don’t have that. Not even an anti-social sized one that helps me make portions enough for two. And before you ask, no, my microwave does not come with a grill.
But, does that stop me from grilling? Hell no! Being a self-confessed eggplant lover, how can I not grill it and make those yummy grilled eggplant recipes?
So I got an eggplant one Saturday.
It was nice and fresh and fat when I bought it on this particular Saturday. Unfortunately, I didn’t use it for a whole week and when I took it out the next Saturday morning, it had slightly begun to wilt and rot at the stalk. Just slightly though.
That’s ok. Just chop off a bit from the stalk part and place it on a plate.
Stick a thick wooden skewer or slim spoon or something similar through the middle of the cut portion.
Take 1 tsp oil and coat the eggplant well. Go on, don’t be a wuss and use your hand to do the oil massage.
Switch on your stove and keep it on low fire. Hold the wooden skewer firmly and place the oiled eggplant near the fire. Keep rotating slowly making sure all the sides get even heat.
The skin will being to shrivel and the skin starts getting charred. Make sure no sides burn by evenly distributing the heat.
Place on a plate and let it cool a bit.
Peel the charred skin and remove completely. The resulting eggplant meat will be soft, semi-cooked and very fragrant because of the stove-top grilling.
We can make a bunch of interesting stuff with grilled eggplant. Watch this space for the recipes 🙂
Cool Idea Nags!Never occurred to me you could stick a stick in it:D Well, I just turn it with skewers!
I knew the pics will be great when I saw the title 🙂 I grill bell peppers on the stove when I just have to do one or two. I use the oven for more. Love the skewer idea,I normally use a tong or a fork.
Bong Mom – See, that takes an hour! this method barely takes 10-12 mins 🙂
Wow super idea! Will try this one. Iam sure stove top is more efficient and faster than in an oven
Wow looks very techie kind.
Can't you just put it in the oven and forget about it ? I make slits, pour oil, salt and put in oven at broil for about an hour
I do it same way but with out inserting the stick…Thats a clever idea of inserting a wooden stick and then roasting the eggplant :)Will try now…
That is a cool method for grilling especially for those who don't have a grill, excellent!
Yup! I do the same while making baigan bhartha etc. it does make my stove messy though and hate the cleaning up after! The stick is a smart idea. Microwave grills never worked for me…not sure if I am missing something ..but have never managed a 'grill effect' in a m'wave!!
Thats a clever idea of inserting a wooden stick and then roasting the eggplant 🙂
Ah, now I can associate eggplants and lollipops together! I used to stick a fork in it until I found some device that's like a fan with a steel plate full of holes on a wooden stick – now I put that on the flame and the brinjal on that.
And like your expression 'anti-social sized one'. Nice pix of the gleaming and oiled eggplants!