Aubergine salad

This is a nice summery salad of aubergines, chick peas and fresh mushrooms, served with Japanese rice in a separate bowl. It’s very simple, the secret is in the dressing.

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Ingredients

For two people:

• Main ingredients

* 1 tin of chick peas

* 100 g fresh mushrooms

* 300 g aubergines

* 1 cup Japanese rice

• Ingredients for the dressing:

* 1 tablespoon chopped ginger

* 1 tablespoon tomato puree

* 1 teaspoon tobanjan (chilli bean sauce)

* 1 tablespoon vinegar

* 1 tablespoon soy sauce

* 1 tablespoon yuzu juice

* 1 teaspoon garlic oil

* 3 tablespoons pumpkin seeds ground in a mortar

* the cooking liquid from the aubergines

Preparation

• Cook the rice (e.g. as explained at [1(https://quickandtastycooking.org.uk/basics/#toc0)]).
• Wash the chick peas.
• Wash and dice the aubergines and cook them for 12 minutes in the microwave at 900 W.
• Slice the mushrooms.
• Put the chick peas, cooked aubergines and mushrooms in a bowl and add the dressing. Mix well.
• Serve with the rice in a separate bowl.

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https://quickandtastycooking.org.uk/basics/#toc0)]

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