Eggplant can be a pretty unexciting vegetable.  Its not something you ever want to eat raw, since without cooking it can be stiff and bitter.  The seeds can also get into your teeth.  But eggplant has a truly wonderful property – it absorbs and enhances the flavors around it as it is being marinated, stuffed, roasted, grilled, pan fried or steamed.  In this Thai dish, the flavors of basil, chilies and fish sauce are really at their best in each succulent piece of eggplant.

Once again, this dish is actually very simple and quick to make.  This dish could have been vegetarian, but I love meat too much…

Read More…