Eggplant

Eggplant is a plant whose fruit is edible, its cultivation is very old, it originated in India and came to Spain with Muslims from where it spread to the rest of Europe.


The best eggplants are in the market during the months of May, June and June. They have a shiny, smooth skin and although the most common is purple (or black when ripe), there are also yellow eggplant, red or white, depending on variety. Its flesh is spongy texture with a taste somewhat bitter and yellow nuggets. Eggplant varieties

Uses of eggplant
Its use in the kitchen is widespread, but always be cooked, should not be eaten raw. You can roast or saute, in this case the flavor is very nice, no taste boiled. FRYING if that is also delicious, dip the pieces of eggplant in salted water. This will prevent them from absorbing much oil is that as the flesh is very cavernous (filled with water and air), if the fry directly absorb a lot of oil. Yes, taking them out of the water, wash the pieces and dry them well (with a paper towel or dish towel).

It is also very common eating stuffed aubergines and several countries have made with eggplant recipes: for example: "ratatouille" Catalan, the aubergine and the "espencat", in Italy the "caponata" and "parmigiana" and as , the famous "moussaka" Greek.

It can be eaten with or without skin (and your contribution is used in fiber), but for this it is necessary to take into account the need to purchase tender age as the eggplant skin hardens and makes it difficult to cook it.

The eggplant should be kept refrigerated and consumed as soon as possible after ten days will leave brown spots and bitter lot.

eggplant Nutritional properties of eggplant
As for the nutritional properties of eggplant, note that is less nutritious vegetables, compared with other vegetables and fruits. Contains some vitamin A, B1, B2, B3 and minerals such as minerals calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus and potassium (the most abundant).

Eggplant basically consists of water (92% of its composition), so that their caloric intake is almost zero and very appropriate for weight loss diets.