We used to frequent a Chinese restaurant and will usually order a plate of Brinjal with Mince Meat to eat with mantou or rice. That dish was very tasty and has now become one of our favourite dishes at home. However, being home-cooked, I have made the dish in a healthier manner - by reducing the amount of oil used, by steaming the brinjal instead of frying it with a lot of oil and by adding Shiitake mushrooms which are low in calories and offer a good amount of fiber, vitamins, minerals and other health-promoting compounds.
Ingredients:
- 1 piece of Shiitake mushroom
- 1 medium-size brinjal
- 1 stalk of spring onion.
- 2 cloves garlic
- 250 g mince pork
- cooking oil
Method:
- Wash 1 piece of Shiitake mushroom well as we will be using the water in our cooking. Soak the mushroom in hot water till it softens. Slice the mushroom thinly.
- Wash and cut the brinjal into quarters lengthwise. Then cut each quarter into smaller pieces diagonally. (You may cut into any other shapes that you prefer, for example, rectangular shape.)
- Boil water in the steamer. Steam the brinjal till they are soft.
- Wash and cut the spring onion into 1-inch length. Set aside.
- Chop the garlic.
- Heat up the wok with cooking oil.
- Saute garlic until fragrant.
- Add the mushrooms. Stir until they are fragrant.
- Add the mince pork. Fry until they are cooked. Add some water if necessary.
- Add the steamed brinjal. Stir.
- Add the spring onion. Stir.
- Dish out.