Pan-Fried Eggplant

 Warren Buffet once said “the chains of habit are too light to be felt till they are too heavy to be broken“, and boy was he right!

I didn’t even realize I was forming a habit in those early days. It started off with 15 minutes here and 15 minutes; before I knew it, I was going at it for hours! And now it’s really hard to stop. Y’all, I am talking about TV-watching.

Before my daughter came along, I wasn’t into TV that much. I had an old TV, and it stayed on as background noise while I was pottering around. Then my daughter came along and when she was old enough, we started watching 15 minutes or so of Barney from time to time. As time went by, she would ask me to join her on the couch when she moved on to The Wiggles, Lizzie McGuire, and One Tree Hill. Then, last fall, she talked me into watching all 5 glorious seasons of Friday Night Lights in little less than 2 months!

This summer, she has me hooked on Grey’s Anatomy! I don’t see any real surgeries happening, but a bunch of people poking around at fake organs; I don’t get why McSteamy is even remotely steamy; I don’t understand how things can run so smoothly if all residents were dating their attending surgeons; but yet, I show up, next to her, on that couch! My daughter has a way of grabbing my heart and making me feed habits that need to be changed. So, I go along. I make almond-coated, pan-fried, eggplant to feed us and join her on the couch because this is her “Summer Adventure”.

This eggplant came together in a cinch. With a quick coating of spices and yogurt and a smattering of Blue Diamond Salt & Vinegar Almonds, this appetizer was a few minutes from being consumed. While pan frying it made the eggplant lose some of its almond coating; you could choose to bake it, so the almond coating stays intact.

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Pan-Fried Eggplant

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Author: Shashi

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Ingredients

• 1 eggplant
• 1 5.3 oz container of Greek Yogurt
• 3/4 teaspoon curry powder
• 3/4 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon lime juice
• 1 can Blue Diamond Salt and Vinegar Almonds
• Oil of choice

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Instructions

• Slice eggplant into about 1/4 inch slices
• Mix yogurt, curry powder, cayenne, alt and lime and set aside
• Place enough oil to cover the bottom of a pan and set it on the stove on a medium flame
• As it heats up, crush almonds (this can be done in a food processor for a more uniform coating, or you can place the almonds in a plastic bag and use a hammer or rolling pin and have at it)
• Spread spiced yogurt dip on each side of the slices of eggplant
• Coat with the almond mixture
• And, when oil is hot, fry eggplant slices for about 2-3 minutes on each side
• Drain on paper towels, sprinkle with parsley and crushed pepper flakes and enjoy

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