Chapter 20 Eggplant without Spicy Flavor
Use a knife to cut each eggplant into small segments, then turn each segment over with the cut side facing up, and break it in half from the middle into two semicircles.
Then, cut each semicircle into five pieces without cutting them off, leaving the bottoms connected.
Add a little salt to the water, and Lin Yan puts the cut eggplants in and soaks them.
At this time, Huang's pork had been minced. Lin Yan cut the scallions and ginger into mince, beat the eggs into the minced meat, added the scallions, ginger, salt, and oil, and stirred evenly in one direction.
You don't need to soak the eggplants for too long. Soaking them in salt water is just to make them softer. Otherwise, the eggplants will be too hard and difficult to handle.
Lin Yan mixed the fillings and the eggplant had been soaked until soft. Lin Yan asked Huang to help and taught Huang step by step how to stuff the minced meat into the cuts.
After stuffing the eggplant cut with minced meat, Huang saw it clearly and couldn't help but exclaimed.
After the five gaps were filled with minced meat, the eggplant bulged up from the middle, and the two sides were pressed down by the minced meat. Looking down from the top, it looked like small lanterns.
A total of sixteen lanterns were made from two eggplants. After filling them all, put them on plates.
At this time, the pumpkin cup is also steamed.
Lin Yan took out the pumpkin cup, added some water to the pot, and put in the neatly arranged lantern eggplants after steaming.
Then he asked Mr. Huang to help him watch for a while, and it would be steamed in a quarter of an hour.
At this time, there were already three steamed dishes, two of which were eggplants.
Lin Yan rummaged through the ingredients he bought, took out the courgette, and then started cutting garlic cloves.
Eggplants were being steamed on the earthen stove. Lin Yan set up the stove, took out a wok and put it on top. Put oil in the bottom of the wok, throw in the garlic cloves, and fry until golden and the aroma of garlic wafts out.
Then add the sliced courgettes and stir-fry quickly.
It's okay for Mr. Huang, at least he's seen Lin Yan cooking.
But little Li didn’t!
This was the first time that Mr. Li saw such a practice, and he was stunned for a moment.
When the zucchini was about to ripe, Lin Yan poured another half bowl of meat slices into it, stir-fried the zucchini again quickly until the zucchini meat was cooked through, sprinkled it with salt, and put it on a plate.
The eggplant on the earthen stove nearby was also steaming at this time.
Lin Yan asked Huang to help him take out the lantern eggplant and the courgette.
She then fried some scrambled eggs with leeks, and after counting, there was still one dish missing, so she ordered another vegetable soup.
There are also requirements for the number of dishes for a banquet. People like even numbers no matter what time.
When the six dishes were neatly placed on the table, Li and Shen Erping, as well as several children, all stared at the table in shock with identical expressions.
Shen Huaian, who was well-read and well-informed, spoke first: "It's so beautiful that my younger siblings have such skills!"
Yes, it's just beautiful.
They haven't eaten the food yet, but just looking at the appearance is already thrilling enough, right?
Not talking about them, even Shen Jingan was shocked.
But his expression remained as usual, and he calmly asked Li and Shen Erping to take their seats: "Grandma and second uncle haven't tried Yan Niang's craftsmanship yet, right? It's a good time to try it today. Please let me know if there are any shortcomings."
Li's face was still dark at first, but when she saw this big table of food, she was already in shock.
But she never liked to answer Shen Jingan's words, and she still pretended not to hear them.
However, Shen Erping laughed out loud and said to Shen Jing'an: "You don't need to look at this dish to know that it must be very delicious."
Shen Jing'an then smiled: "Where is it? Grandma and my second uncle are very hungry after waiting for a long time. Let's get started."
Lin Yan's sixth aunt was the youngest and the most intolerant.
When she saw this novel meal, she was eager to eat it. At this moment, hearing what Shen Jingan said, she picked up the chopsticks and quickly picked up the eggplant.
In fact, what she wanted to eat most was the pumpkin cup, but the pumpkin cup was so beautiful that she was not willing to destroy it.
As for the Panlong eggplant, it was so long that she couldn't bear to cut it off, but the lantern eggplants were smaller and smaller, so even if she picked one up, it wouldn't damage anything.
She carefully looked at the lantern eggplant, and after a while she took a gentle bite.
The minced meat is sandwiched between the eggplants, and the fire forces out the meat juices, allowing the eggplants to absorb them all.
The eggplant was steamed until it was soft and rotten. As soon as the eggplant was filled with gravy, the taste was so fresh that she couldn't help but open her eyes in awe, but she was reluctant to speak and tasted it carefully.
Everyone probably had the same idea. The novel and beautiful lantern eggplant was the first to be eaten.
On the contrary, it is the Coiling Dragon, and no one has been willing to clip it off.
Lin Yan stood up, took the serving chopsticks placed in the middle of the dining table, picked up the faucet and put it into Li's bowl: "Grandma Zeng, try the Panlong eggplant."
Shen Huaian hurriedly looked up at Lin Yan, then looked at the Panlong, and praised: "Panlong Eggplant, my brothers and sisters are so talented! This name is so appropriate!"
Lin Yan laughed when she heard this. This was not the name she chose.
But it was hard for her to explain, so she acquiesced.
Everyone ate without even raising their heads.
But Lin Yan didn't eat much.
She cooked all these dishes.
So she knew very well that none of these dishes tasted right.
The seasoning here is really too little.
Apart from anything else, how can you make eggplant without spicy millet?
There are also light soy sauce, oil, and bean paste, none of which are available!
People here have never seen this kind of method before, so they eat it very strangely.
But not Lin Yan!
Lin Yan was used to eating strong flavors, and she couldn't eat eggplant without spicy flavor.
She couldn't help but want to dip it in chili sauce.
Alas, if this was China, then she would probably never eat chili pepper again in her life.
God, this is too scary.
No, that's not right.
She didn't want to think about chili sauce at the moment, after all, she couldn't find the raw materials.
But soy sauce is different.
Yes, yes, she is also stupid, she has seen the recipe for making soy sauce!
Shen Jingan was sitting next to Lin Yan. Seeing that Lin Yan was not eating and was staring at his bowl in a daze, he couldn't help but help pick up a piece of chicken and put it into her bowl.
Lin Yan woke up with a start and hurriedly picked up the meat and ate it.
Tonight's meal was so sumptuous that when Xiao Li came back to her senses, she couldn't help but pull Lin Yan and mutter: "Second uncle knows that you are good at craftsmanship and have made a lot of money, but you also said that there are still many things to do at home." He is still in debt, and Jing'an also has to study. From now on, the banquet must not be so sumptuous."
As she said that, she felt annoyed and blamed herself, why didn't she notice that she put so much meat in it just now?
Almost every plate has meat!
Even if there is no meat, she still has to beat a few eggs into it. How can this be done?
Little Li couldn't help but talk to Lin Yan again: "You kid, even if your family has money, you can't do this. How much will it cost?"
Chapter completed!