Sweet and Sour Eggplant

Ingredients:

• 200 g Asian eggplant (peeled and cut into cubes)
• 2 garlic cloves (sliced thinly)
• 1 red chilli-pepper (de-seed and sliced thinly)
• 1 stalk of scallion (sliced thinly)
• 4 tbsp of cooking oil

Sauce:

• 1 tbsp of Chinese black vinegar
• 1 tbsp of sugar
• 1 tsp of light soy sauce
• 0.5 tsp of chicken stock powder
• a pinch of potato starch
• 3 tbsp of water

How to:

• heat your oil in a non-stick pan (~1 minute). Add in the eggplant cubes and put on the lid (~3 minutes) - NOTE: eggplant absorbs lots of oil, and we don't want ending up eating soggy pieces. By putting on the lid, we are forcing the oil out
• tilt you pan a bit, so that you have the excess oil on one side. Add in garlic and chilli. Stir till fragrant
• add in the sauce and mix well (~1 minute)
• add in the scallion, stir twice and serve