In the pantry · 14 uses
eggplant
A sponge, and that is the whole problem and the whole opportunity. It will absorb every drop of oil you give it, so either commit to the oil or roast it dry first and add the fat afterward.
12
dishes and drinks that need it
2
more where it is worth adding
50%
of those are under 30 min
What it is usually standing next to
Garlic is in 67% of the dishes that call for it — close enough to be a rule rather than a habit.
Counted off required ingredients across the whole corpus. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.
If you have twenty minutes
Built on it · 12
Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.
Worth adding · 2
These work without it. They work better with it.